Juvenile plantar dermatosis is a localized desquamative scaling and fissuring dermatitis of the plantar surface seen in children, most commonly between the ages of 8 and 13 years. The condition is more frequently encountered in atopic children (with one study showing atopy in approximately 80% of affected children).

Juvenile plantar dermatosis is thought to be caused by repeated maceration followed by drying, inducing impairment of the superficial epidermis. Flares are episodic and last 1-2 weeks. Additionally, contact dermatitis has been reported in many of these patients (41% of patients with juvenile plantar dermatosis in one cohort).