At the ADVENT symposium at the 2023 Inflammatory Skin Disease Summit entitled “Navigating Recent Scientific Advances in Atopic Dermatitis: Skin Barrier Dysfunction, Dysbiosis, and Itch”, experts Lisa A. Beck, MD (University of Rochester Medical Center, USA); Robert Bissonnette, MD (Innovaderm Research Inc., Canada); and Gil Yosipovitch, MD (University of Miami, USA) discussed the latest advances in understanding how type 2 inflammation drives skin barrier dysfunction, dysbiosis and itch in atopic dermatitis (AD).