Itchy arms

ok, will do. also have those ergonomic type grips, would they be helping or compounding the problem?

also it's a new bike that someone built for me recently, and think i need a longer stem....

pic? im not familiar with ergo grips for mtbs. I doubt it would compound the problem but we'd need a pic to be sure.

edit: just had a look on googs and am pretty sure the grips i saw would not in anyway compount the problem.