 [ Symptoms ] is the shingles vaccine safe for atopic dermatitis patients  i am a 64 year old white male i have a lifelong case of eczema diagnosed as atopic dermatitis i am not on any medications i know that i could never take the small pox vaccine as it could be fatal would the shingles vaccine be safe for me jogging4me@hotmail com [ Disease ] shingles vaccine is safe the small pox vaccination has not been given since the mid 1960s