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Dermatographia

Learning To Embrace My Skin: Emily’s Story

July 20, 2015 • 9  

“My name is Emily, I’m 17 years old and I live in Missouri. I will be starting my senior year of high school this fall, and hope to be an English teacher when I grow up.  I started noticed the bumps on my skin about a month before my diagnosis. They were white, and looked

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How Doing An Elimination Diet Can Help Heal Your Dermatographia

February 18, 2015 • 54  

People ask me all the time if there’s a cure for dermatographia. Unfortunately it’s not such an easy answer. Everyone’s triggers and causes are so different that what reduces one person’s itchiness might do nothing for another.  This makes it super hard to know what to tell people who ask me how to lessen the

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Dermatographia// Interviews

The Eloquence of Welts and Hives, Poetry by Jeannine Hall Gailey

November 15, 2014 • 0  

Can you read the message my heart has etched on my skin, this petal-thin map? -Jeannine Hall Gailey (excerpt from “Introduction to Dermatographia“) I came across Jeannine Hall Gailey’s lovely poem “Introduction to Dermatographia” in an online magazine called The Freeman. 

Dermatographia// Interviews

Evelyn’s Skin Story

September 25, 2014 • 0  

Yes my skin does inspire me. It inspires me to be more creative and not be ashamed of the things that make me unique. It also inspires me to get along with the things I already have. -Evelyn Hear, hear–I agree with you Evelyn!  I think that when faced with challenges, we grow and learn

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Dermatographia// Interviews

What Can Dermatographia Do For You?

September 19, 2014 • 1  

Also I do have one more question, what can dermatographia do for me? For example what can I get out of it? Is there anything I can do with it? -Tegan Nicks I received this email from Tegan last month: Dear Ariana,  Recently, I have discovered your ‘skin’ work, and have been inspired by the

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Dermatographia// Interviews

How Dermatographia Can Make You A Model

August 4, 2014 • 3  

Hello Ariana, My name’s Denisa and I’m from France. I am 14 years old. I wanted to write you an email to tell you that I have the same “problem” with my skin. I’ve searched for two years for the name of my skin disease and one week ago I finally found it on your

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About Ariana

Hi, I'm Ariana (pronounced Air-e-anna, like banana ;)!
I'm an artist and the founder of Skintome. I have dermatographia (aka skin writing), a condition that hyper-sensitizes the skin to touch, stress, diet, and chemicals. I've been making art inspired by my dermatographia for 14 years. And in doing so, have spread the word about the condition, how to treat it naturally, and how to see the beauty in it.

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