Through the hashtag #dermatographia, Vanessa and I met on Instagram. She makes really cool drawings on her skin, so I asked to feature her on Skin Tome. Vanessa is a young artist using her skin as inspiration. Her current project is combining and comparing the textures of dermatographia with clouds. This is interesting considering how
Category: Dermatographia
It is my pleasure to introduce Rich S, fellow Skin Writer. Rich and I met through Facebook (he runs the Facebook page I'm A Skin Writer, I Have Dermatographism) back in 2011, and have kept in touch ever since. Rich lives near New York City, so we met last week for lunch in Lower Manhattan.
Those of us with dermatographia--or skin writing--stick together. We share our experiences of it and tips for how to take care of it. Plus, dermatographia is a good way to meet people, because folks think it's cool and want to learn more about the welts. Here is a great story by my friend Jes, an
Dr. James Hamblin wrote this awesome article about Skin Tome and dermatographia in The Atlantic: “They knew that their skin did something weird, but they didn’t know what it was.” People who reach out to Ariana Page Russell, an artist in Brooklyn, often see their own skin in hers. Many have epidermal reactions like Russell’s,
Check out this short interview on the Doctors TV Show about my artwork and dermatographia! It’s sort of sensationalized, but fun nonetheless. Here’s the synopsis they wrote: A woman with a unique skin condition called Dermatographia uses her body to create temporary, ever-changing illustrations. Ariana’s skin is extremely sensitive to the slightest scrape and because
It's so important to find a dermatologist you trust and will want to visit regularly. I'm lucky I found a great one right here in New York City, by the famous Flatiron Building and Madison Square Park. His name is Dr. James Briley. This year, he just may have saved my life. A couple weeks
