Many of you already know my skin writing story, but here’s some background for those of you that aren’t familiar with me yet. I was officially diagnosed with dermatographia back in 2004 (wow it’s been 13 years!), but I had it for close to 10 years before then. Like many other people with dermatographia, I
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I experienced many of the same things you described, whenever I scratched my face people thought something major had happened! I embrace it now. I identify as an artist and I see my body as an extension of my sketchbook. -Nitasha Deogun Nitasha and I met on Instagram. She’s an artist interested in skin, patterns,
I’ve had this condition for 21 years but only now started searching for serious answers because I knew I wanted to have a baby. I found some, but alas, not enough. -Andie Powers There just isn’t that much information out there about dermatographia. It’s mostly due to the fact that it’s so unique for everyone–it
Cortisol has a reputation of being a bad hormone released by stress. The thing is, it's actually good to have a certain amount of it in your blood stream because it's anti-inflammatory. Cortisol, secreted by the adrenal glands, prevents the release of substances in the body that cause inflammation. Histamine (an inflammatory) is the cause
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.Â
Recently I had some great communication with Humeyra from The Netherlands. Dear Ariana, My name is Humeyra I am 17 years old and I live in The Netherlands. I saw an article about your art on a website called www.vrouwen.nl and I have some questions about your “sickness”. I think I have the same thing,
