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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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
The following is written by Skinwriter Anonymous. I wrote some thoughts on the matter below his story. Some breakthroughs fixing my Dermatographia urticaria by Skinwriter Anonymous (19 july 2014) I spend much time going through all message boards, articles and publications since the day I discovered I had dermatographia, trying to find a solution or
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.
