I love the fact that drawing skin needs just a line, and you’ve built a frontier between the outside and the intimate. -Nataly S. Nataly is an artist living in France (her work can be viewed here) and she wrote to me about her own experience with skin cancer, after reading my post Why It’s
I have the same affliction and the thought of turning it into the art, or even sharing it with the world is something that really hit me right in the gut. -Ryan Quintal This sentence in an email is how I met Ryan. Pretty great introduction! Little did I know, speaking with Ryan would
While my skin does not show the sensitivity that it feels, it is something that has become a part of my daily life. -Liz Jackson We all have sensitivities in one form or another, some are quite visible (like dermatographia), some are hidden (like autoimmune disorder symptoms). Liz Jackson is a blogger also living in
Hi my name is Tina and I live in NY, I was excited to find there were other people like me. At times I have fun with dermatographia and sometimes I get irritated by it because I can’t pop a pimple or scratch my skin without being swollen, burning or stinging. I want to thank
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
I agree with Aeessa, there's no need to hide dermatographia, because sometimes the welts just appear out of nowhere anyway! I've found that once people know what's up with my skin, they find it interesting and aren't weirded out by it all. In fact, they think it's cool! Here's what Aeessa has to say about
