#dermatographia

[ebonyheartnet]

Me: Did I take my meds this morning?

Me:

Me: Can’t risk a double dose, so we’ll find out.

-time for nightly dose-

Me: *braces forearms on thighs*

Thighs & forearms: *looks like someone beat me, the dermatographia is so bad*

Me: Ah, I did not.

[hylianengineer]

Was anyone going to tell me that your skin turning red and swollen when you scratch it wasn't normal, or was I just supposed to learn that randomly on the internet by myself?

THERE'S A NAME FOR IT?!?!

[ninoochat]

When i tell people my skin is sensitive it doesn't even begin to let them know just how much

Sometimes I'll put on a sweater and my entire chest will break out in hives and itch for hours, turning beet red. I can't scratch myself on furniture and things because it will create ridges and itch like a motherfucker. Or I'll scratch my face and not realize until people will be like oh wow gnarly scar what have you done?? Sometimes I can’t even let people touch me. I have dermatographia lol

[weirdstrangeandawful]

TW: injection

Whumpee with dermatographia lightly scratching their skin to mark an injection site and someone else (maybe Caretaker who doesn't usually watch them do their injections) looking on in absolute horror.

[rat-off-string]

best part of dermatographia is the cool party trick i get to do sometimes. worst part of dermatographia is the fucking jumpscare i get after i forget ive scratched something. like. 15 minutes later i look at my leg like Holy Shit why are there like. inflammed patches on my leg. IDIOT its you scratched it and ALSO ALSO the dermatographia MAKES that bit itchier. so like you scratch ur arm because itchy. and then like a minute later its itchier. you are sisyphus

[autogeneratedkahootnickname]

*Want to check if I still have dermatographia

*Write a lil message on the back of my hand

*Go back to writing, forget about it

*Wait 30 minutes

*Reach for phone

*Be greeted with this gem

*Die

[autoimmune-culture-is]

Autoimmune (dermatographia, hi it’s me ^^) culture is putting on a sweater and then immediately needing to take it off because the skin has rejected it, so now you’re gonna look and feel like you have hives until your body calms down lol

auwww that sucks :( i'm really sorry you have to deal with this. i hope you find something to give you relief soon

[cartoonscientist]

how many of you guys struggle with having both dermatillomania and dermatographia, so you get into a cycle where picking a few things makes your skin super inflamed and itchy so you pick more because you’re like “well I already look horrible”

[ameliasmith8826]

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[sixbucks]

Dermatographic writing as an art form.

[rinshairandthoughts]

I'm going to rant because I'm just so frustrated about all those things they make for flavoring your water...and how I can not use them.

Because I have this interesting thing called Dermatographism - Meaning "write on skin" which is a histamine reaction in my skin cell walls. I'm part of the 5% of people or so that have it. When it is in a flare up it makes my skin itchy, and makes it so if I get any kind of scratch/pressure on my skin it will cause a welt for a few to several minutes where it is very itchy and red.

What is one of the things that causes flare ups of this? Sucralose. That fake sugar that every sugar free/zero sugar/less sugar item seems to have. I just want some flavor in my water. I can have the sugar and calories, but no one seems to make any without sucralose. Sucrose, glucos, etc are all fine. I can have sugar and even most other sweetners are fine..but sucralose, the most common for like every low calorie drink ever...makes me itch. Stevia/Truvia also makes me itch, but that is less important.

I have not been able to find something to flavor my water since I have a hard time drinking plain water about 70% of the time....I hydrate via tea, gatorade, milk, juice, broth, etc. Water is something I can only comfortably drink in small quantities or feel water logged/bloated for some reason. I need some flavor, but I can not find anything I can safely add. I just need to add some lemon juice or like....something to make it easier to drink. I wanted to use Mio or one of those...but no. They do not make those sucralose free. So I get to be here sad.

[vox-off]

i still occasionally see that 'skin writing' post going around and it leaves out a very very important detail, so as someone with dermatographia let me fuckin tell you

y'know what those welts are? histamine response. y'know what histamine responses are?

ITCHY

[shortfineel]

My skin can be annoying, but hey, who can pass up a game of tic-tac-leg.

[silverior968]

Life update: Working on a really cool short animation, which is why I haven't been making that many drawings lately. It'll be done in a few weeks. I'm also in the process of studying for my english and philosophy finals. After these things are done I want to start working on more oc stuff, while still making fanart, of course.

Across a dark plain is on a short hiatus until I finish the other animation, which I've been using as practice. Sometimes I wonder if people are even still interested in Across A Dark Plain. I won't give up on it, though, because I've already done so much

After the short animation is done I want to take up some commissions

Oh, and I finally got diagnosed with dermatographia, aka the skin writing disease. I've known that I've had it for a long time, but it was nice to get a confirmation.

[rat-off-string]

soirry about the onslaught of dermatographia posts erryone. i got reminded abotu it cause i looked at my leg after i scratched it 20 minutes ago