a Picture a Day - Day Nineteen
Feb. 19th, 2011 11:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Today's picture might creep some people out. Maybe? IDK.
I have a condition called Dermatographic urticaria. I think I've written about this before, but I can't remember. Anyhoo, I have very sensitive skin and I get welts SUPER easily. Like, if I bump my hand into something (not a scratch, but just a bump), I can get welts. I'll be talking to someone and they'll go 'Are you okay?!' and I'll say 'Yeah, why?' A part of my body itched (face, neck, etc.) and I scratch it thinking nothing of it, and then minutes later, it looks like I was mauled by a velociraptor. They don't hurt though. The area feels warm, but that's about it. I didn't even know it was a 'condition' for most of my life. I assumed everyone had it for a while and then I just assumed I had very sensitive skin. Never really thought about it being an allergic reaction or my body being odd. My mom says I wasn't born with it, but I don't remember ever NOT having it. *shrug* My friends used to try and scratch stuff into my skin all the time and I would try to freak people out by scratching 666 into my arm. I... had (have?) issues ^_^

Says 'HELLO' in case you can't read it :)

Ummmm creepy closeup is creepy?
And from what I've read, there's no known cause (just theories) and no real cure either. Nothing but questions for us skin writers.
I have a condition called Dermatographic urticaria. I think I've written about this before, but I can't remember. Anyhoo, I have very sensitive skin and I get welts SUPER easily. Like, if I bump my hand into something (not a scratch, but just a bump), I can get welts. I'll be talking to someone and they'll go 'Are you okay?!' and I'll say 'Yeah, why?' A part of my body itched (face, neck, etc.) and I scratch it thinking nothing of it, and then minutes later, it looks like I was mauled by a velociraptor. They don't hurt though. The area feels warm, but that's about it. I didn't even know it was a 'condition' for most of my life. I assumed everyone had it for a while and then I just assumed I had very sensitive skin. Never really thought about it being an allergic reaction or my body being odd. My mom says I wasn't born with it, but I don't remember ever NOT having it. *shrug* My friends used to try and scratch stuff into my skin all the time and I would try to freak people out by scratching 666 into my arm. I... had (have?) issues ^_^
Says 'HELLO' in case you can't read it :)
Ummmm creepy closeup is creepy?
And from what I've read, there's no known cause (just theories) and no real cure either. Nothing but questions for us skin writers.
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Date: 2011-02-20 08:45 am (UTC)Just remember to use your powers for
mischiefgood! I mean GOOD!no subject
Date: 2011-02-20 10:12 am (UTC)I'll do my best! ;D
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Date: 2011-02-20 09:41 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-20 10:09 am (UTC)I'm so used to it, people who don't get welts seem weird to me, LOL.
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Date: 2011-02-20 09:42 am (UTC)omg does that mean if someone slapped your back or something there'd be a welt in the shape of their handprint?? THAT'S SO COOL. I MEAN IDEK LIKE. most skin disorders cause some kind of itching or pain or you know a BAD symptom -- but this just seems plain fascinating to me LMFAO.
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Date: 2011-02-20 09:56 am (UTC)From what I've read, for some people this condition does actually hurt or is uncomfortable, but it's never been a problem for me. I rather like it myself. I don't know what I'd do if one day I wrote on my skin and nothing happened. As it is, when someone scratches themselves I look at them all suspicious like -_- and wonder where their welt is, LOL.
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Date: 2011-02-20 10:43 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-20 10:55 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-20 11:00 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-20 11:13 am (UTC)Heck, feel free to request something and I'll try to write it on my arm, LOL.
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Date: 2011-02-20 10:24 pm (UTC)so if "U=BTL" and "DYING" ever appear on your arms...
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Date: 2011-02-20 10:54 pm (UTC)I'll keep that in mind.
*stares at arm*