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spacemonkeyluvn) wrote2011-02-19 11:42 pm
spacemonkeyluvn) wrote2011-02-19 11:42 pm
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a Picture a Day - Day Nineteen
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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I'm so used to it, people who don't get welts seem weird to me, LOL.