I have dermatographia....aka writing on the skin....

ZiggyStar · September 2010

Has anyone heard of it?

About 2 weeks ago I was ridiculously itchy....really REALLY itchy....mainly my legs, feet and hands. I was so itchy I couldn't sleep so stopped using soap etc blah blah. Then I noticed I started getting these red marks on my hands, arms, everywhere...but when I looked again they'd gone. Then I got a blood test 5 days ago and realised the tourniquet left marks on both of my arms for at least an hour. WTF?

I did some research....I have developed dermatographia....a weird skin thing where I can get my fingernail or anything really and very very gently write on my skin and it will come out in a red mark for half hour to an hour. My body is now really sensitive to touch and releases histamines when my skin is touched...hence the red marks. I just wrote my name on my skin with my nail --- I was barely touching it --- and look:

It's fucked up.

But hey...at least I'll never need a notepad again. :?

Rygar · September 2010

Giggity?

the wolf · September 2010

So what kind of fucked up things have you written on your skin?

thats what i would do. :?

ZiggyStar · September 2010

the wolf wrote:

So what kind of fucked up things have you written on your skin?

thats what i would do. :?

I draw patterns at work all the time.....

My bf is an artist and drew a picture on my back the other night. It looked great! He now calls me his "magna doodle"....you guys know what magna doodles are don't you?

the wolf · September 2010

ZiggyStar wrote:

the wolf wrote:

So what kind of fucked up things have you written on your skin?

thats what i would do. :?

I draw patterns at work all the time.....

My bf is an artist and drew a picture on my back the other night. It looked great! He now calls me his "magna doodle"....you guys know what magna doodles are don't you?

lol the human Manga doodle. thats great ! you should post some pics in the art section of the board.

Fifthelement · September 2010

Very, very bizzare

:shock:

ZiggyStar · September 2010

the wolf wrote:

ZiggyStar wrote:

the wolf wrote:

So what kind of fucked up things have you written on your skin?

thats what i would do. :?

I draw patterns at work all the time.....

My bf is an artist and drew a picture on my back the other night. It looked great! He now calls me his "magna doodle"....you guys know what magna doodles are don't you?

lol the human Manga doodle. thats great ! you should post some pics in the art section of the board.

haha Yeah i should!

I re-enacted the "help me" written on the stomach scene from the Exorcist the other night....

ZiggyStar · September 2010

Fifthelement wrote:

Very, very bizzare :shock:

I know! They can say stress can bring it on....which would make sense right now.

I'd never heard of it....but apparently 5% of the population will have it at some stage in their life. And it can last for weeks, months, years or never go away?!

Fuck I hope it goes away. I was at the shop and scratched my face and someone asked me what happened....I thought wtf....then she pointed to my face....it looked like I'd been slapped or something.

eyedclaar · September 2010

ZiggyStar wrote:

Fifthelement wrote:

Very, very bizzare :shock:

I know! They can say stress can bring it on....which would make sense right now.

I'd never heard of it....but apparently 5% of the population will have it at some stage in their life. And it can last for weeks, months, years or never go away?!

Fuck I hope it goes away. I was at the shop and scratched my face and someone asked me what happened....I thought wtf....then she pointed to my face....it looked like I'd been slapped or something.

I think you got the devil in ya'!

neilybabes86 · September 2010

the beach/sun is your friend

ZiggyStar · September 2010

eyedclaar wrote:

ZiggyStar wrote:

Fifthelement wrote:

Very, very bizzare :shock:

I know! They can say stress can bring it on....which would make sense right now.

I'd never heard of it....but apparently 5% of the population will have it at some stage in their life. And it can last for weeks, months, years or never go away?!

Fuck I hope it goes away. I was at the shop and scratched my face and someone asked me what happened....I thought wtf....then she pointed to my face....it looked like I'd been slapped or something.

I think you got the devil in ya'!

Tell me something I don't know!

ZiggyStar · September 2010

neilybabes86 wrote:

the beach/sun is your friend

Fuck no! I hate the sun. And Townsville has the highest rate of skin cancer in the world. No thanks!

chadwick · September 2010

ZiggyStar wrote:

neilybabes86 wrote:

the beach/sun is your friend

Fuck no! I hate the sun. And Townsville has the highest rate of skin cancer in the world. No thanks!

mmmmmmmmmmm
writing on women
or
writing in women

which is it?

both

ZiggyStar · September 2010

chadwick wrote:

ZiggyStar wrote:

neilybabes86 wrote:

the beach/sun is your friend

Fuck no! I hate the sun. And Townsville has the highest rate of skin cancer in the world. No thanks!

mmmmmmmmmmm
writing on women
or
writing in women

which is it?

both

HEY!! There you are! Guess what I got today!! YOUR BOOK!!!!! I was going to PM you but didn't know if you wanted PMs after someone stole your password or whatever happened.

THANK YOU!!!!! And thank you for my scribbley little message!!!

You're lovely! xx

chadwick · September 2010

ZiggyStar wrote:

HEY!! There you are! Guess what I got today!! YOUR BOOK!!!!! I was going to PM you but didn't know if you wanted PMs after someone stole your password or whatever happened.

THANK YOU!!!!! And thank you for my scribbley little message!!! You're lovely! xx

i have been steering away from certain pms.
some ppl do not play nicely with others.

Ziggy, this is awesome news.
which package found you?
right now i am excited.

ZiggyStar · September 2010

chadwick wrote:

ZiggyStar wrote:

HEY!! There you are! Guess what I got today!! YOUR BOOK!!!!! I was going to PM you but didn't know if you wanted PMs after someone stole your password or whatever happened.

THANK YOU!!!!! And thank you for my scribbley little message!!! You're lovely! xx

i have been steering away from certain pms.
some ppl do not play nicely with others.

Ziggy, this is awesome news.
which package found you?
right now i am excited.

Yes! I was so excited getting it!!!

It was the second package!! :(

I take it you never found the receipt for the first one?

twisted thoughts · September 2010

Wow Zig...what an interesting problema you have there....
as long as it doesnt negatively affect your body or anything...
have fun

put a cock farm on your face
its like turrets syndrome, only a little differnt
you cant be held accountable for objects that you may lean on
oh, the fun i would have with this

wonder what would happen if you were to get a tattoo???

keep us posted, maybe share some artwork

hope your ok tho...even tho this is pretty cool

chadwick · September 2010

ZiggyStar wrote:

Yes! I was so excited getting it!!!

It was the second package!! :(

I take it you never found the receipt for the first one?

i can't find my ass or my head and they are both attached to me.
receipts, not so much luck with those.
i am gonna have to get myself together if im gonna distribute my poetry around the globe.
the first package i sent you has several cool things in it.
snakes, whiskers, poetry, pictures, and a letter.

i vote for writing in or on women.

josevolution · September 2010

Whoa as long as words don't just start appearing all by themselves

But i really hope nothing more develops from this ....

ZiggyStar · September 2010

chadwick wrote:

ZiggyStar wrote:

Yes! I was so excited getting it!!!

It was the second package!! :(

I take it you never found the receipt for the first one?

i can't find my ass or my head and they are both attached to me.
receipts, not so much luck with those.
i am gonna have to get myself together if im gonna distribute my poetry around the globe.
the first package i sent you has several cool things in it.
snakes, whiskers, poetry, pictures, and a letter.

i vote for writing in or on women.

Noooooooooooooooo!!!!! Don't tell me that!!!!! :x :x :x :x

I want the first package!!! Find the receipt!! DO IT!!! Look look look!!!

ZiggyStar · September 2010

twisted thoughts wrote:

Wow Zig...what an interesting problema you have there....
as long as it doesnt negatively affect your body or anything...
have fun

put a c*** farm on your face
its like turrets syndrome, only a little differnt
you cant be held accountable for objects that you may lean on
oh, the fun i would have with this

wonder what would happen if you were to get a tattoo???

keep us posted, maybe share some artwork
hope your ok tho...even tho this is pretty cool

Nah, it doesn't hurt or anything.....however I have my shoulders and arms exposed a lot when I wear clothes and I'm a fairly scratchy person and now I constantly have red claw marks all over me. And yes, if I lean on things they leave marks! haha It's not that bad though....it probably sounds worse than what it is. I just have to be careful not to scratch...or write too many words on my arms! haha

Put a c*** farm on my face? Oh yes please!!

What the hell is a c*** farm?

twisted thoughts · September 2010

ZiggyStar wrote:

What the hell is a c*** farm?

its from the movie jackass2
bam margera had somebody brand him w/ a d***
but bam jumped, and the guy kept re-branding him
so he had a whole bunch of cocks branded on his ass
Bam called it a d*** farm

it was funny
i tried to find a vid on youtube for you, or even a pic, but im at work and you can imagine what comes up when you search for certain keywords....

anyone else care to share...feel free

ZiggyStar · September 2010

Actually we might want to edit that "c" word.....I'm sure someone on here got a warning and maybe a short time out for saying that word on here.... :?

twisted thoughts · September 2010

ZiggyStar wrote:

Actually we might want to edit that "c" word.....I'm sure someone on here got a warning and maybe a short time out for saying that word on here.... :?

righto...however, i think it was the other "c" word that caused the bannings
the ever so evil "c" word that most women hate

i didnt realize using the other term for a male rooster was a bad thing

ZiggyStar · September 2010

twisted thoughts wrote:

ZiggyStar wrote:

Actually we might want to edit that "c" word.....I'm sure someone on here got a warning and maybe a short time out for saying that word on here.... :?

righto...however, i think it was the other "c" word that caused the bannings
the ever so evil "c" word that most women hate
i didnt realize using the other term for a male rooster was a bad thing

No....i'm not talking about Jeags....this is someone else using the other "c" word. haha

twisted thoughts · September 2010

ZiggyStar wrote:

twisted thoughts wrote:

ZiggyStar wrote:

Actually we might want to edit that "c" word.....I'm sure someone on here got a warning and maybe a short time out for saying that word on here.... :?

righto...however, i think it was the other "c" word that caused the bannings
the ever so evil "c" word that most women hate
i didnt realize using the other term for a male rooster was a bad thing

No....i'm not talking about Jeags....this is someone else using the other "c" word. haha

damn forum nazis lockin shit down :shock:
hi kat :wave:
keep up the good work

JaneNY · September 2010

Does taking any kind of antihistamine help? Or using a steroid cream? Have you figured out the problem, like could it also be related to a specific detergent, or soap?