Dermatographia refers to a condition in which seemingly minor scratches turn into temporary but significant reactions. It may be more common if you have a history of allergies or dermatitis. This ...

Ariana Page Russell isn’t the first artist to use her own flesh as a canvas, but she’s probably the first to do it without having to swallow a bottle of painkillers first. Russell has an autoimmune ...

Dermatographism is when scratching or pressing the skin causes raised red marks. Dermatographism usually goes away on its own within 30 minutes. Dermatographism (also known as dermatographia) is a ...

The cause of dermographic urticaria is unknown, but appears to be related to a mast cell abnormality and is probably autoimmune in nature. Due to a recent illness, I developed dermographism.

Ariana Page Russell turns her so-called "skin writing" disease into high art.

Urticaria that results from the pressure of using a dull object to stroke the skin is called “dermatographism,” which literally means the ability to write on the skin. Also referred to as ...

Physical urticaria is a skin condition in which hives (urticaria) develop from direct contact with certain physical elements. Unlike contact or allergy-related hives, the stimuli that trigger physical ...