• About
  • Dermatographia
  • Art
  • Holistic Living
  • Contact
  • Blog
    • Art
    • Dermatographia
    • News
    • Interviews

Skintome

The art and healing of dermatographia,
by Ariana Page Russell.

  • About
  • Dermatographia
  • Art
  • Holistic Living
  • Contact
  • Blog
    • Art
    • Dermatographia
    • News
    • Interviews

About Ariana and Skintome

Dermatographia

Art

Dermatographia// Featured

What To Do With the Itch: 6 Tips to Manage Dermatographia

November 17, 2013 • 306  
Frequently I get asked how I manage my dermatographia. My new friend Ellen in Hong Kong asked how I deal with our skin condition, so I wrote this post. [Update: Check out this post (click here) for even more tips, and here's my updated Dermatographia page too] About 5% of the population has dermatographia, and
Read More

Subscribe to Skintome and get a free chapter of Ariana’s book

Art// Interviews// News

Art and Creativity in Brazil

November 6, 2013 • 0  

Recently I was asked by Stefanie Zorub Montanha from São Paulo to do an interview for a Brazilian magazine about art and creativity. Following is the interview, to be published sometime soon: I read in your website that you have very sensitive skin and the scratches last about 30 minutes. When did you figure out

Read More
Dermatographia

Lovely Images from Lisa

November 6, 2013 • 3  

Yesterday I received these images with a sweet email from Lisa in Belgium: Thank you for making what we have an art-form & giving me a way to explain to people it’s perfectly normal and beautiful. I have lived with it for years trying to hide it and now I can say it’s my art.

Read More
Art

Ephemeral at Adelphi

November 1, 2013 • 0  

Ephemeral opened at Adelphi University last month. The show, curated by Carson Fox, looks amazing! I’m honored to be included with these great artists–the curator is one herself.   Top Image: Sail, archival inkjet print, 40 x 30″, 2011 from my Blouse series. Lower Images: installation views of Ephemeral

Art

Collaboration with Stinkfish in Moscow

November 1, 2013 • 0  

Stinkfish, my friend and collaborator, recently sent me these images of the mural he painted in Moscow, based on my piece Sugarplum.     We’ve been collaborating long distance since the publication of this video article on Tiempo Real, based in Bogotá (where Stinkfish is from):    In addition to sending images back and forth

Read More
Welcome

Skin Tome

October 25, 2013 • 0  

Hello and welcome to Skin Tome! skin |skin| noun the thin layer of tissue forming the natural outer covering of the body of a person or animal or object ORIGIN late Old English scinn, from Old Norse skinn; related to Dutch schinden ‘flay, peel’ and German schinden. tome |tōm| noun chiefly humorous a book, esp.

Read More
•Newer Entries

Featured Posts

Dermatographia

How I *Almost* Cured My Dermatographia, The All Natural Way

Dermatographia// Featured

What To Do With the Itch: 6 Tips to Manage Dermatographia

Dermatographia// Featured

How Doing An Elimination Diet Can Help Heal Your Dermatographia

Art// Dermatographia// Featured

My TEDx Talk at UNC ‘How I Turned my Skin into Art’

Dermatographia// Featured

Personal Adornment: Can People With Dermatographia Get Tattoos?

Dermatographia

Hashimoto’s Hypothyroidism and Dermatographia

As Seen In

© 2026 Skintome. All rights reserved.
Enter your name and email and get the weekly newsletter... it's FREE!
Introduce yourself and your program
Your information will *never* be shared or sold to a 3rd party.