Welcome Phoebe Duff, fellow dermatographic ;’) Phoebe posts lovely photos on Instagram, so I reached out to her for an interview: Skin Tome (ST): Do you try to hide the fact that you have dermatographia, or do most people know you have it? Phoebe Duff (PD): With people I have never met before I try
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Hi, my name is Jamie. My dermatographia started when I was six years old. My parents assumed it had to do with laundry detergent, shampoos, etc. We tried everything. I went a whole year using only oatmeal-based shower and health products until we gave up on the idea of my dermatographia going away. I
Just the other day I got the following email from Amanda Mitchell in Calgary: “Hi Ariana, I came across your blog, which was really interesting and dermographia doesn’t seem as rare as I was led to believe. I’ve had this condition for a number of years, and it first originated when I moved from our
Drew and I have been corresponding about dermatographia since early 2011, and he recently sent me an update on his condition. As some of you may know, dermatographia has a tendency to lessen or disappear completely as we age. It’s different for everybody, as is the severity of the condition, but most people I’ve talked
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

