Dermatographia

There’s medication available to treat and ease dermatographia, but there’s usually no urgent need for it. Casually known as skin writing, dermatographia is a condition in which even light body scratches can give way to the appearance of red lines. For this reason, people with dermatographia can use their bodies as their private sketchbooks!

Dermatographia sounds fun when we put it like that, but it can be uncomfortable. Linked to genetics, it’s worsened by many daily activities and environmental factors that may be simply unavoidable, including heat and cold, stress, vibrations, and even exercise.