Skin Writing
Get ready to learn about the creepiest-sounding condition on the planet: skin writing. Before you get totally creeped out, we’re here to tell you it’s not as bad as it sounds. The official name for this skin condition is dermographism. This storyteller is here to explain. They have lived with dermographism all their life. It’s when the skin develops raised red marks after pressure is applied.
Every time this person scratches their forehead, a gnarly-looking red gash appears for a few minutes. They can also write on their skin with their finger, and the letters they traced will appear (hence the condition’s nickname). Overall, this storyteller doesn’t mind having this condition, but it does make them really itchy. As a result, they have to take allergy medicine a lot.