Woman's paper skin a walking notepad

by World_Groove | October 5, 2008 at 09:51 am
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Typically Urticaria covers a wide range of rashes and hives, but in this instance it appears to make you into a Human etchosketch.


A Chengdu resident suffers from a condition that allows her to use her skin like writing paper.

According to 50-year-old Huang Xiangji, when she writes a word on her skin using a fingernail, the letters protrude from her skin a minute or two later.

"I used my body as a notebook for years," Huang said.

The woman said she had the strange ability even as a little girl and would list goods on her arms before going shopping.

On Wednesday, doctors told Huang that she had the condition called artificial urticaria, which has no ill affects.

Finding a way to "cause" this condition could put tattoo parlors out of business !!

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Terri Potratz
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at 19:12 on October 5th, 2008

World_Groove, I like this story. It's good stuff.

How long does the writing remain on her skin??

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World_Groove

I tried to find that out, but could find not find deeper reporting on the story.

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saaarrj

i have this exact same thing..and to answer your question, it can stay for up to a few good hours, fading varies.

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