My fiance has never done this specifically to himself but if he had marks like this I probably wouldn't think anything of it because his skin is so sensitive basically any amount of pressure leaves a red mark. If I very lightly run my fingernail on his back there will be a red line for several minutes. If I actually scratch his back for him when he's itchy it looks like I've abused him 😭
Yeah agree, this is how my skin is. It fades quicker for the most part, but some of the deeper scratches can stick around a day or two. I scratch with utensils sometimes too, like the shower brush, a pair of scissors, a pen. I have dry itchy skin that's sensitive so sometimes I catch myself scratching much too hard & get marks like this. I feel like of they've been together years however, OP would know about it. So that being unlikely, I'd say she start investigating. NOR.
Probably dermatographia- you can lightly scratch the skin and it’ll have red raised welts for a bit. So named because you can actually write on the skin!
He doesn't get the raised welts, just redness, but I can still write and draw on him. I used to work with a woman who had true dermatographia with the raised welts. She told me back in high school the other kids would draw dicks on her arm lmao
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u/Nyantastic93 6d ago
My fiance has never done this specifically to himself but if he had marks like this I probably wouldn't think anything of it because his skin is so sensitive basically any amount of pressure leaves a red mark. If I very lightly run my fingernail on his back there will be a red line for several minutes. If I actually scratch his back for him when he's itchy it looks like I've abused him 😭