Woman's paper skin a walking notepad

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.