HANDS ALLERGIC TO THE SUN

I have told you all before about a weird condition that has just recently begun affecting me. This started when I was about 20 or 21 - I'm 32 now. All of a sudden my hands were "allergic" to the sun. I have always been an girl that likes to tan during the summers, so it wasn't just like all of a sudden I was in the sun more. I can not have my hands out in the sun for a lengthy period of time, or my hands will "break out" with super duper itchy, liquid filled bumps. After trying for years in vain to use sunscreen on my hands, try to hide my hands, etc. I finally gave up and started wearing softball gloves when I am out at the pool. A little embarrassing, but it sure beats the hell out of what the sun will do to my hands.

This weekend, I went to the pool with my son, and I immediately had the softball gloves on. I used them from the time I got outside to the time I went inside. Yesterday I noticed that my middle finger still broke out - WTF?????!!!! So now I am wondering if it isn't something else involved too that is making my hands break out, or if the sun was some how still able to penetrate the softball gloves I wore.

The main reason for this post is I am hoping to maybe find someone else out there that suffers from the same thing I do. I would love to find out what is causing this, if there is something else I could do to avoid this - BESIDES avoiding going out in the sun - sorry, it just ain't gonna happen with me. I have been to about 4-5 dermatologists and avoiding the sun is all they tell me. Not one of them has ever tried to actually FIND out what is going on, and I am tired of wasting my money on a doctor that will only tell me to avoid the sun.

When a breakout does occur, it is ALWAYS on this middle finger especially! The middle finger on my right hand will always be the worse one of the bunch. I also get this on the palm side of my hands near my wrists too. If I don't scratch it, the "liquid" will dry up in a few days and the skin will kind of dry up and flake off or I have to peal it off. Sounds gross, huh!

I have looked on the computer but have yet to find any one else that has something similar to what I have. Would love to hear from anyone that knows anything about this.

This is what my hands look like today:

You can see how swollen the middle finger is compared to the rest of my fingers.