Rash on Knuckles/Feet - Caused by Cetaphil Soap? Please Help!

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I am further than ever from discovering what is causing all my problems. My

skin has like 50 differnt problems now. I have to assume I have some sort of

allergies, Its the only thing I can think of that could cause like 5

simultaneous skin problems. The one I am asking about tonight, is on the

knuckles of my hands, my ankles, and parts of my feet. It Only appears when I

am taking a shower. Fifteen minutes after a shower, it is always gone.

However, it looks very similar to a rash I have on my hands almost all the time.

I ALMOST ALWAYS a little internal rash thing on my hands that appear especially

when I get too cold (this is not the one im concerned about, I know a bunch of

people have this problem, but i dont really know anything about it) . Its Never

raised or itchy. its like tiny little blotches ALL 100% underneath the skin.

There's TONS of them and they're all close together. it is not like the

pictures of a food allergy. It looks sort of like a dimented checkerboard.

(red blotches and then some regular white skin in between 'em) This looks

pretty similar to what appears on my knuckles and feet after my shower. Except

on my knuckles/feet its MUCH more red, MUCH more noticable, And many of the

Blotches are ALOT bigger and trails off extremely quickly. I also have another

version of this rash that has appeared on the bottom portion of my cheeks (beard

area only) in recent months. That part of my face is not being treated

w/photoderm as it is clearly not cea (although possibly related? who knows?)

However, Tonight I didn't notice the rash appear on my knuckles until after I'd

reached for my bar of Cetaphil soap (which I use every night on my face)

Incidentally, the rash is ALWAYS much worse at night. although its become more

constant on my face than anywhere else. (This rash is Not the same as the

little bumps I get around my mouth and cheeks sometimes which I believe IS some

sort of food allergy/intolerance) Anyway, just because I didn't notice it until

I reached for the soap doesnt mean it wasnt there, BUT I decided that was

evidence enough to test something out. I took the bar and semi-vigorously

scrubbed the knuckles of my right hand for about ten seconds and then rinsed all

the soap off both hands. They both looked about the same. however 10 seconds

after my shower, my left hand was almost back to normal, and my right knuckles

were rashier than ever! Then I thought about it. I get this rash on my cheeks,

(where I apply the Cetaphil every night), my hands (where I rub the cetaphil

onto every night before putting it on my face), and my feet (where the cetaphil

trails off onto as it washes off in the shower every night) I'm beginning to

wonder, could this rash be caused by soap? Or by one of the perfumes in the

cetaphil? Or is this just another one of those coincidences that makes the

actual culprit harder and harder to find? (I have been using Cetaphil for about

a year, just started noticing the rashes several months ago)

As always my Derm is no help, I've tried getting a new one, but the NRS was not

much help, and either was the list of Derms I got from Galderma! I have an

appointment with an allergist/immunologist but thats still 45 days away and they

refuse to move me up. And I simply can't wait that long with all these things

going wrong and getting worse, and new things appearing and etc etc Its driving

me FREAKING NUTS!!!!! HELP! PLEASE!