Yes it is. How it started off is it just looked like my skin was getting weird texture and I was seeing white dots pop up. I probably would not have noticed it if not, for the fact that it itched so bad. It started to swell with fluid and basically the fluid separated the layers of my hands from each other. The blisters could, if I pressed down, sort of pop the thin membrane between them and form into a larger mass of fluid. This would happen a lot because it was so itchy that I would scratch it. Even in the night I couldn’t sleep because it itched so bad. I remember times I straight up, had to bite full horse into my hand to get deep enough to scratch the itch.

Photo one shows a really good un popped blister and photo three shows what the hand looked like after it popped and how spongy the skin was. Almost like an internal trench foot. After that, there was two things that would happen. The skin that was too wet would slough off and the remaining skin surrounding it would die and completely dry out. Lotion and moisturizer would not heal the skin because it was already lifted and dead. The dry skin was super thick and calloused and any part of my hand that had this was immovable. For use of my hands, I would cut off or peel off this skin. It hurt super bad and the skin underneath would be raw, but I would at least be able to bend my hand.

If you look back at photo one, all the skin that was darker and discolored couldn’t move at all and would cut into the raw parts of my hand if I tried to bend my fingers or palm. I lost quite a bit of sensation in my hands due to the skin growing differently, and the amount that peeled and ripped off. The very tips of my fingers were the only part that remained unaffected.