Help with Dermatitis

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I have developed a condition on my hands. It started Spring of 2021. My GP, who is also a dermatologist, says its contact dermatitis probably linked to a combination of all the covid hand sanitiser and the rescue dog I got in March 2021. He gives me a steroid prescription when it's at its worst, but that doesn't clear it. Its been ongoing since then, without let up albeit that the extremes fluctuate. I wear moisturiser and gloves to bed. I use an emulsifier too. It has been on my palm and fingers and has spread to the back of my hands in the last month. Its incredibly sore and itchy and I can't get any relief. I am so frustrated and don't know how to fix it. Please, if you have any suggestions I would love to hear then

Will preface with I'm not sure mine is the same. My skin goes itchy, raw and flakes easily, and skin splits very regularly if I'm not careful. Like hundreds of tiny cuts. It's pretty miserable. Even when better my hands look like an old person's.

I wear gloves when doing any housework to avoid needing to wash my hands more often than absolutely necessary, and take my own soap when out and about as ones in public bathrooms are often just too harsh for my skin. When I do wash my hands I use moisturizer a few mins later so it adds a barrier. I'm ok to just use neutrogena when I'm on top of it. For soap I use the blue Dove handwash and sanex zero body wash in shower. Haven't found a gentle shampoo and conditioner that cleans my hair well but doesn't make flares worse but have a friend who is a hairdresser and sometimes I just go to her for a hair wash.

I cut back on wheat, dairy and eggs during my most recent flare as it wasn't shifting and it helped and was able to reintroduce without issue.

Thanks for replying. Ive just done a sensitivity test to see if I'm allergic to something specific I can start avoiding. I wear gloves in the shower - the latex ones. I use them for all housework and when cutting onions. Ill keep on trying new things to resolve it!! Maybe a few weeks with no housework or work work might do the trick 🤔