A few days ago I noticed a lot of very tiny raised bumps covering the back of both hands. They are not on my fingers or the palms. They are basically flesh-toned and are only visable in good light, but i can feel them when I run a hand over them. They do not itch at all. Yesterday I noticed that they started appearing on both of my forearms, but only on the top, not the underside. Today I noticed a 4 or 5 on my left ear, but those ones were itchy. (unrelated perhaps) My husband does not show any signs of this rash. I originally thought maybe it was an allergic reaction to a new dishsoap but the fact that it doesn't appear on the fingers/palms and that it is spreading make me doubt that now. I also recently got a new tattoo on my inner wrist which I think is having an allergic reaction to the red ink, but that is itchy and is confined to the actual tattoo so i think that is also unrelated. I picked up some hydrocortisone creme yesterday, no change so far.
I just returned from Afghanistan about 2-3 weeks ago, have been living with my husband's grandfather and just moved into a new house, so there has been quite a bit of change in my life lately which makes it difficult to pinpoint what may be causing this. I've heard others describe something close to this online and it seems like no one knows what it is. I've been researching alot of different rashes and nothing seems to fit!