Contact Allergy to Lab Gloves

Hello! I’m looking for help / suggestions with a different type of chemistry problem: a contact allergy to lab gloves that has been going on for a few years.

Within a few days of wearing lab gloves, hands become very dry and small cuts start to form on the surface and itchy bumps form underneath the skin. When gloves use is continued through this, the cuts and dryness gets much worse and sometimes systemic allergic symptoms (headache, throat tightness) occurs.

This has happened with all types of lab gloves: nitrile, latex, neoprene, low-allergy, sulfur-free. It also even happens when wearing gloves liners (cotton or nylon) underneath the lab gloves. Protective lotions/ointments have also been tried, but didn’t solve the problem. Patch testing on the back/arm also causes this reaction, indicating that it is a response to more than just sweat/occlusion from wearing gloves.

Gloves are required almost everyday for the handling of chemicals and equipment used in chemistry research. If no solution is found soon, then in a change in career will likely have to be found.

Does anyone have any additional ideas for protecting hands under / in addition to lab gloves in a lab environment? Thank you in advance for your time!