This is a place for people to post bullshit and perform any mental masterbation and/or philsophical/artistic self gratification needed without wasting the time of everyone else.
Considering the location (ie, stress areas) it looks like you're doing something with your hands that is a new activity, like learning guitar. Use lotion and take breaks from whatever you're doing different.
Looks like you're going to develop calluses, though.
Same happend to me when I once dyed my hair without using the supplied plastic gloves, took about 2 days til I started to loose the skin and get an itch in the finger tipps.
I get something similar after eating shellfish like shrimp or crayfish. First few days after I ate them my fingers feel numb, then 1-3 weeks later my fingers look like that. I think it might be some kind of allergic reaction but it's not bad enough to deter me from eating the tasty crustaceans..