Rare skin condition prevents woman from kissing fiancé

While St Valentine’s day is a real chance for lover to get some serious smooching, Rachel Prince, a 30-year old woman suffering from a rare skin condition, is not allowed to even her fiancé because of having allergy to water.

The condition, called aquagenic urticaria, means even a few spots of saliva from the fiancé, Lee Warwick would bring Prince out in horrible hives, The Daily Mail reported.

The allergy is not said to be all bad however and gets Prince out of doing the dishes and the washing.

“We'd like to have kids someday but it's something we would have to consider carefully as I wouldn't be able to take care of all the washing and cleaning,” she said.

“Plus, I would hate to pass this onto my child and with it being so rare no one is able to say whether I would or not.”

Prince, who does not work due to cubital tunnel syndrome, which affects the use of both her arms, met Warwick online ten years ago and they became a couple on Valentine's Day in 2007.

Valentine's Day holds a special significance for the couple as it was also the day Mr Warwick proposed at Codnor Castle, near their home.

Prince is allergic to her own tears, saliva, sweat and blood. Even the briefest contact with moisture leaves her skin covered in a red, angry rash and unsightly hives.

She first noticed the allergy at the age of 12 and it has gradually worsened over the years since then.

She said: 'As I got older, it became a proper rash whenever I was in contact with water. It burns and it itches, it feels like my skin is on fire.

'It covers my face, chest and arms and recently I have noticed it on my legs as well.

'I used to love swimming and I learned how to swim in the sea so I would love nothing more than to be able to have a paddle while on holiday, but I can't even do that.'

Because the condition is so rare, affecting just a handful of people worldwide, Miss Prince often gets strange reactions from people when they first hear she is allergic to water.