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If you've ruled out fleas or other bugs, I'd take the scientific approach and consider everything one at a time. What kind of food is he eating? Could it be a dye or additive in the food?
What kind of litter do you use? Do you add anything for eliminating odors? Or have you switched litters recently?
Does kitty go outside? Do you use any fertilizers or chemicals on your lawn or gardens? Or how about your household cleaners? Do you use things like carpet powder or Febreeze?
As a human that suffers from allergies I always look to these things first. I've gotten better and I manage with medicine but I used to restrict my cleaning to old fashioned vinegar and baking soda, and a few essential oils like lavender that didnt trigger the reactions. I also couldn't use detergents or fabric softener with perfumes or scents in it (and tea tree oil does a far better job anyway!). Anything that comes into contact with your kitty's face should be suspect, but again do a slow process of elimination, one thing at a time. I know how expensive allergy testing for pets can be, our neighbors have a German boxer that they forked out $4000 for tests and vet bills before they ruled out the dog's allergies.

hiya - what a gorgeous cat! what's his name?
well, I would take him to the vet, I don't see what else it can be than allergies, and I assume you want to know what he's allergic to... and it can be a lot of things...
both my sisters's cats (who are both "outside cats") are allergic to Trombiculidae (also called berry bugs, harvest mites, red bugs, scrub-itch mites and aoutas) - seems to run in the the feline world ... around the face does seem to be the areas where it happens first but also the rest of the body to a lesser extent, and from spring to automn... they gave them one shot of some anti-allergene at the beginning of the season to get it under control... is it only on the face? so it would probably be something he puts his face into, may be to eat or drink, or rubs it on (though he would rub the rest of his body on it too, and the rest isn't affected, so I would favor the "puts his face into" option - though may be the rest of him is protected by the thick hair... so don't rule out the "rub it on" option either) Have you tried washing his bowls with a different solution, or even with just water? I wouldn't say it is the food itself because if it was he would probably be sick, too...
so what touches his face and only his face?
do you use some sort of wax on your furniture? how are his paws? affected or not?
does he go outside? if he does, try to stop him for a couple of weeks, see if it gets better. If it does, it means the source is outside. If it doesn't then it's inside.

Hey guys,
Thanks for replying. @ MandyCoonie I have BEEN down the "lets dissect everything about whats going into him" road with no results.

@ Alekto I am not 100% convinced that this is allergies. I rescued him when I lived in the city and he never had this problem there. I moved up to the mountains and he had an occasional "bout" with some scratching and it would subside. This time however, it seems that it's something more than that.

I hate the idea of going and paying an outrageous amount of money to find out that whatever it was that we test him for is not the problem.

I know that certain breeds are more prone to certain conditions plus, being a white cat, I know he may more susceptible to other stuff. I was hoping that someone who had experienced this before or, knew about a similar situation could help me out before I go spend all this cash.

So, if anyone else has ANY experience with this type of situation with a white cat or possible Main Coon and possible Angora mix, please please PLEASE post up.

Thanks again for the comments guys. I guess I should have been more specific about what we had already done.

Oh and his name is the Christed Buddha. ;)

... I got nothing... :-)