What are these orange stains that have appeared on my hands overnight?

Thank you, 25Avalon.

I'd forgotten about asking and came back to check it wasn't a cluster of liver spots, as I've read lately that new liver spots appearing can mean diabetes!

I'm glad you all got it sorted.

Now to sort out Rustywalker!!

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So it's 5 am in Seattle and I just woke up with the same thing everyone else is experiencing. At and handled Satsumas, the one's you buy at the store with the leaves still on, for the first time last night.

It's on both hands, won't rub off. I've been taking a lot of multivitamins lately and eating a lot of fruit and veggies over the last few weeks. Intuitively feels like it's related to the Satsumas, but will see what happens.

I've had a lot of anxiety and not sleeping well, so could be the condition Carotenosis I guess?

Hi all, I woke up also to a stain, correct me if I’m wrong but I think I’m the only one who hasn’t got it in hands or fingers ….. yet!! It’s on the inside of my left wrist and started quite small, it happened about two weeks ago and is growing in size. From reading everybody’s suggestions I’m still at a loss to fathom what it is.

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Yet another who has signed up for this interesting and perplexing issue, this is probably the 5th or 6th time I've gotten it, can confirm I was clean and darkness free before sleeping, and when I woke up this morning it was everywhere on my feet. I've had it in both feet and hands before and have yet to come to a conclusion. (Post 1/2 due to photos)

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(Post 2/2)

Not only was it on my feet today but also on my chest and knee, it seems to be as if I've dropped something on myself, but I was asleep. My girlfriend also had it happen to her the other day and we thought it may be a period related cause, but can now rule that out. This is so bizarre and I'm very interested to help us all solve it. My diet hasn't changed, no bell peppers, no citrus fruits, no flowers, 26/M/NSW, Australia, and also have the second Pfizer vax, however why would it seem like it's dripped on me if vax was the case, it's also sticky like it's fresh and I've only woken up an hour ago.

Sometimes I also experience like this. Is it a sign for health hazard?

Im having the same thing i searched the net ive found carrot may cause it but its not in my case then i asked my grand mother she told me that its caused by the angels ( cause its look like hanna) arabian temporary tattoo ... its the same color and the old ones think it a blessing from angels or a warning from god to return to him... some think its caused by some kind of evil magic ... but i think its just something with the skin and dont worry about it and what ive noticed if i touch something hot it gets darker

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Well, add another to the list of this oddity. I woke today with the same blotchy stains on my hands and fingers and totally puzzled as to what these came from. I've read all the comments here and I can say I have not eaten what others have here. It's been three days since I've eaten any salad or veggies or fruit for that matter. I have eaten lots of pasta and candy the last two days!

Nothing to do with yellow stains, but 2 days ago, I found a 6” piece of my lounge wall on the floor. The mystery is this - I have scoured the whole of the lounge, all 4 walls and nothing appears to be broken off. My lounge is not used a lot, so it’s hoovered only once a week and I certainly didn’t notice it the last i hoovered it. I was freaked out at first, but I guess there are lots of things going on around us, which can’t be explained. I leave it at that.

I signed up also so I could comment. Not sure if y'all ever figured this out but my son..age 25...a Team Leader at Target here in Alabama came from work yesterday with orange hands. Just hands. He just sent me a pic of them today and they are a bit worse. No pain or swelling etc...he has not touched anything out of the ordinary. After ready ALL the comments I am leaning towards 2 things....either a fungus....I have an anti-fungal cream I am gonna use on him tonight OR it is dietary..He is always on the go so eats out everyday and eats Pizza at least 2 or 3 times a week....he has horrible diet. Lol ..oh and he puts Ketchup on EVERYTHING...I home I am tech savvy enough to include pics ....but I am telling him to watch any tomato based products and will still use cream on him..will report back on my findings..thank you all for sharing YOUR experiences...if you have new info ...please advise...if not..I WILL report back !!!!!!!! Merry Christmas ???

I used to get stains like that after picking dandelions. Think it was the sap.

He hasn't been doing that. I am thinking after doing some research that it is a fungus of some type. I used an antifungal just on one oh his hands tonight to see if it helps at all. But it looks SO odd. Lol...as long as it's not serious I'm not worried about it. I guess time will tell. Thanks for your reply.

Ive read this entire thread, all 7 pages and we are both in our 30's. So my fiancé has had this appear for the third time now in about 4 months. We cannot figure out what causes this, when she came home from work her hands where clean, she took a nap on the couch only to wake up to stained hands. I have stripped all of the cushions off the couch, triple checked the blanket, the dog leash, and every item she has came into contact with. We came up empty handed with what it could be. Ive read alot on this sub about how it could be hypothyroidism, she does have goiters on her neck, but we do not believe this is what's causing it. They are not flaring up or needing to be drained. Ive read alot about people saying that it could be from eating peppers or certain foods. We have ruled that out as well. She does though work in a produce department at a local grocery store. Ive asked about all the vegetables she came into contact with last night on her shift and nothing she came into contact with could have stained her hands. I saw them when she got home at 7am this morning with clean hands, by 1pm look stained. Its mindblowing that even though this is a common problem across the world, we cant even really single anything out.

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Just noticed I’m part of the orange stain group a few hours ago on both my thumbs only. They’re fairly light but still very obvious. I’m a rock/mineral collector so I jumped to the conclusion of a possible metal absorption via handling the stones..but it’s where no rocks would’ve touched and it looks like little splatters. I noticed it after consuming a new pizza sauce so I thought it was indeed stains. They’re not bothersome, have no smell or raised surface..just different colored. I’m a hypochondriac so I’m panicked about it possibly being something ominous . I didn’t get vaccinated yet so it’s not associated with any new chemicals being introduced into my body. I’ll give it a week to fade away I guess . Hate this scared feeling!

Could be Carotenosis

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I've been getting these spots for about 5wks. I'm a 52/F, don't dye hair, no new tattoos, not a big veggie/citrus fan, don't work with chemicals or flowers. My dr is clueless and says I must have rubbed against something. Today, waking up to the darkest spot to date, I wondered if it has anything to do with drinking iced tea from a yeti cup. Maybe the tannins in the tea are interacting with the cup and my body is expelling? Previously I was drinking it from a tervis cup. Anyone else on here drink tea daily?
Also, the easiest way to clear them has been with using a pumice stone. Tonight, I'll be scrubbing them off and wearing gloves to bed! I'm kinda over it, especially after the past 2yrs we've all gone through. Good luck everyone and please continue to share. Maybe we'll figure it out soon. ?✌

Is this a spoof thread? It pops up sporadically with a variety of contributors, many of whom admit they have created accounts simply to comment.

Not a spoof thread. The people on here are perplexed and doctors have few/no answers.

Maw I think that the new contributors have found the thread due to desperate and thorough Googling.
There are several posters in the States.
It really is an odd phenomenon.

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My girlfriend woke up this morning with the same type stains on her hands. No idea what it could be.

Whatevenisthis

Ive read this entire thread, all 7 pages and we are both in our 30's. So my fiancé has had this appear for the third time now in about 4 months. We cannot figure out what causes this, when she came home from work her hands where clean, she took a nap on the couch only to wake up to stained hands. I have stripped all of the cushions off the couch, triple checked the blanket, the dog leash, and every item she has came into contact with. We came up empty handed with what it could be. Ive read alot on this sub about how it could be hypothyroidism, she does have goiters on her neck, but we do not believe this is what's causing it. They are not flaring up or needing to be drained. Ive read alot about people saying that it could be from eating peppers or certain foods. We have ruled that out as well. She does though work in a produce department at a local grocery store. Ive asked about all the vegetables she came into contact with last night on her shift and nothing she came into contact with could have stained her hands. I saw them when she got home at 7am this morning with clean hands, by 1pm look stained. Its mindblowing that even though this is a common problem across the world, we cant even really single anything out.

Could it be pesticides or something on produce?
It certainly is baffling!
I've not had it, but I'm very curious about it all.

Hello Everyone. Like many of you before us, my 13 yr old daughter & I created a profile here after finding this thread while trying to figure out wth is happening with her hands.

She woke up day before yesterday with minimal iodine like stains on both her hands. Mainly on the fingers near her knuckles, and she also is experiencing the shiny smooth phenomenon where the stains are, that some of the other’s reported.
Day 2 (today) the orange stains are now
spreading a little more on her hands & also now starting to spread up one arm.

I know many of you think there is a correlation to food or supplements causing the discoloration. I do not feel that is factual or even remotely good advice. It appears to be somewhat rare, and definitely mysterious, as I have been a massage therapist for almost 24 years and have seen MANY bodies & I have NEVER seen or heard of anything quite like this. Similar, but not the same thing. I will definitely figure this out tho & I am happy to share once we do.
I consulted my chiropractor, who is also very into nutrition and kinesiology. He believes it is related to iron absorption in some way. I myself actually saw a post with similar photos like my daughter’s hands, that called the staining Addison’s Disease, and they claimed it is related to adrenal fatigue. We will hopefully know more after her pediatrician appointment tomorrow afternoon. Between him and her chiropractor’s research, I am confident we will get to the bottom of this. However, if any of you happened to figure anything out (since this post is from last year), please forward me the information. We would greatly appreciate any help, and I sincerely hope all of you are doing well and that your symptoms are under control.

Best Regards,

Eliza & Bliss

Just wanted to post an update on what was causing MY rust colored staining on my hands. I realize this will probably not be the case for many of you but if even one person benefits from my realization I figured it’d be worth sharing. After weeks & weeks of racking my brain I finally figured out that It was BABY WIPES!! I had been wiping my hands with them and wherever I used the wipes, my skin would turn Orange/rust colored overnight! I don’t know exactly why this happened. They must’ve been old or something cuz I noticed the wipes had the same color on some of them. They were from CVS. I had cases of them and I don’t know why some are fine & some are not but any open packages that I had caused the same problem. I have no idea how or why, It’s a shame cuz I’d been using them for years with no issues. I’ve since switched to Huggies brand wipes and haven’t had the problem again since. Anyway, I just remembered that I never revisited this site to report my findings. I hope this helps someone else and I hope everyone can figure out the mysterious cause of their discoloration, whatever it may be. Thanks.

I should add, to test my theory I made my husband wipe his hands really well with the offending baby wipes. He was not very happy when he woke up with Oompa Loompa colored hands the next day. But I was just relieved to have found the cause and eradicated it.

I have woken up today with the same thing. Unusually, for the past 24 hours I have not been out, except for a check up at the hospital (nothing serious). The only thing I touched there was hand sanitiser. This was quite a lot as they have them at every doorway. I have no medical conditions except to take statins (on the same ones for years). In other words, the only thing different in my day either eaten or touched was the hand sanitiser. So I was interested by two comments that made me take notice. The first was stress, which I don't normally suffer from, but have been lately and the comment on baby wipes. Perhaps the hand sanitiser had something similiar in it similiar to the baby wipes? Perhaps it was that , combined with a bit of stress, which kicked off the reaction. Interested to know what others think... Thank you...