Strange brown stain like things on my hands

[dancergirl1990]

Hi!
So I woke up this morning and while I was washing my hands I realized I had brown stains on them (the palm side).  So I tried washing them off but it wouldn't go away.  I have never experienced something like this before and both hands (palm side) hurts to touch.  They are more on my left hand but I do have some on my right hand as well.

If you could msg me back with some type of answer to this it would be gratefully appreciated.


This discussion is related to brown stains on hands.

[Mademoiselle1027]

So weird.. I too woke up this morning.. and had weird brown stains on my hands. Almost every finger had a little bit on it, my palm, it was embedded in some of my nail crevices,  and it either reminded me of self-tanner-colored brown(which I don't use) or dried blood (which I thoroughly checked my body.) I washed it off but it still stained my hand. I checked my head board to my bed to see if maybe finish came off if my hands were sweaty and I didn't see anything nor did any finish come off at touch. I checked my pillowcase because it is brown and maybe thought dye came off of it. Nothing!! I'm freaking out.. I have been taking thuja oil homeopathic stuff.. which I wondering if that would be the cause but why would it only be on one hand?!? It's just really weird and I did have a weird sleep last night of tossing and turning and then waking up to find my hand creepily stained.. Ugh..  

[jagesh50]

Strange but true.Sometime ago a college girl came with a similar history and my impression was tinea nigra and clotrimazole did clear it.Wil it grow over night?Fungi do grow.They occur on the palms and stain brown to black

[jagesh50]

Let me tell you the followup of this problem.From the same hostel this girl came two other girls with smilar findings but the staining was more like india ink splashed on their palms,I never got a fungus testing one but clotrimazole again cleared it.Only right now I got reminded after this quesion.Wish I had got a scraping done.

[Asiarain]

i woke up this morning with stains between all of my fingers.. it looks like self tanning lotion got stuck or something... they're not itchy or irritating.. what would it be from?

[pjf6d9]

Same exact thing happen to me this morning.  Tried washing my hands for a few minutes and it started to fad away.  Couldnt tell if it was from the outside or inside of my skin.  Although, there was some orange/brown in between my finger nails as well so not sure.  So weird!

[AbyPrince]

Hi, I'm getting this. I'm only 18 so when I researched they said it could be ageing spots. but it shouldn't start that early. I'm also getting it on the base of my knuckles. Very strange?? Any help??

[Graysong]

This happened to me this morning also.

Definitely looks like self tanner residue or faint iodine stains, but does not wash off. The first 2 fingers on my right hand look like I dipped them to the 2nd knuckle, first 2 fingers on left hand and both thumbs to the knuckle on the palmer side only and some miscellaneous spots on my right palm.

No swelling or itching that I've noticed.

I am glad to hear from so many that this should wear off, but I wish there was a clear reason why something like this would happen over night. Very odd.