Just found out there has been a recall for heavy metals contamination on the Parents Choice wipes. Mercury and arsenic. Google parents choice wipes recall.
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I FIGURED OUT WHAT CAUSED IT FOR ME!
It was the Parent's Choice wipes. I am attaching photos to show it. If you let the wipes expose to air then they brown. You can see in the picture. I cleaned one hand with baking soda and hydrogen peroxide and did not use Parent's Choice again. The hand stayed perfectly clean. The other hand remained as dirty as it had been but gradually became cleaner as I used other wipes. The baking soda mixture, though, is what took it off the best.
I assume there is some oxidization of something in the wipes. The oxygen exposure causing the discoloration. This is why as you continued to use wipes during the day you were replacing old residue with new residue so it would only have time to partially discolor, but overnight you would leave on the same wipe residue and it would get darker. Waking up with darker hands.
Joined, like many others, just to document here.
We ate hello fresh and I use parent choice wipes. Since I know those items are mentioned here.
We have used dinnerly and every plate, but hello fresh accidentally delivered a box to us meant for someone else and told us to keep it. So, we ate it, but not last night.
Right before I bed I noticed my hands seemed stained. I was confused as the staining was also around my body where my hands were resting while watching a movie with the wife and kids.
Cleaned everything up, Hands looked normal with light staining. Went to bed, woke up, and my hands are dirtier.
It comes off with a wipe (parents choice) and looks like orange dirt.
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This happened first about 3 weeks ago and I thought it was because I had handled a Satsuma. It wouldn't wash off but disappeared over 24 hours. Then I woke up this morning to find dark iodine coloured stains down my index finger and light orange blotches on both palms and on the back of my thumb. I have googled this and nobody seems to know what it is so I am wondering if anyone on gn has come across this?
So glad I found this thread. I just woke up with two stains on my right hand. I'm unvaccinated but I have had Covid, so could that be related? The only thing I can think of is I went on a bike ride and my bike touched some plants on the part of the frame where I pick my bike up with my palm (where the stain is). The stain on my index finger though is a mystery unless it brushed that part of the bike frame.
I woke up and had the spot in one hand and now the the next it’s on the other hand and I’m panicking came across this thread and seems like I had to make a profile and create this silly post but on a serious note what is it and I guess no one here went to the doctor right away and found out smh what if it’s dangerous or contagious and we’re just here writing on this lmao that’s silly for sure anyways I’m scared and asking people the real question should I go to the doctor or it’s gonna go away ** I’m shhcareddd ???
Ate red peppers last night. Food seems to be the common denominator, but why. Hmmm
So.. here I am. Woke up this morning with my hands basically looking like everyone else's here and was completely perplexed. After Googling and finding nothing other than post, I felt had to join to at least document another person added to this weird phenomena. As far as food goes, I didn't have any fruits or vegetables yesterday. I did eat cheddar and colby jack cheese and genoa salami and pepperoni with crackers. Now, with my personal experience- last night I experienced some of the worst (im assuming) food poisoning I've ever had. Painful vomiting and chills/sweats. I woke up about 3am cause I was feeling sick again and noticed my hands, still not feeling well it didn't really sink in, went back to sleep. Woke up for the morning and was shocked. Trying to figure out what I touched or what could have happened. At a complete loss. I tried scrubbing it off and it only seemed to lighten it temporarily and is gradually getting darker again. Ill attach some photos. They were taken right after washing them. Definitely more prevalent in person.
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 
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