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to be super puzzled why my elbow stinks

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samsamsamsamsamsam · 08/05/2019 20:57

what on earth...... I am clean. I am always clean. However for the past few days my right elbow (the crook of it) has been omitting a god awful stench. I can't wash it off. It is foul.

It smells like feet and rot and awfulness. There is no broken skin, it just looks like a normal elbow. WTF.

why is this happening? anyone got any ideas? soap isn't doing anything!

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GreytExpectations · 08/05/2019 21:43

Just got a minging elbow.

Sorry but this sentance truly made me laugh! 😂😂

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samsamsamsamsamsam · 08/05/2019 21:42

pictures would just be a boring elbow. nothing there.

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Bezalelle · 08/05/2019 21:42

I'm roaring with laughter at this thread!

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samsamsamsamsamsam · 08/05/2019 21:41

My smellbow is smooth as a baby's bottom. There have been no abrasions, there is no discolouration. Haven't had any cuts recently. and I don't wear a watch. Its definitely the crease.

I'm not sweaty or anything. Just got a minging elbow. Don't have any hydrogen peroxide but I do have makeup remover and nail varnish remover. Would that work?

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LabradorMama · 08/05/2019 21:39

Smellbow!!! Grin

Teachtolive · 08/05/2019 21:39

Could you try washing it daily with something like hibiscrub for a week and see how it goes?

ImportantWater · 08/05/2019 21:39

It might be a sebaceous cyst under the skin. They smell absolutely foul, I speak from experience. I don’t know if you can get them there, I have had one on my back and my cleavage (nice).

Ticklingcheese · 08/05/2019 21:39

Can we have smelly pictures? 😁

Both dh and I have sniffed, nothing extraordinary. All mns have been sniffing places, where they have never sniffed before, i suspect

mimibunz · 08/05/2019 21:38

Smellbow I lol’d at this. Grin

Calloway · 08/05/2019 21:36

I think the OP would rather nonchalantly appear with a missing arm than ask her DP to take a sniff.

GreytExpectations · 08/05/2019 21:34

In case anyone is wondering my elbow crook smells fine.....

Op, that is very odd. I suspect something fungal so may be worth getting it checked or perhaps Dr. Google if anyone else has had the same? (This option of course has its risks of totally convincing you you're dying from a smelly elbow!)

bebeboeuf · 08/05/2019 21:34

If you don’t get your DH to sniff your elbow tout suite the stench might be unrecoverable and the only resort will be to amputate

TheInvestigator · 08/05/2019 21:34

Have you had a cut or anything recently in that area that has healed up? It could have healed on the surface but be infected in the tissues underneath. The puss will be traoed under the skin and you don't always get any irritation until it gets much worse.

CustardySergeant · 08/05/2019 21:33

I bet someone changes their MN name to Smellbow I may have considered it for a second

Calloway · 08/05/2019 21:31

Why does my elbow smell so nice??

How rude, the OP is coming to terms with having a smellbow and here you are delighting in the fact that your elbow smells like rose petals that have been gently brushed by Chris Hemsworth's lips.

eurochick · 08/05/2019 21:31

You sure it's the elbow and not a nearby watch strap?

AbsentmindedWoman · 08/05/2019 21:31

@AudacityOfHope Smellbow Grin

Isleepinahedgefund · 08/05/2019 21:30

Neither of mine smell by the way. I’m intrigued as to whether anyone else has a nasty (or nice) smelling elbow.

Wolfcubisthefemalenominal · 08/05/2019 21:29

I’d wash it with antibacterial soap or gel and dust it with athletes foot powder

Giggorata · 08/05/2019 21:29

Congratulations on making everyone sniff their elbow.....
hope it's nothing orrible...

Minkies11 · 08/05/2019 21:28

Maybe you are using that arm more than the other one like holding a phone to your ear and its getting sweaty in the crease?(poor turn of phrase sorry Blush)
But no redness/gunk?

Isleepinahedgefund · 08/05/2019 21:28

Who else has just sniffed their elbow??!!

Lol at the smellbow - well done Audacityofhope !

BadSeedsAddict · 08/05/2019 21:28

Just sniffed the inside of my elbow (for scientific reasons). It smelled unexpectedly nice. I don’t use perfume and am haphazard about moisturising.
Why does my elbow smell so nice?? I can’t stop sniffing it now! Sorry I can’t be of more use OP 😳

NorthEndGal · 08/05/2019 21:27

What if you wiped your smellbow with hydrogen peroxide?

Tink1990 · 08/05/2019 21:27

No idea but im intrigued too!