my skin smells like chicken - help!?

Question

This is seriously freaky. Last night I was wiping my hand across my face when I nearly retched. My fingers - or skin, rather - had this really strong smell of roast chicken - that pungent smell that reminds you of a slimy drumstick. ugh. I washed my hands immediately with soap, and - get this - smell all gone. Until about ten minutes later when it came back!
This has gone on for a whole day now. I have scrubbed, perfumed - everything - and the smell keeps coming back. Only the four fingers on my right hand. I am right-hand dominant. And before anybody asks, no, I haven't eaten chicken in a while. I have googled and googled and no luck.
Please help. It's freaking me out and I REALLY hate the smell of chicken. It is one thing if nobody knows what it is - it's another if it's only me and I would have to start wondering am I going bananas!

Answer 1

There's no good explanation why your skin might have a chicken smell. However, sulfur-compounds in certain foods and spices added to cooked chicken are excreted through the pores, so a person can smell like garlic, onion, celery, and a whole bunch of Middle Eastern spices. Could this be it?

Answer 2

wow. i feel for ya man. but why WOULDNT you want to smell like chicken? i love that smell! think of it as a good thing.