I don't know what it is either. I don't get it all the time, but I do get it occassionally and I wonder what the heck it is. I scrape it off with my finger nails. And yes it's only in the heat. It happens occassionally in a hot bath for me. Certainly the stuff itself is not dye, but I wonder if it can get discoloured by the dye in blue sheets/clothing. I wonder if the actual colour is grey... which leads me to consider it maybe metal related as you suggested. Do you wear alot of blue? Sleep in blue sheets?

The consistency seems like thin tacky substance...is that what you get?


Yeah, it's not fun to do chelation when it makes you feel and look wretched. Been there! Everything gets worse again and it feels like regression. LIke you're going backwards. It's not something I ever looked forward to and I would often avoid it or delay it. Whenver I felt quite well, I felt confident and I'd do it again, but then I'd feel so awful, that all those horrible feelings would return and I'd almost regret doing it (until that wore off again). Usually over time you do start noticing changes for the better, but it's often so slow that it's almost insidious and you don't recognise at the time until gradually you start noticing something.

Your experience with DMSA shows that over time, as you chelate more mercury, tolerance goes up, which shows that you have definitely progressed. I hope this might happen with ALA soon. Just keep on sweating until you feel you can try it again. At your own pace.