Question: For about 6 weeks, when I have skin on skin contact with myself, after 1-2 minutes I’m stuck together. If I hold an object for the same amount of time, I’ll stick to that object. This happens on any skin from head to toe. The steering wheel drives me nuts on a long drive. If I look down at my phone for 1-2 minutes, my neck folds stick together. If I keep my arms/legs folded, I’m sticky in the creases where it folds. I’m really sticky when waking up in the morning when skin on skin has been touching for a while. After a few seconds in any situation, the stickiness goes away. It will return to the same area under the same circumstances. When I get water splashed on my dry skin, that spot will be sticky until it’s completely dry. My dermatologist has no idea, and I’m starting to panic a little. I’m a 64 year old male with well controlled diabetes for 2 years, sugar is rarely high and never too low. I’m on no new medication before/after this started. Please give me some idea on what is going on, as I am having a hard time dealing with this.

For about 6 weeks, when I have skin on skin contact with myself, after 1-2 minutes I’m stuck together. If I hold an object for the same amount of time, I’ll stick to that object. This happens on any skin from head to toe. The steering wheel drives me nuts on a long drive. If I look down at my phone for 1-2 minutes, my neck folds stick together. If I keep my arms/legs folded, I’m sticky in the creases where it folds. I’m really sticky when waking up in the morning when skin on skin has been touching for a while. After a few seconds in any situation, the stickiness goes away. It will return to the same area under the same circumstances. When I get water splashed on my dry skin, that spot will be sticky until it’s completely dry. My dermatologist has no idea, and I’m starting to panic a little. I’m a 64 year old male with well controlled diabetes for 2 years, sugar is rarely high and never too low. I’m on no new medication before/after this started. Please give me some idea on what is going on, as I am having a hard time dealing with this.

I don’t think I’ve communicated the depth of the problem. Something (fungus,mold ,infection) is affecting my skin from head to toe. I am always sticky, WATER makes me sticky. This is not normal. I use Gold Bond powder, and even that doesn’t help. I’m considering a visit to the XXXXXXX Clinic, which is 5 hours from home. I need to find the cause of my body wide stickiness....powder only covers up the problem, and not for long. This is a medical condition that I need to find the root cause of, and I can’t find an answer to this problem. Do you know if a medical condition that can cause this or may be contributing to this ? This is not a mere nuisance, this is a problem that is causing me considerable stress and concern. I’ve read about “Sticky Skin Syndrome “ (acquired cutaneous adherence). Is this a possibility ?

I don’t think I’ve communicated the depth of the problem. Something (fungus,mold ,infection) is affecting my skin from head to toe. I am always sticky, WATER makes me sticky. This is not normal. I use Gold Bond powder, and even that doesn’t help. I’m considering a visit to the XXXXXXX Clinic, which is 5 hours from home. I need to find the cause of my body wide stickiness....powder only covers up the problem, and not for long. This is a medical condition that I need to find the root cause of, and I can’t find an answer to this problem. Do you know if a medical condition that can cause this or may be contributing to this ? This is not a mere nuisance, this is a problem that is causing me considerable stress and concern. I’ve read about “Sticky Skin Syndrome “ (acquired cutaneous adherence). Is this a possibility ?

I don't notice sweating in the body folds, the the problem exists at any point on my body, not just in the folds. Regarding hypoglycemia, I've actually never been too low on a sugar reading I've taken, so I know that's not it. I'm really wondering/hoping that it's a fungus issue or something similar. Since I've had no luck with dermatologists....is there another type of doctor I should see to help figure this out ? I'm really at a loss here as to what to do....

I don't notice sweating in the body folds, the the problem exists at any point on my body, not just in the folds. Regarding hypoglycemia, I've actually never been too low on a sugar reading I've taken, so I know that's not it. I'm really wondering/hoping that it's a fungus issue or something similar. Since I've had no luck with dermatologists....is there another type of doctor I should see to help figure this out ? I'm really at a loss here as to what to do....