Every time that I’ve had a cast removed, my skin has had a bad smell to it for a couple of days. The doc says that it is because there is dead skin that will slough off soon and to wait it out.
I usually have scrubbed the skin gently with a mild moisturizing soap and a washcloth and let it air out for a couple of days. If the smell bothers you too much, try cutting up onions, garlic or lemons, as suggested earlier.
Dolly from the Family Circus, offers some advice about a similar subject
Try soaking it in tomato juice. At least it’s supposed to work for skunk spray.
Defining the smell might make it easier to diagnose. Stinky can mean a lot of things. And did you ask your doctor about the smell?
Like burned human flesh maybe. Sort of sweet / rotten. Yes, I asked him, he didn’t think it was a problem.
It’s been two days now, has the smell abated?
Have you considered putting a clothes pin on your nose?
Yes.
