Question 1

what is a tinea versicolor?

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Fungal skin problem: Tinea versicolor if a fungal skin infection, usually on the back, chest, abdomen, and neck. Selsun blue shampoo, containing selenium, can help. A person can put selsun blue on the rash areas, wait 10-15 minutes, and then take his regular shower. If he does this once a day for 3 days, then once a week for 3 weeks, and then once a month, it should work. Skin color takes many months to even out.

Question 2

how can i treat my tinea versicolor?

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Fungal skin problem: Tinea versicolor if a fungal skin infection, usually on the back, chest, abdomen, and neck. Selsun blue shampoo, containing selenium, can help. A person can put Selsun Blue on the rash areas, wait 10-15 minutes, and then take his regular shower. If he does this once a day for 3 days, then once a week for 3 weeks, and then once a month, it should work. Skin color takes many months to even out.

Question 3

what are good pills for tinea versicolor?

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Topical treatment: I would recommend topical therapy first, such as selenium sulfide lotion (prescription.) while there are pills available that have an indication to treat fungal skin infections (ketoconazole, itraconazole are examples) there are significant risks associated with them, such as liver toxicity.

Question 4

how do you know when tinea versicolor is gone?

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The lesion vanish: However, you're never "cured" because the fungus that causes it is ubiquitous. You can expect to be treated occasionally for years. Nobody knows why one person gets it and another doesn't, but thankfully it's easy to manage.

Question 5

what is the best way to correct tinea versicolor?

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Topical vs oral: Can use topical antifungals such as clotrimazole, ketoconazole or terbinafine or can take oral anti-fungals if it is all over, such as ketoconazole, fluconazole.

Question 6

what are some home remedies for tinea versicolor?

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Selsun  Blue: I'm not sure it's really a "home remedy, " since you have to buy it, but selsun blue shampoo works well as a body wash.

Question 7

what is tinea versicolor and how can it be treated?

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Tinea versicolor: Tinea versicolor is a superficial infection of the skin with a common yeast-like fungus.  It occurs mostly on the trunk.  It is usually treated with either topical antifungals or short-term oral antifungals.  It commonly recurs.

Question 8

i have severe case of tinea versicolor help please?

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Antifungals: Tinea versicolor is caused by yeast living on the skin. Typically, it can be treated topically with over the counter medications such as  selenium sulfide, miconazole, clotrimazole.  Severe cases may require the addition of oral antifungal medications, requiring a prescription.

Question 9

tinea versicolor are there complications to this problem?

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Yes: Looking bad. It's your business. This is EXTREMELY easy to treat and you have many options. It's not going to kill you, but ignoring it will impress most folks -- including people you may want to know closely -- as a sign of poor self-care. The treatments are totally innocuous.

Question 10

i have tinea versicolor. what effective drug should i use?

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Topical anti fungal : Depending on the extension and location of the disease, you can use from Selenium Sulfide shampoo (like Selsun Blue) or Clotrimazole or terfinabine creams. Also oral antifungals can be taken for recalcitrant cases. You should expect  that the skin discoloration may persist for months after treatment and resolution have occurred.

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