A 36-year-old member asked:
My daughter and husband both have ringworm and it won't go away why is that?
2 doctor answers • 8 doctors weighed in
A Verified Doctoranswered
30 years experience
Ring worm: Lamisil (terbinafine) cream should be used for 4 weeks. Is over the counter. Maybe lesion needs scraping and look at it in the microscope. If no improvement consider different diagnosis or dermatology visit.
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Dr. George Valdezanswered
Specializes in Family Medicine
Depends: You may need stronger treatment (oral medicine) or it may not be ringworm.
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A 18-year-old female asked:
How does the ringworm looks when it's going away?
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Dr. Vicki Levineanswered
Dermatology 43 years experience
Redness fading: As ringworm gets better the scaling and the redness will start to fade. After the area has healed you may have an area of skin that is lighter in color then your normal skin. This is called post inflammatory hypopigmentation and will disappear with time.
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