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A member asked:
After successful treatment for tinea v can i go in the sun and tan moderately to accelerate the pigment for the color to return ?
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Repigmentation: The fungal organism that causes t.V. Eats the oils on your skin and breaks down the c18 fatty acids like oleic acid into the c9 dicarboxilic acid azeleic acid this chemical is toxic to melanocytes and kills them. The initial effect of sun exposure will be to accentuate the color differences because the normal skin will tan but the skin without melanocytes will not. New cells will migrate in event.
Answered 3/31/2013
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