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Looking for any suggestions on immediate relief options for extreme itchy skin due to tinea versicolor. the itch ends up hurting so badly

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Doubt the diagnosis: Tunes versicolor shouldn't be that pruritic. Might you have dermatitis herpetiformis?

Answered 8/18/2016

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