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I got tinea versicolor on my skin, i think it may came because of the dun throw the summer. please can you give me a name of any medicine i should get?
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Topical meds: Having trouble interpreting the autocorrect, but treatment is generally the same. Topical antifungal medications (eg clotrimazole, terbinafine, etc), topical selenium sulfide, and topical zinc pyrithione are well-tolerated first-line therapies for tinea versicolor
Answered 11/28/2017
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