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How do you use selsun blue to treat ringworm?
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Tinea Versicolor: Selenium sulfide at 2.5% is useful to treat the superficial yeast infection called tinea versicolor. However, selenium is not terribly effective for more typical fungal infections commonly called "ringworm".
Answered 2/21/2016
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