I have black spots that has spread from my stomach to my neck and back

[vfrig]

i have gone to the doctors and they said its not exema. so i dont know what to do anymore. ive tried many things. im going to start using skin success and see how that works. the doctor says its a fungus. any suggestions on ow to get rid of this it even itches when it gets real dry. i would put lotion on and my skin would still get dry

[Vanessa Lacuesta]

Hi

A fungal infection may be a primary differential here. It is something that we need to look into first as it is relatively common and may present similarly with your symptoms. If the symptoms persist despite medications, then a skin biopsy may help just to ascertain a diagnosis. At this point, a biopsy is not necessary . However, a skin biopsy  may be something you want to discuss with your doctor so you may at least have a diagnosis in case, this does not respond to your medications.

[vfrig]

know i have no known allergies. but everytime i go to my physcian they say its a fungal disease that cant be cured or somthin like that im going to go to another doctor and see what he or she has to say

[Vanessa Lacuesta]

Hi

I suggest that skin scrapings of the scale should be cultured or at least microscopically evaluated. This will help ascertain if a fungal infection is present here. It is possible though that  fungal infections may coexist with dermatitic  skin conditions like xeroses dermatitis and other forms of eczematous disease. This will delay resolution as both are chronic skin conditions.

Discuss this with you physician, so you may be given appropriate medications for this.

Do you have known allergies?

[vfrig]

yes its very dry and scaley and some symptoms i have are just very dry skin and it irritaes me alot. this spreads all over my chest and back and neck

[Vanessa Lacuesta]

Hi

These dark spots , are they scaly ?

Do they itch?

Fungal infections may be itchy in most cases and they also present with central scaling. Skin scrapings from the areas may be done and be microscopically evaluated. This will help ascertain the diagnosis.

Fungal infections, nummular dermatitis, postinflammatory  pigmentations may be differentials for this. Do you have other associated symptoms?