skin fungus problem

[adil1298]

hi,to make this short,i do have some white spots on my skin that itches when it's hot and if exposed to the sun changes colore from white to red the spots are like dry skin that leaves some tipe of white pouder on my clothing like tee shirts,under shirts...a doctor prescribed selsun body wash in my country.it worked only when the spots wher smaller but now it's no longer usefull cause it became like big spots all over my armes and shoulders and over my belly.please tell me about some good remedy.it's really embarrassing to me when i go to the pool in the sommer,and every one is sweeming away afraid of infection cause i start having 2 different colores on my body,tunt spots and red infected spots.please please help me.

[Alan Rockoff, MD]

It might be a skin fungus (tinea versicolor) that you have already successfully treated, only it takes several months for the white color to even out.  If that's the case, you'll just have to wait, because there's no special treatment to speed the process.  To tell if it is the case, you will need to see a skin doctor in person.  At that visit you can discuss ways to treat any recurrence right away, so you won't have to deal with long-term white spots.  But they aren't permanent.

Take care.

Dr. Rockoff

[Jojobee]

I had been itching my leg..Front near knee..I developed a red spot..I put neosporin on it..It seemed to get dry with a dry patch on it..I have had it for about 2 weeks..It seems to go away but not completely, then gets red again..It itches but I try not to scratch it..I just wonder if I contacted something when I had my pedicure..I only have it on one leg and nowhere else on my body..I wonder if I can get something from over the counter to put on it..

Thank you
Josie

[makae]

I BEGAN TO DEVELOP A SKIN RASH SOMETIME AGO ON MY BACK AND FACE MY BACK LESION APPEARED TO BE LIKE AN MOSQUITO BITE A LITTLE HARD THEN IT OPENED USED ANTIFUNGAL ON IT HEALED BUT LEFT PITTED SCAR. SOME TIME LATER I DEVLOPED SMALL RED LESIONS UNDER MY CHIN TREATED WITH ANTIFUNGAL HEALED BUT TOOK SOMETIME VERY ITCHY. FINALLY I DEVELOPED A LESION ON MY CHIN IT RESEMBLED A PIMPLE BUT IT HAD A DARK CENTER WENT TO DOCTOR SHE GAVE ME WHAT I BELIEVE WAS AN ANTIFUNGAL OINTMENT CONDITION SEEM TO GET BETTER ITCHED I ALSO USED COVER UPTO COVER DARKNESS OF LESION.  I WILL ADMIT DUE TO THE ITCHING I DID PICK AT THE AFFECTED AREA MAKING LESION DARKER IN APPEARANCE AND CREATING SMALL PUSTULES AROUND THE AFFECTED AREA. BECAUSE OF PICKING THE AREA I HAVE DEVELOPED SCAR TISSUE ON MY CHIN PLEASE TELL ME IF I WAS MISDIAGNOSED IF THIS COULD BE MORE THAN SKIN FUNGUS  AND WHAT TO DO NEXT