For the past five-six days, i’ve been having major discomfort. I’ve been to the doctors twice within the past week and a half and I was prescribed a medication for a yeast infection the first time, but nothing cleared up, so i went back. This time she just checked and told me i looked fine, but gave me a Ketoconazole cream. She thinks my swelling and discomfort is from recently using dryer sheets since i’ve never used them before and possibly a change of soap. I recently bought dove unscented bar soap and stopped using dryer sheets. However, today I realized that I started swelling up again and am still very sensitive with my clit. It also does sometimes hurt when i urinate, but the doctor told me i didn’t have a uti, when my pee test came back normal. I’m all stressed out and I just want it to go away. I’m even late for my period, which hardly ever happens.
Also, I haven’t had sex in two years. And i’m also 18 years old, so I have no idea why this is happening to me.

I have very stubborn ringworm. It’s large spots on the left side of both of my legs and a spot on my arm. The one on my arm is almost gone, thanks to the meds. The two conjoined ones on my left leg are bigger but the one on my right leg appears to be the most resistant.

I was on over-the counter lotion for 5 weeks. It did nothing. My doctor put me on 2 % ketoconazole cream and oral terbinafine pills. I’m pretty sure it’s working- as in making me not contagious and killing the fungus, but the red spots aren’t going away which is my biggest concern. I can scratch and touch my ringworm all I want, lay in my bed repeatedly without changing the sheets everyday, etc. and it doesn’t grow or spread to anywhere else on my body (I’m convinced that I’m quarantined) but I just want the spots to go away because they’re ugly and I want to wear shorts again.

I’ve been using the clear nail polish trick since yesterday and it appears to be helping a little (lighter spots in the red masses) but I was wondering what else will work. I don’t want to use bleach because I scar easily and my right leg has a scratch through the ringworm, I dont want the bleach getting into my blood. Will calamine lotion help to dry it out faster than nail polish, in combo with the prescription lotion, oral pills and nail polish? Other household solutions?

Okay I went to the dermatologist a couple days ago and I showed him my skin on my stomach and lower back. I have spots that are a lighter tone than my skin tone. I’ve had this problem since as I was a little kid like 7 years old but me and my mom always thought it would just go away. Now i’m 16 and it seems to have spread a bit more. I have it on my chest, stomach and lower back. My dermatologist prescribed me a ketoconazole cream to be applied twice daily. I have been doing so but I was wondering if my skin tone will ever be even and if so how long will it take for me to see results?

PS: My dermatologist never said I have Tinea versicolor but I went online and googled the kenoconazole cream he prescribed me for the "skin discoloration" and I came across a site about tinea versicolor. I looked at the photos and automatically realized that is what I have.

I have been taking Ketoconazole (sp?) for a few weeks now because I recently visited my doctor and was told I have ringworm.

At first I started with the Ketoconazole cream, which did not work for me and only made the ringworm spread. After realizing this, I made another trip back to my doctor and they prescribed me the Ketoconazole pill, which slowly but surely has been working. Thankfully the ringworm stopped spreading and is healing after taking this medication on a daily basis.

My problem is — I’m going on vacation for 2 weeks in three days, and I’ve got about 4 or 5 of these pills left. I called in today to ask if the doctor could give me a refill so I could continue taking the meds because the ringworm certainly isn’t gone yet and I was told to continue taking it even about a week after it has disappeared. The doctor requested that I come back AFTER vacation to get a refill. She only said this because according to her, Ketoconazole is very bad for a person’s liver.

So I’m wondering: Is it really going to be better if I do this? I’ve taken some time to think about it and it really makes no sense.

I know if I stop taking this stuff, the ringworm is going to start spreading again. It’s only going to become a bigger problem and most likely after getting back I will have to take even more of this stuff that I would if I continued taking it during my vacation because it’s going to spread and possibly get bigger in the spots it’s already on. Would that not be WORSE for my liver?

Instead of stopping the meds for 2 weeks, would it not be quicker and healthier if I continued taking them once on a daily basis as I have been?

I’ve been so self conscious about myself and my skin since this appeared and I really just want it gone. This whole thing sounds ridiculous to me and I really think the doctor should have done some consideration before telling me to come back after vacation.

I am planning on going in today and showing her that this stuff is not gone and that it would be best if I continued the meds. Any opinions or advice?

does topical ketoconazole cream 2% affect birth control pills?

I have tinea versicolor and have used the Ketoconazole cream to try to get rid of it, but it didn’t help. I want to try the 200 mg pills, but I don’t want to pay for the visit to the dermatologist which would be about , plus the price of the prescription. Since I already know what I need, I’d rather just order the pill if that is at all possible. I called the dermatologist to see if they could just write me a prescription for the pill since I had been in already for the tinea versicolor and they said that it had been to long and that I would have to come in again. If anybody knows any way for me to get around this, any information would be beneficial. Thank you for your time!

I had ringworm, now I have poison ivy and I’m wondering if I can use my extra KETOCONAZOLE-CREAM. I know that I ‘can’ but will it treat the poison ivy?

so i’ve got a 16 month old boy and he has this fungal rash on and around his penis, even on his bum (and no it is not diaper rash. i checked with his doctor) now, he has prescribed nystatin, and ketoconazole cream to treat it and it still hasn’t gotten better, in fact its gotten worse..

dont tell me to go to the doctor, i already have an appointment but its not for a month..

what causes fungal infections? and how come he’s never had it before he was a year? and why is nothing helping?

i’ve tried, every type of diaper cream, every type of baby powder, yogurt, baking soda, and different diapers..

apart from sleeping, he has been running around diaperless for 3 days straight…

any suggestions?

and dont tell me to get another doctor. he is a very very good doctor, just busy.
um yea i use baby wipes not tissue.. u obviously dont have kids..

its not the diapers. i’ve tried every kind there is.
i think its funny that people dont read exactly what i wrote.. someone actually said "let him run around diaperless"

um, yes. i’ve done that for 3 days….
his doctor assumed it was fungal, he didnt test it or anything.

dont tell me that i’m not cleaning him properly, i always disinfect my bathtub and bathroom and everywhere else before i let him play in anything.

you can get infections that have nothing to do with cleaniness.

I’ve recently had horrible breakouts of seborrhea. I purchased some Ketoconazole Cream 2% a while back and it expired in ‘07. I was wondering if would be affective or even harmful to use now?