a friend of mine visited this dr and he said its a fungal infection of scalp n is a 6months course treatment and cost is Rs.7500/. So any one who has visited him pls guide me whether to go for this or not since treatment is so expensive my friend is in dilemma or can anyone advice me the start up treatment or shampoo or guidelines. OR should she consult another doctor? plz guide me

Can u get tinea capitis (fungal scalp infection) from tinea pedis (athlete’s foot) or tinea Unguium (fungal infection of the toenail)? Is it the same fugus 4 these infections? cuz my BF has athletes foot & the fungal infection in his toenails. & the gross thing is he always has to put his feet on the pillows, which I constantly tell him not 2. & now, at 1st I thought I was getting pimples on my scalp, but now along with that I have like crusty spots on my scalp, sometimes they itch just a little (Iknow its not dandruff. I dunno what color it is cuz my hair is in the way. However, I got a little red crusty textured skin spot just under my nose. I heard Selsin blue shampoo can kill some fungal skin infections, so I have been using it 4 my scalp and that spot under my nose. It has almost completely cleared up under my nose & also helped for my scalp.This is tinea capitis right? Did I get it from his feet?Do u think the shampoo will kill it or should I get meds 4 it?wut else may be best?

Im a 21yr old Female, I stareted noticing thining of my hair, then itchyness, red spots and now i noticed hair loss. I went to the doctor and she said I had inflamation in my scalp and what I had was Dermititis, she prescibed a shampoo called Ketoconazole 2%. But it burns. Would my hair regrow?? What other thing can i do to make it stop falling??? Can i change my diet?? Or stop my birth control?? I have the lowest dose on birth control. Please help…. Im becoming depressed because of it.

This started in January. We took in our fawn color Pug because she had a small round black spot on top of her paw and a semi-circular black spot on her hind leg - she also had a red crusty splotch on the inside of the same hind leg about the size of a half dollar. Vet took hairs for ringworm test and said to bathe her in Malaseb Shampoo twice a week and use Clotrimazole 1%. Didn’t help and Vet couldn’t say for sure it was or wasn’t ringworm - sample didn’t turn but grew fungus? Vet gave us Clavamox 62.5 mg twice a day plus continue with the other stuff. Still hasn’t cleared up - Vet is now prescribing Ketoconazole 200 mg Tabs 1/2 tab a day and Miconazole NIT cream 2% instead of the Clotrimazole 1% cream. But we still bathe her and give her the rest of the Clavamox pills until they’re gone. Does it sound like ringworm? or something else? How long will it take ringworm to clear up? It hasn’t gotten any better or worse. It’s still the same as it was when we started.
FUZZY-WUZZY WUZA NEWF - I’m sorry, but what can I ask? They told me they thought it was ringworm and pulled some hairs. I called them three times while waiting on the diagnoses and all they could say was it never turned but developed fungus. They put her on some other treatment and still said they thought it was ringworm and to try this new course of treatment. I called again and they still say they think it’s ringworm and to try this new course of treatment and then bring her back in after 4 weeks. What else should I ask the vet? I keep calling and they keep telling me they think it’s ringworm but it never turned.

Thank you for the info on that new pill - I’ll wait on that and just do the 4x a day anti-fungal cream with the 3x a week bath. I didn’t know all the side effects that pill had. Thank you for alerting me - I looked it up on-line. Thank you for the suggestion … I am going to wait on the pill and do the 4x a day anti-fungal with the 3x a week bath. Hopefully, it will clear up.
CAT S and shauna - Thank you … I had no idea ringworm took so long to clear up. I guess I thought it should be gone by now. I’ve been watching our little male Pug and so far, he’s ok … but he has been getting the same bath she does. He gets his bath just before she gets hers. The vet made that suggestion since they’re always together.

I have a spot of tinea versicolor on my back. (It’s a fungal infection that causes the spot of skin to lose its pigmentation). I have tried treating it with selenium sulfide dandruff shampoo, but that didn’t seem to have any effect on it. My doctor prescribed Nizoral (ketoconazole) pills to try to treat it orally — however, the Nizoral has a lot of possible side effects, and you have to sweat when you take it in order to get the medicine to your skin. So I’m a little worried about starting the Nizoral treatment. However, I want to get rid of this before I get my summer tan, because tanning makes it really show up (since that patch of skin doesn’t tan).

Has anyone had this? Did you cure it? How did you cure it? If you took Nizoral, did you have any side effects, and did it work? Thanks!

I have a pretty bad case of tinea versicolor which is those white blotches that some people notice on their skin after laying in the tanning bed or something like that. It covers my shoulders, upper arms, chest, and I have a few on my face. It really bothers me so I stopped tanning altogether in the hopes that they would fade. I haven’t tanned at all in over 2 months and they are still there and I actually think they are spreading. First I got some Ketoconazole lotion from the derm. and used it for a few weeks with no results. Then I started trying remedies from the internet. I used Nizoral shampoo and left it on my skin for a while and then washed it off. After I washed it off I put on some clotimazole cream(a suggestion by a pharmacist). After a few days of trying this solution, I noticed extremely dry skin that was red and almost looked sore-like or burn-like. I immediately stopped using the medicines all-together. A week later I still have the white spots and the "burns." HELP!
Also- I am leaving for a cruise on Thursday and I really would like to be able to relax and lay in the sun, but I don’t want either the white blotches or the "burns" to get worse.(and a side note about the "burns": it’s everywhere where I put the medicines and my skin is really rough and hard feeling. It’s not red all over, but there are red "lesions" in different parts of the dry skin.) Also, I am leaving for college in about two weeks and really, really want all of this gone so I don’t have to worry about it up there. Any information would be helpful, but please don’t give me any remedies that could make the situation worse as the last remedy did. Thank you for your time!
All of these treatments are for the tinea versicolor. What can I do to get rid of the dry skin and "lesions"?

I have moderate-to-severe seborrheic dermatitis on my scalp. It’s definitely stress-related as it flares up during stressful periods. In the past my dermatologist prescribed Nizoral (ketoconazole) shampoo but I was not pleased enough with the results to keep using it instead of my regular shampoo.

Anyone have good experiences with other prescription (or non-prescription) shampoos? I’ve just come across Capex (fluocinolone) and Loprox (ciclopirox) while searching the web so I’d be especially interested in hearing about those.

Okay, so I have had really bad dandruff. I have very short hair(around 1.5cm) in length. When it gets a little longer the dandruff seems to worsen slightly. I am in my teens and a male.

I have used Head&Shoulders products.

I have also used over-the-counter prescription strength shampoos like Nizoral shampoo which contains Ketoconazole as the active ingredient.

I have begun trying other methods such as brushing my hair incredibly vigorously about once a week. It seems to get a good portion of the dandruff out however I would like to see a long-term solution.
Enough with the whole "use Selson Blue" crap. I have already used 5 other prescription strength shampoos. They obviously aren’t working.

And don’t bother saying visit your doctor. It doesn’t take a genius to know that is an option.

I am looking more along the lines of other methods.

About 2 years ago, I rescued a little Shih Tzu with quite a few medical problems. She has epilepsy, which is now under control.. but her worst problems are her re-occurring yeast infections & skin allergies.

My vet and I have exhausted all of our options. She’s on a very specialized diet..which has pretty much eliminated her skin allergies.. but I can’t seem to beat the yeast infections and it’s driving me crazy.
I do a yeast-controlling, medicated shampoo bath a few times a week..which helps very temporarily.

So far, the only thing that has worked is the medication ketoconazole. However, my dog can only take this medication for extreme flare-ups as, paired with the phenobarbital for her seizures, is quite hard on her little liver.

Any ideas or suggestions are VERY much appreciated. I’m at a loss here.

I was daignosed with it like 3 years ago and the Doctor precribed ketoconazole shampoo 2% and fluocinonide acetonide topical solution and while i was on the medication there was hair growth but i used henna and it reacted badly which caused discoloration and losing any hair that i gained..So my question is..is it still possible i can see hair growth? and plz dont copy past anything from wikipedia or other websites