Tinea Versicolor?

March 8, 2002

Hello all!

I have a small question-

A few weeks ago, I noticed what looked like a rash between my shoulder

blades and thought nothing of it. A few days ago, I saw a couple of raised

dots on my upper chest, and I realized that it was from tinea versicolor, a

harmless but bothersome little fungus, relative of ringworm and athlete's foot.

I did some web surfing and found that a thin layer of selsun blue for 10

minutes, an hour, or even overnight would kill it.

The first night, I put it on for 10 minutes, then put some oil of oregano

diluted in olive oil overnight.

Then next day, the red got lighter and the bumps seemed to flatten.

Night two I left the selsun overnight.

Woke up and the skin was tight, really tight, and a slight burn, even where

then was no tinea. You can even see all these little capillaries that

weren't showing before. I guess that is a reaction to the selsun, since my

skin is very very sensitive and I overdid it. The areas that did have the

tinea are now just as raised as before, but the skin is almost flaky and

almost scaly/dry looking. So the tinea is like a red, dry flaky patch, like

eczema, rather than just a normal pink-brown patch that is was before. Is

that better or worse?

Tonight, I put some oil of oregano on again, not soothing in the least.

Slight burn. Lathered some coconut oil on top of it and -oh!- does it feel

better.

Any advice on how to kill this stuff? I can go to the doctor tomorrow, but

I don't really want to use Diflucan or Lotrimin or something like that

unless it really is the better way to go.

In my fridge and around the house, of possible relevance, I have: Primal

defense, caprylic acid, garlic, and oregano oil. I am more than willing to

get other stuff if need be.

Ramit

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March 8, 2002

I have had tinea versicolor for many years. I've used Selsun Blue, Oregano

Oil, Tea Tree Oil, Caprylic Acid, Lotramin, Grapefruit Seed Extract, Olive

Leaf Extract, garlic oil and fresh garlic, Golden Seal extract, and

colloidal silver, and other things that I can't remember off the top of my

head. It would begin to fade when I'd first start using something new, but

then suddenly flare up and be totally resistant to it from then on. It

didn't matter that I am obsessively compulsive about consistently treating

it and not ever skipping a treatment. And each time it would flare up, it

would spread.

I finally was able to get it mostly cleared up when I went to an NAET

therapist and she treated me for candida and other funguses, and then it

just went away over about a weeks time without me doing a thing. I still

have one tiny spot on my chest that hasn't cleared. But I suspect that it

isn't tinea versicolor, because it's a little more brownish than the other

spots were.

At one time I looked like a leper, with yellowish or light tannish/reddish

(I think red because of irritation) patches with a slightly flaky texture to

it, the size of dimes to half dollars clustered by the dozens on my chest,

back, neck, and upper arms. One of the characteristics of it is that even

where you don't see patches of it on your skin, it can affect your skin. It

blocks UV light and keeps you from tanning or burning where it is infected.

I spent years trying to develop a tan, and even spending 8 hours a day in

full sun every day for months and I was still pasty white, but oddly enough

I wouldn't even sunburn. But what this leads me to believe that just

treating the spots that you see won't clear it up, because it will simply

reinfect you in another spot. As long as you are a culture for it, you won't

ever completely be able to eliminate it. The NAET changed me so that I'm no

longer a suitable culture for it.

Fungal infections, like ring worm, athletes foot and tinea versicolor

develop because of immune imbalances. If you are prone to allergies, you

will be prone to developing fungal infections.

Linda Jones