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Anyone else get sunspots(Tinea versicolor) every summer?

Posted on 6/17/15 at 5:07 pm
Posted by whit
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2010
10999 posts
Posted on 6/17/15 at 5:07 pm
Every damn summer I end up getting these frickers. LINK
I sweat like a whore in church during the summer. When I was younger it was from playing sports and leaving sweaty clothes on throughout the day. Now I'm in and out of the heat all day for work and my undershirt will stay damp from sweat causing these bastards. How do I prevent this?
Posted by tigerdup07
Member since Dec 2007
21974 posts
Posted on 6/17/15 at 5:08 pm to
I had this shite so bad in high school that I had to go get this cream from the pharmacy. it worked wonders.
Posted by Walt OReilly
Poplarville, MS
Member since Oct 2005
124686 posts
Posted on 6/17/15 at 5:19 pm to
Gross dude
Posted by LSUSUPERSTAR
TX
Member since Jan 2005
16329 posts
Posted on 6/17/15 at 5:56 pm to
I first got it bad around 11-12 yrs old (36 now). There is some prescription antifungal cream or oral pills that work great if it is bad. Since I live in north Texas now, it isn't as humid so I rarely see any spots. If I see any, I treat it with regular otc antifungal cream. Everyone has that fungus on their skin, but it only expresses on some people for reasons unknown.
Posted by RonFNSwanson
University of LSU
Member since Mar 2012
23186 posts
Posted on 6/17/15 at 5:59 pm to
I get it about once a year. I take the pills and it goes away. I've been to a few dermatologists and they've all said pretty much the same thing. It has gotten lighter over the years.
Posted by shawnlsu
Member since Nov 2011
23682 posts
Posted on 6/17/15 at 5:59 pm to
Sorry about the bad genes
Posted by CorkSoaker
Member since Oct 2008
9784 posts
Posted on 6/17/15 at 6:05 pm to
You'll live
Posted by clickboom
Shreveport
Member since Sep 2012
209 posts
Posted on 6/17/15 at 6:46 pm to
Use Selsun Blue with selenium. Put it on where you have the spots and let it dry. Then take a shower. Do this for a week or two and it should go away. Also Under Armour or similar shirts that breathe help too.
Posted by HempHead
Big Sky Country
Member since Mar 2011
55517 posts
Posted on 6/17/15 at 6:52 pm to
Nope. Despite my pasty and ultra-white complexion, I have enough drops of Cherokee to get bronze and prevent all the hassles of white people sun-problems. Except moles. So many moles.
Posted by Red Stick Tigress
Tiger Stadium
Member since Nov 2005
17855 posts
Posted on 6/17/15 at 6:54 pm to
Those aren't sunspots.

It's a fungus from living in a humid climate.

Posted by Nolalakeview
Member since Feb 2015
856 posts
Posted on 6/17/15 at 7:06 pm to
Yes, wash area with Head and Shoulders shampoo (medicated).
Posted by jeff5891
Member since Aug 2011
15761 posts
Posted on 6/17/15 at 7:54 pm to
Oral anti-fungal pill plus ZNP soap (ask pharmacist) for two weeks. Dont use any other soap during this time.

This will keep it away for at least two years.


Posted by dgnx6
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2006
68917 posts
Posted on 6/17/15 at 8:29 pm to
I used to get them on my face. Doctor said wear sunscreen, I have never gotten them again.
Posted by Bucktail1
Member since Feb 2015
3195 posts
Posted on 6/17/15 at 8:42 pm to
Nice underboob in that link!
Posted by lsuwontonwrap
Member since Aug 2012
34147 posts
Posted on 6/17/15 at 9:09 pm to
What the hell is that?? If my skin started looking like that, I'd wear sunscreen.
Posted by Golfer
Member since Nov 2005
75052 posts
Posted on 6/17/15 at 10:39 pm to
I get it every summer. Have the shampoo and when it gets bad the derma will give me a scrip for the pill version of the shampoo.

Mom is in her late 50's and still gets it. Just a fungus but sucks.
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
164339 posts
Posted on 6/17/15 at 10:48 pm to
I think you linked some areola in that Wikipedia link.
Posted by shutterspeed
MS Gulf Coast
Member since May 2007
63532 posts
Posted on 6/17/15 at 11:33 pm to
That's what Michael Jackson had.
Posted by Mullet Flap
Lysdexia
Member since Jun 2015
4208 posts
Posted on 6/17/15 at 11:43 pm to
I used to get it in high school bad on my stomach. I think being out in the sun made it worse. It's gone now though and that was only about 10 years ago
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