Curing Polka Dots

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Hey All:

 

It just occured to me yesterday that I could write and ask you guys about

this. *lol* I guess I'm not used to having useful and helpful people

like you around!

 

Hokay, I saw a dermatologist a while back to get a mole hacked out of my

leg--all went well--but while I was there I asked him about these two or

three little " spots " I had on one collarbone. They were slightly darker

than my skin and scaly-feeling, bigger than a pencil-eraser but smaller

than a dime. He was in a rush at the time, but he told me it was a

fungal infection and gave me some anti-fungal. The anti-fungal cream

worked as long as I used it every day, but as soon as I stopped (even

months later), the spots (not the same ones but more like them) would

reappear, on my neck, shoulders and/or chest.

 

I gave up on using that six-dollar-a-tube antifungal cream pretty quickly

and switched to an echinacea/garlic tincture, which works much faster--it

usually clears 'em up in a few days. But now I notice they're spreading;

where I used to have two or three I now have several dozen " spots " , in

two clumps just below my collarbones, and a few radiating off from that.

They're perfectly circular, so it does look like I have polka dots. *l*

They don't hurt and they aren't inflamed, but they do sometimes itch a

little when I get out of the shower (I don't scratch tho). Since I know

this is a fungus of some sort I've tried to look out for where I might be

getting it--I've started being very careful with how I wash clothes &

towels, etc., but I can't for the life of me figure out a topical reason

for me to get those where I do. And even when I get rid of them, they

come back in the same place, it seems a few more every time. Yikes?

 

Do you think any of you can help me troubleshoot these things? Like I

said, they don't bother me, but they sure look funny. Is there a dietary

problem or something that can cause this? (Also, if anybody knows the

name of the fungal infection that looks like this--I'm so mad the

dermatologist couldn't take a second to tell me--I'd love that; I've been

unable to find it in any of my books.)

 

Thanks bazillions!!

 

Sara Thustra

 

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