Eliminate wheat, sugar, and yeast from your diet.

It sounds like tinea versicolor. I have not heard of a natural remedy. Dandruff shampoos & athlete's foot cream are the standard treatment. I've heard you have to treat it daily for a couple of weeks until it's gone, then treat weekly for up to 2 years to prevent recurrence. There must be something natural...it's just a fungus. What about ACV baths?

I have read that coconut oil is anti fungal. I would look into it.

The other suggestions here are all great and things I was going to offer too had they not already been said. The other thing I have to add on top of the laundry and diet advice have to do with getting rid of ringworm, or any other virulent skin fungus, yours included, and are a bit long winded but combined with the other advice it really will get rid of skin fungus' for good. And I know you didn't want diet advice but when it comes to getting rid of a fungus on your skin what you eat really can make a difference--but at least it's not a cleanse!

Treatment needs to be done for at least 4 weeks daily for it to work completely.

1. Make a mix of 1/2 witch hazel, 1/4 distilled water, and 1/4 apple cider vinegar. Use this on and around any areas of skin having issues. Apply with fresh cotton swab or cotton balls. DO NOT DOUBLE DIP!!! Meaning if the cotton swab/ball has touched your skin, you do not dip it into this mixture because it will contaminate it with the fungus. Use morning and night after washing face and allow to dry completely before using any other products.

2. Make a sea salt scrub by filling a small glass jar that has a tight closing lid about 1/2 way with sea salt. Pour olive oil on top and let it penetrate (stir a little if you need to), till all the salt is moistened, but not swimming in oil. Use once or twice a week before bed by taking out a bit with your fingertips and rubbing it onto affected areas. Scrub-a-dub-dub, rinse thoroughly with warm water and apply witch hazel/acv astringent. Once again, don't double dip. If you need more wash and dry your hands thoroughly before getting more from the jar.

Keep in mind that:
- using products like makeup can reinfect you repeatedly so you might want to lay off makeup during treatment (if you use any) and replace it afterwards
- lotion can spread it around so probably a good idea to not do that during treatment either (if you can I would try Rose's suggestion of coconut oil as a moisturizer during treatment if you need it, extra virgin)
- Also throw away any loofahs or scrubbies (sorry :-(), or anything else you use on your body regularly.
- For the 4 weeks you undergo treatment you need to use a new, freshly laundered wash cloth.
- Also, add acv or white vinegar to everything you launder in hot water, about a cup per load.

PHEW!!!
And your doc thought there was nothing more than Selsun Blue? ;-)

Good luck!

Persistent skin fungus is for a doctor and pharmacist to address. Once the doctor has diagnoised, if you don't get the results you need from his pharmacutical suggestion, call up your pharmacist. I would suggest not trying to treat this yourself. My husband has seen fungus-infections-gone-bad at the pharmacy, which could have been easily prevented with medications (I believe one was trying to treat it with tea tree oil. It does have some anti-fungal properties, but not as much as, say, an athletes foot cream).

Ginger and Fiber are huge enemies of candida in the intestines. You can check out a thread called 'Green Smoothie Revolution' on the Raw and Living Foods Support tribe for more info on how to get more. Since, I've been doing the blended whole food thing with lots of ginger I have had several fungal and candida symptoms heal. Now a mole that was definitely precancerous ( it was growing and changing...) is falling off.
rawandliving.tribe.net/

Also, tea tree oil is anti fungal. So is neem.

You may also be interested in some of the testimonials of using Effective Microorganism solutions. Check out the threads on this on the Effective Microorganism tribe.

washing everyday with extra strength neem soap and an exfoliant got rid of mine.


script, OTC meds, shampoos, tea tree didnt work.


crush some bayer to scrub with. the sal. acid of the asp kills the fungus too.

wash all your clothing in hot water and dont wear stuff twice,

I know this is old but I was looking up something and found this post. Seriously, if you want to get rid of a skin fungus use Selsun Blue. It will get rid of it in no time.

I usually use spilantheus usnea tincture for all skin things. I apply it right to the problem area or you can take it orally as well.