i have tried the finger nail polish and that does work it causes the ring worm to pulse up and dry out. I also tried putting bleach on it with a cotton ball and it stings a little but that works too!!!

I believe I acquired ringworm from my dog…luckily I treated her immediately and hers is long gone. We left town this summer and had to get an emergency sitter at the last minute who unfortunately exposed her to her own ringworm infested dogs. Worst mistake of my life. I didn’t know I had ringworm until it was too late. I had mistakenly thought I was allergic to a new lotion I was using and had scratched the heck out of my back and torso. By the time I figured it out I was covered on my back, stomach and embarrassingly enough…in my private area and on my nipples!!!

It was a horrible, horrible and humiliating ordeal, however I battled ringworm and won. I took some of the above tips and added some of my own tried and true remedies. I hope I can help anyone who is suffering and feels like they are on the brink of insanity. Here are my tips:

1. Cardinal rule: NEVER SCRATCH—it will spread like wildfire
2. Attack externally (on the infected skin) AND internally (by what you eat or take into your body). I used the following tools for external combat: my hair dryer, lamisil (you can ask the pharmacist for the generic store brand which works just as well), selsum blue or head and shoulders(can also use store brand generic), rubbing alcohol (i used the green kind with menthol) and tea trea oil (at the drug store for about 2.99 in the hair care aisle). For internal combat: I increased my water intake, ate more balanced meals (fungi love excess carbs and sugar), yogurt, and a pill called AZO yeast.
3. Every morning I would take two AZO pills and eat a tube of go-gurt (it has live active cultures).
4. I showered in the morning and before bed using the selsum blue as a body wash.
5. Following my shower, I would dry off with my towel and then apply rubbing alcohol to the ringworm. ALWAYS USE A NEW TOWEL EACH TIME while you are treating the ringworm. They like to hang out on your towels to reinfect you.
6. After applying the alcohol I would blow dry each spot with my hair dryer on medium. Most sites I’ve seen recommend a cool dryer, but I found the warm dryer soothing and it seemed to dry out the lesions…but do what you are comfortable with…keep the dryer away from water and don’t burn yourself with the heat from the dryer. This was the next best thing to scratching for me…I actually used my hair dryer when I needed to scratch at times too.
7. After blow drying the spots apply the lamisil and then follow with a thin layer of tea trea oil. I would spread the tea tree oil over my entire torso as a preventative and it stopped spreading. I’m not sure if this worked or not, but it can’t hurt.
8. I would then blow dry once more…in my mind, the drying helped the treatment penetrate and again, not sure if this is what really made it work, but it did work for me.

Treating ringworm on your own can get expensive but you can cut corners by getting generics. A must have is the lamisil type ointment. Make sure it says for treatment of ringworm on the label. Ask the pharmacist if you’re not sure. I also feel the hair dryer and yogurt were important too. I have heard that vick’s vapor rub is a substitute for the tea tree oil, but I’m not sure if that is accurate. someone please post if you find out it works!

You’ll know it’s healing because it will begin to flatten starting from the middle and scab. It will itch less, but continue to treat it for about two weeks after it stops itching because it will return.

Keep at it and don’t give up!

hey u guys i dont think i have the symtom ringworm but i do itch alot on the downstairs areas so im treating it as ringworm im frigtened of going to the doctors with it i dont wanna be getting me arse out or anything what do i do with the cream just rub it in wear is itches i havent actuaaly got that red ring but my mate recons itd ringworm had itchiness for a while

I had one big ring on my back that wasn’t going away, then after the gym I had a really bad breakout. They were ALL OVER my torso, front and back. Probably about 40 little guys. I tried everything. Antibiotics, creams, nailpolish (this actually made it a little worse for me), but they weren’t fading, and actually were getting bigger. I read the bleach thing, and used it one 1. I burnt really bad, it hurt for days and I now have a little scar (granted it got rid of the ring worm, but not worth it). I cut it with about 6 parts water to 1 part bleach. I used it for a few days and it was going away, but it would burn quite a bit, and get red and sore. Then while cleaning I found I had “Fantastik Germ Away”. It says right on the back of the bottle, non irritant, and kills athletes foot fungis (which is closely related to ring worm) After I shower I spray it in my hand and rub it all over my body. It stings till it dries, and then I go about my day. I’ve used it 3 days, and my ring worm is pretty much gone. I know it sticks with you, so I’m going to do it for 10 more days, while the fresh skin is coming out to kill the fungis underneath. But it’s a wonder cure! Oddly though, it itches more than when the ringworm was rampant (which didn’t itch at all) but it’s drying my skin, so when it gets to be too much, I just use the over the counter cream for ringworm to sooth it. Try it! I don’t think it’s nearly as dangerous as bleach, and I’m not as afraid to leave it on all day. Sorry, big post.

Okay so ive had ringworm for about 4 months and just went to the doctors 2 weeks ago and gave me this cream that works in “$ weeks” wasnt halping at all and i hate waiting. So i read on the net and gathered alot of stuff up … Lemon cutting a slice and putting it on ( it burns a little but its worth it) iodine! alcohol swabs helped alot and nail polish remover and now its almost completly gone! i want to thank every one who put out there tips to help me!!!!

Cammmm, The use of raw papaya has been proven beneficial in the treatment of ringworm. A few slices of the unripe fruits can be rubbed on the patches twice a day. Another effective home remedy for ringworm is mustard seeds. A paste should be prepared from these seeds and applied externally over the ringworm patches after thoroughly washing the skin with sufficient hot water. These are just some of the home remedies that came into my mind, please let us know if this helped in any way.

i hate this crap! i have had it for 4 months and was diagnosed today. idk what im going to do

I’ve had ringworm since I was little, and I just found a quick, easy, affordable way to get rid of that nasty ringworm. get Quick Dry clear nailpolish. Take a Q-tip and rub it on the ringworm once a day (preferrably after you shower). DO NOT use the nailpolish brush! if you do, you will spread it and make it worse. After you have applied the nailpolish wait for it to dry. You are going to want to itch it. DONT. that will peel off the nail polish. It should be gone in 2 or 3 days. Trust me! It works. I used to have EVERYWHERE. And i tried almost everything. For me, this is the best & easiest way. What the nailpolish does is it suffocates the ringworm and kills it. Hope it works for you!

take a quater sized piece of college ruled paper and burn it on a glass plate, then add a couple drops of water to the ashes and mix them , just enough to make a paste and rub it on. repeat for a day or two and it will go away and all it costs you is a piece of paper.

There is a plant called bulbonela (please forgive my spelling) it dries it up very quickly, it actually worked better than any topical cream/ointment, and the bulbonela plant works for a lot of skin irritations, and it is simply a plant in the garden (type of Aloe)