A lot of people are starting to say bleach doesn’t work on ringworm and it’s dangerous.
THE TRUTH IS it DOES work. In fact doctors, usually dermatologists (your common family doctor will usually not know this) will prescribe treating stubborn cases of ringworm and athletes foot with bleach-water.
NOTICE I said bleach-water.
Straight bleach is a bad idea.
What you do is DILUTE the bleach with water (the original formula clorox.. not the fancy stuff with soaps and fragrances). Start with about a 1 part bleach to 3 part water mix (30% bleach) Soak a rag, cottonball, or whatever, or for your feet just mix in a small tub, and soak the area for 10-15 minutes.
It is going to burn, but it should be tolerable.
If you can not tolerate having the bleach-water on your skin for 5-10 minutes, then dilute it more (use more water in your mix) until it is tolerable. Don’t be stupid and try to be tough. If it hurts too much, rinse with warm water, wash with soap, adjust your bleach-water mix and try again. You should find that you’ll be able to make the bleach water stronger after a few days, but this is not always the case. Just keep it strong enough to cause a mild burning sensation on the area you want to treat. If it doesn’t burn at all, your bleach-water isn’t doing any good or you have something that isn’t ringworm or athelet’s foot.
Do not go over a 50/50 mix (half bleach half water). That is where you get into the chemical burn range. You should not get a burn at or below 50/50, but it is possible for anyone with sensitive skin. So be sure to start with about 30% bleach.
Again, it’s going to cause a burning sensation. It can be discomforting, but if you get your mix right, it will be tolerable for 10-15 minutes. Use a weaker mix if you can’t tolerate the burn sensation for that long.
Treat twice a day for up to 10 days.
Rinse the area with warm water then wash with soap after every treatment.
Oh yeah, warm-to hot water works the best. The warmer the better… but not so hot it burns!
This is all really dependent on your tolerance level.
One other critical note- VERY IMPORTANT
If you skip even one treatment, you might as well start your 10-day count over. You have to be very consistent to get rid of the really stubborn cases.
You will usually want to follow up with a cream for two weeks after your 10 days. So far, one has really worked better for me than another. You can also apply a cream during your 10 days after your bleach treatment.
Still unsure? Go see a dermatologist! Insist on it and get your regular doctor to recommend a dermatologist because as I mentioned, regular family doctor’s don’t always know these things.
I’ve had to use this bleach-water method for both a bad case of athelet’s foot when I was younger (never had a problem again), and more recently with some seriously stubborn ringworm.

I recommend turintine in the blue or green bottle at the local phramacy or grocery store ask the sales person to show were it is on the shelf. it works for me when it was on my arm, take cotton ball and pour a little on it and then put it on the irriated area cover it with bandage until you change it the next day, do this for about 4or5 days until heal.

Bleach gets rid of ring worm on pets apply with q tip over infected area

I didnt relize that i had ringworm until i looked up online. I figure my dog gave it to me do to his excess hairloss. i havent gone to the doctor but i found a home remedy from mexico, that being GARLIC. I had friends tell me about it and i have tried and within two days ive seen a major difference and reduction. I started to get it all over my upper body. i just tood a garlic clove, sliced it and rubbed it on all the spots and within 2 days it reduced. I applied it 2-3 a day. since i work pretty earlier until really late the only time i had was on the weekend which seemed to work enough to kill the fungus.

I had a ring worm 2 years ago and it coverd all of my hand not the fingers or the palm just the top behind my knuckles,so i took a lot of showers like 3 of them each day. And my mom gave me a cream called Antibiotic Ointment it works good,but it works very slow. And still have it today.Thats because i scratch it in my sleep and its very hard no to scratch,but i dont scratch it every night like once a month and i said it works slow not the best option but its one so thats why im gonna try nail polish

To kirstin who said that bleach wont kill fungus…Yes it will!!! I used to get athletes foot a lot when i was younger and bleach was the ONLY thing that would get rid of it!!

Calamine Lotion works and it’s safe. I applied it twice maybe three times daily and it worked. Haven’t tried anything else.

Use Nizoral Shampoo and Mederma. I found this on another forum and I swore if it worked I would try to share it in as many places as possible. I had three ringworm scars, one on my shoulder and two on my tummy (all a half dollar size or bigger). After I used my prescription cream (I didn’t try the bleach)for two months, my doc told me it will take up to a year for the scars to go away. I wanted to cry. But in less than two weeks the scars are gone/light shade. This is how I did it: At night put Nizoral Shampoo on the spots and go to sleep (let it dry), in the morning take a shower and scrub the area using an exfoloating glove/rag ( I did it hard). Pat dry and use the cream the doc gave you for the rest of the day. Repeat this process for seven days. On the seventh night instead of the Nizoral shampoo use Mederma ( both are available over the counter) in the morning take a shower and you will see the dead skin and scar wash down the drain. Just to be sure dry off and rub the rest of it using a towel. Please note at times it might burn or be irratated an you might question yourself, but I promise you will see it dry up and look 100 times better. The following week I kept using the cream from the doc during the day and Mederma at night. Just make sure your fungus is healed before doing this. Good luck! And please share with others!

ALCOHOL…..rubbing alcohol!! works like a freaking charm!! my ringworm is dead in no less than a week… i bought some 91% rubbing alcohol cause ringworm is a fungus and needs to be dried out… i put alcohol on it continously everyday.. i would even hold a drenched cotton ball on it for half an hour…and i would keep reaplying as often as i could and voila the ringworm has dried up..killed it dead!!!
alcohol is super cheap and super effective

Just a note to Kristin (or anyone else who this could apply to) you really really want to avoid any contact with bleach. Its extremely toxic to your body and certainly won’t help get rid of any fungus. So, please, be cautious when trying to find home remedies.