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How do you treat discoloration after a fungal infection?

How do you treat discoloration after a fungal infection?

Selenium sulfide (Selsun) 2.5 percent lotion or shampoo. Ketoconazole (Ketoconazole, Nizoral, others) cream, gel or shampoo. Itraconazole (Onmel, Sporanox) tablets, capsules or oral solution. Fluconazole (Diflucan) tablets or oral solution.

How do you get rid of tinea versicolor hypopigmentation?

Antifungal medications are used to treat tinea versicolor. These may be taken orally via pills, or applied directly to the patches with a topical cream. The AAD also recommends using a medicated cleaner once every two to four weeks to keep the fungus from coming back.

Will hypopigmentation go away?

It is important to realize that this is not a permanent lightening of the skin but it resolves slowly. In most cases it takes many months or possibly even a year to go away completely. Since post inflammatory hypopigmentation is a temporary problem usually no treatment is required.

How is hypopigmentation caused by a fungal infection?

Hypopigmentation occurs when the yeast produces a specific chemical that turns off melanocytes, resulting in a decreased production of melanin (the pigment central to the skin, eye, and hair color). Hyperpigmentation is the result of inflammation caused by the fungal infection.

What causes hyperpigmentation and hypopigmentation in skin?

Hypopigmentation occurs when the yeast produces a specific chemical that turns off melanocytes, resulting in the decreased production of melanin (the pigment central to the skin, eye, and hair color). Hyperpigmentation is the result of inflammation caused by the fungal infection.

How is hypopigmentation related to tinea versicolor?

Hypopigmentation occurs when the yeast produces a specific chemical that turns off melanocytes, resulting in the decreased production of melanin (the pigment central to the skin, eye, and hair color). Hyperpigmentation is the result of inflammation caused by the fungal infection. Symptoms of tinea versicolor include:

What causes loss of colouring of the skin?

Hypopigmentation occurs when there are not normal amounts of melanin in the body. Melanin is the chemical that gives skin its colouring. Hypopigmentation is caused by disease, illness, burns, injury, and trauma to the skin. Hypopigmentation is referred to as loss of skin colouring, and can be known as skin depigmentation.

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