Hi MissTT,
hun I felt for you when you said you were in tears today. Ive been and done all the tears and depression from it. I think im all dried out of tears now. lol. Glad you saw your Derm and you got it confirmed. However, Im still living in hope that after 2 rounds of it (over 2 summers) it will be over as thats what I have heard from some people. Others have it for many many years.
To be honest, I dont think I will deal with it very well if im the later case.
What I intend to do is about a month before I go on holiday go back to my GP and ask for another prescription of Fluconzale tablets. The GP gave me 50mg to take as they always like to start you off on it very gradually, but trust me as you know, when you have this you get obsessed by it and want it gone, so I did my research on the Fluconzale website and it says you can take upto 250mg for various fungal conditions. I am not advising this to anyone at all, but this is what i did after my extentsive research.. So i took 100mg per day and I have been using my magic cream that i use for everything..... Bepanthen cream. Its used for nappy rash on babies and slight grazes and stings, but I use it on the smal rash area on the outside of the white patches as they are very dry and slightly raised rashes and it seems to do the trick and calm it down. My main concern is the white patches though. Ive had it since the 6th July. I have used everything imaginable. Selsun blue shampoo. Ketaconzale shampoo, Naturasil herbal soap and lotion, tea tree oil... All of which didnt work for me. But hopefully you will find that what you have been prescribed will work. Fingers crossed for you hun.
What did drive me nuts withthis Tinea, is I noticed that even when I was back in this country if I even walked to the shops and it was a fairly nice day say 70 degrees, my face would get so hot, as if i was about to start sweating after a vigorous work out. So i always needed tissues with me, to keep the areas on my face constantly dry. Then when I cam in I would shower in cool water to help.
The white marks I have on my face have just got bigger and bigger. They seem to have stopped spreading now though, thank goodness. But although I put foundation on to try to cover the marks, If i put blusher on I look like a glow worm on the white areas and being a makeup artist doesnt do me any favours!
I wish there was a place where we could all meet up and see and talk to others about Tinea. Everyone around me such as my husband, parents, friends all say the same... it doesnt really notice!! But to me I look like a leapord!!
With regards to the white spots apparently it will take upto next summer before the white patches start to return to normal. Im also about to undergo Microdermabrasion, which is a kind of abrasive exfoliating facial. My method in thinking is that by doing this, the idea is Microdermabrasion speeds up cell renewall from the lower layers of the Dermis to reveal a brighter fimer complexion. So I feel that if I have a course of these over the winter it will bring my new skin upto the outer layer quicker and therefore the white patches will be erased as such. If this doesnt work, then what I will do is in the summer, take the tablets as above, prior to going out in humid or hot conditions, so that it gets in my bloodstream then use factor 50 all over my face except for the white patches. I wil use the kids Green sunblock so I can see where Im putting it and hopefully that will stop the rest of my face from tanning, but the sun can hopefully speed up the melanin in my skin where the white patches are exposed and tan those areas. ( you probably think im mad reading all this, but ive looked into every possible way of cure and still searching for more.
Good luck with everything you try hun. Big hugs. Makeup4Brides .xx
