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  1. Pityriasis versicolor

    Hi all

    Just thought I should share my little cure for Pityriasis Versicolor, first of all its a skin fungal infection that basically gives your skin a patchy ....

  2. resistant Pityriasis Folliculitis

    Hi! I know the sub topic on this post is pityriasis versicolor but there wasnt a sub topic for my condition but i really wanted to post this! Im 13 years old and ....

  3. I'm not alone!!! Pityriasis versicolor

    Wow I'm amazed to see I'm not the only one in the world with this condition!

    I first noticed (or should I say a friend pointed it out) on holiday in America when ....

  4. Versicolor

    I was petrified when l started seeing white blotches appearing on my face. First it was my chin, then my cheeks, my forehead and upperlip. it spread so quickly that ....

  5. Great Blog

    Very informative post. Thanks for taking the time to share your view with us.

  6. PV

    I am 20 and have had the condition for 7 years now, I have lived in the UK all my life, with only two weeks a year trips abroad to warmer climates.

    Sometimes ....

  7. Everything I knoiw from experience about PV

    My son was 8 when he first go this while on vacation in the Middle East...he is now 30 and has for the first time been given sporax which appears to have helped...this ....

  8. personal hygiene

    hi, i would like to know would changing clothes after every cream/shampoo application reduce spread of infection? does it spread onto clothes/bedclothes etc ?

  9. Recurrence?

    I had PV last year on my back and the white patches have only just faded! I've started to notice a few redish patches on my arms and legs and I'm worried it's coming ....

  10. pv

    im 23 and have pv and like most people it comes out at its worst in hot or warm humid times of the year.

    i was prescribed loads of different creams and nothing ....

  11. PV Is anyone ever cured from this?

    I've just been diagnosed with PV. I'd never heard of it before. I first noticed a small red patch on my shoulder about 6 months ago. I just

    thought it was some ....

  12. is it on anyones face??

    does anyonehave it on there face??

  13. Use a scrubbing brush in the shower

    Something which my mother recommended seems to help slow the spread of pytoriasis. Quite simply, use a hard scrubbing brush to scrub your skin of all its dead skin ....

  14. Pityriasis Versicolor

    I have had the skin condition for years now..the same happens everytime I go away the patches are ok but as soon as i return to the UK within 3 days i look patchy ....

  15. Thank you!

    Hi My name is Patrik I'm from sweden I've been having trouble with this for 7years.

    everytime I go to the doctor they just send me home with a new set up perscriptions ....

  16. Help or Advice please............

    Hi

    I have had this since December last year and nothing so far has helped. When I first treated it with Nizoral cream the patches faded really quickly and I thought ....

  17. Diflucan 150mg cured it completely

    Readers may be interested to note that I became very susceptible to this skin problem when I moved from England to the tropics 9 years ago and regular use of Selsun ....

  18. Its back!!!

    I first got PV in my early 20's after returning from a holiday. I remember going back and forth to my GP every couple of months while they attempted to come up with ....

  19. hi

    I have used just about everything and it wont go away. Even dermatologists Ive visited says nothing! How in the possible world can no one get this things to stop ....

  20. Living with PV

    :lol:

    hi everyone im 32 in a couple of months and have had PV since my late teens. now believe me when i tell you u I have tried everything to irradicate this ....

  21. living with pit versicolor

    Ive had the conditon for 6 months or so before i went to the doctor he has given me selsun shampoo which he advised me to put on the affected area (back and both ....

  22. help

    I have suffered from pityriasis versicolor for 5 nearly 6 years now and its driving me crazy! i have tried creams clotrimazole, nizoral, selsun shampoo and now i ....

  23. I feel bad

    I believe I have had PV before on and off for years, but I didn't know what it was, and it generally appeared on a limited basis when I was very stressed, so I put ....

  24. PV

    I've had PV for a few years now. I'm 18 and I've been to the doctors a few times about it. I've used Ketopine twice and finished a course of Itraconazole a few weeks ....

  25. I found some red patches around 10 years ago. They came ...

    I found some red patches around 10 years ago. They came and went, but seemed worst after showers etc. I ignored it until they became more dense and over my arms. ....

  26. Pit Versicolour

    my condition started with a sinlge pea sized hairless patch on my head

    over a period of three to four months I developed several more of various sizes, which left ....

  27. I had very bad pv since age 12. I am now 36 and has control

    I am 35 and has sufferd from PV since i was 12 or 13 in the West Indies. Mine was very bad; hands, back, chest and neck. I was scorned and rejected on many occassions ....

  28. couple shares tri versicolor

    when i met my husband 8 years ago - he had a noticeable rash on his back and groin area. i asked him to get it checked - but he said doctors never did anything ....

  29. advise required

    l was diagnosed with pv in april and wanted to know more about the condition. the thing worrying me is that l discovered this condition is prevelant in people with ....

  30. Long time PV sufferer

    I've had pv for 10 years now and have tried everything going, all the shampoos, creams and tablets. Unfortunately none of them have worked, I think because I have ....

  31. i developed pityriasis versicolor last year.i workout al...

    i developed pityriasis versicolor last year.i workout alot and noticed blotches coming up on my chest,arms,abdomin,shoulders and back after training or during also ....

  32. I was diagnoed with something different than what you al...

    I was diagnoed with something different than what you all have said. I was told it was tenia versacolor. I have tried the nizoral wash and the selsun because that ....

  33. i first noticed a rash on my right leg the bootom half, ...

    i first noticed a rash on my right leg the bootom half, then later my left leg, the rash seem to spread down around my ankles and partly under my feet. few weeks ....

  34. i have had versicolor for about ten years now i have tri...

    i have had versicolor for about ten years now i have tried the selsun shampoo 3 or 4 times now as told by my gp it does work for a while but smells very bad and ....

  35. I'm 28 and got the rash for the first time this summer. ...

    I'm 28 and got the rash for the first time this summer. I had a few spots on my upper arm and was given Nizoral cream. I used this for 4 weeks and the rash kept ....

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