After spending some time traveling internationally to both South America and Asia, I developed a superficial fungus that would grow on my chin under my beard, on my back and chest, and occasionally my crotch. Never had athetes foot in my life but the athlete's foot remedies like Lotrimin and Tolfinate, Clotrimazole all work.
After dealing with it recurring every summer I developed regimens to combat it - so I will share them with you:
- Diet - eliminate yeast, no bread, pizza, beer.
- Clothing - ade vinegar to the soak cycle.
- Bathing - Get Epsom salt and soak in a salt bath. It makes the fungus more vulnerable by changing ph.
- Topical - whenever I could go shirtless I would wipe apple cider vinegar on my shoulders, back and chest.
Also the aforementioned antifungals.
After I adopted this regimen the recurrences became so insignificant that a little antifungal cream and a quick change in diet would cause it to disappear within a day or two.
This time I can tell you exactly what caused it to come back after a decade -
- bmx bike out of storage , chafed my crotch riding it
- pajamas out of storage
- 2 40's of Miller High Life over Thanksgiving
god it stinks
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[–] La_Chalupacabra 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Something I encountered when I moved my kombucha jug to the same closet as my shirts was a sizeable decrease in pit odor.
I suspect the plume from the active ferment must have populated my shirts, thereby transferring the beneficial yeast/bacteria to my skin, which out-competed whatever funk was living there.
That said, applying the same principle, you could try using raw vinegar (or brew your own) and see if that helps, or substitute/include kombucha if the clothes are not brightly colored or white.
[–] toggafreggin 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Try the carnivore diet for a month, and change clothes daily, but only bathe once per week. After the carnivore diet, do a coconut oil/lemon water fast for a week and start reintroducing fermented foods like kim chi, a little apple cider vinegar in water, after that, just avoid sugar and too much carbs so the yeast can't feed.
[–] MrPim 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
You need to see a dermatologist. You aren't ever getting rid of it. You're probably breeding a stronger strain of that shit