This is something that my grandma did when I was little: grab a clove of garlic, cut it, and put the garlic oil on the area. This should clear up in about 3 days.

I have had ringworms since last year August and I am still suffering for it. I have applied several tubes of over the counter antifungal cream of different brands but it is not helping. I have also been to a skin doctor who prescribes oral medication. I have been seeing him since March this year and it's not helping. I have just got another course of pills (Unitrac) to last me the next seven days. However he warns that after this course if I wish to purchase some more Unitrac, I will have to do a blood test to see if there is any side effect.

I have ring worm for eight months. First the doctors said I had staph infections. I was in such pain and itching made me go crazy. I am being treated for ring worm now. I found taking a salt bath and then putting on Iodine on all lesions helped me more. This is the worst thing I have ever gone through. I am still suffering after almost a year of medicines. I hope to God I get over this and never get it again.

I have had a VERY severe ongoing case and I didn't know one could get it in the scalp, and had it for at least a year and a half before realizing it. What embarrassed me the most is that nobody mentioned it or would tell me and I was so shocked that I had been scratching my head in private-crying, not knowing what it was that might be wrong.

I have ringworm now, and used an over-the-counter medicine to start treating it. The medicine wasn't working, so within a week, I made a doctors appointment and was seen and given an Rx cream. So far, after one day of applying, the skin seems to be drying up and it has become very itchy but, I am not itching it. It was on several parts of my body including my right shoulder, my right leg just down behind the knee, and on my left "love handle" and right "love handle". I believe it to be getting better because it is looking better, but the itching is making me go insane!

I rarely experience ringworm fungal irritation, but since beginning to use steam room following exercise I have found it breaks out in one area, upper left arm, occasionally. Treated with antifungal cream and 200MG of Ketoconazole it dissipates, but it requires several weeks to rid myself of it. I have quit using the steam bath for fear that the high temperatures trigger the reoccurrences. I have advised health club management that cleanliness of the steam room itself may also be a factor, although it appears clean. I know of no other treatment other than that described. However, with the oral anti-fungal, upset stomach is routine but tolerable.