Question

Hello Doc,

Good Morning!!

I was actually looking for some blog like this from long.

Let me tell you about my problem… I am 28 years old and I used to have deadly itching around my pubic region from very long. I think it started when i was in class 9th.

I used to scratch a lot and slowly i observed that i had developed ringworm (aka daad in Hindi) in all that region. I used to scratch like anything and sometimes even blood used to come out.

And lately it started spreading like anything, from my panty line to inner thigh. It lived with my since more than 7 years and i became used to it. During summers its worse due to sweating and somehow i started living with it.

But since now I am getting married in a month and i wanted to get rid of this so i started using Foredom skin cream from cipla and it magically gave me relief from my itching. I am now applying this from quite a while and now there doesnt seem any ringworm or its now very less. But the skin color now seems to be dark. I am a fare guy but that region is quite dark.

Would really appreciate your help here.

Many Thanks,

Dapinder Singh

Answer

Dear Dapinder,

Thanks for contacting me. If you did have a ring work for so many years and you were constantly scratching, the area would have become dark simply from scratching I am afraid. It takes a long time for that to get back to normal. Suggest trying a urea based cream twice a day and that would take away the dark skin slowly. Obviously it would also be important to make sure that the infection is gone!

Regards

Dr.Sasi Attili