Tinea faciale (a fungal infection on the face) often has pink, ring-like, slightly elevated lesions with scaling at the edge. Tinea faciale, a fungal infection of the skin of the face, is displayed in this image as the arching red edge spanning from the cheek across the nose. This image displays how tinea faciale (ringworm of the face) can present on dark skin. This image displays the outside of an eye area with a circular, scaling, pink patch due to tinea (ringworm). This image displays a lesion with a round-shaped border and scaling, typical of ringworm. Tinea infection (ringworm) is characterized by a pink to red round, scaling patch.
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Treatments Your Physician May Prescribe
To confirm the diagnosis of facial ringworm, your physician might scrape some surface skin material (scales) onto a glass slide and examine it under a microscope. This procedure, called a KOH (potassium hydroxide) preparation, allows the doctor to look for tell-tale signs of fungal infection.
 
Once the diagnosis of facial ringworm is confirmed, your physician will probably start treatment with an antifungal medication. Most infections can be treated with topical creams and lotions, including:
  • Terbinafine
  • Clotrimazole
  • Miconazole
  • Econazole
  • Oxiconazole
  • Ciclopirox
  • Ketoconazole
  • Sulconazole
  • Naftifine
Rarely, more extensive or long-standing infections may require treatment with oral antifungal pills, including:
  • Terbinafine
  • Itraconazole
  • Griseofulvin
  • Fluconazole
The ringworm should go away within 4–6 weeks after using effective treatment.

Last Modified: 3 Mar 2008

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