Need some advice on what may be causing one of my customers to have white spots on the stomach and face that are shaped like thumb prints. (She has been standing in a booth for the past few times and that has not fixed the fingerprints on her body.)

It sounds like fungus, it can be caught by infected surfaces and people.
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http://health.discovery.com/diseasesandcond/encyclopedia/151.html

"What are the risks to others?

Tinea versicolor can be spread by sexual contact or through contaminated towels and other objects. "
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She needs sunspot cream, its a fungus treatment.

Look in your salon trade mags, you will find some there.
Or send her to her Dr. It can be treated.
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*(edited false claims-mj)

"MJ you are in the wrong to edit my post!
MJ it is clear you don't know the TRUTH or you are misleading the public!

MJ to tamper with my post in such a way with out telling me is outragous!
You implied I am a lier!

I am right!
Chipp I removed the nasty from this.. this is not good Chipp.. Please stop this ..

If you want me to edit your posts I will follow your example.
I expected better of you, shame, shame, shame.
You damaged your credibility."
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[ This Message was edited by: Chippp on 2002-05-10 10:34 ][ This Message was edited by: fungirlz on 2002-05-13 20:13 ]

I think it might be a tingle lotion. I had several clients have this. When they stopped using tingle lotion, they went away. Nothing else we tried worked.

Beds have nothing to do with white spots Chipp!!
We all know how you feel about beds and I find it offensive that you would say a bed caused this..
It is from UV exposure..and probably using the tingle brought it on rapidly..
Halt is an excellent spot away treatment.

These are called SUN SPOTS Chipp.. even people who have NEVER been in a Ultra-violet machine can get these..
They are called SUN SPOTS.. NOT SUN BED SPOTS..

Chipp
Ihave had it happen in my hex, when clients used tingle. Just thought I would tell you.

This is common when clients are using tingle lotion. It starts from the scalp of one's head, and the uv and the tingle lotion gives you these white spots on your body. The way to get rid of this is to get selsum blue shampoo and use this as your everyday soap for three applications and it will go away...

FYI:

The fungus infection Tinea versicolor (a.k.a. "Sun Spots") is caused by a yeast produced by our oil glands.

IT IS NOT CAUSED BY UVR OR TANNING UNITS OR SUNLIGHT!

Chemicals produced by Tinea versicolor "inhibit" the tanning reaction which causes the "white spots" in the afflicted areas.

Even though the Tinea versicolor infection is there, you can't see it until the surrounding skin gets tan! (The only "symptom" some people have is a "rash" that may or may not "itch" where the fungus is growing.)

Thus, UVR is NOT the cause of Tinea versicolor, a.k.a. "Sun Spots", a.k.a. "white spots"; rather, the development of the tan MAKES IT POSSIBLE to see the Tinea versicolor infection.

[Note: How many times have you had a client say that their "white spots" were "getting worse" as they tan? Well, folks, their "white spots" weren't "getting worse" the surrounding skin was "getting darker" so that the "white spots" are easier to see!

Tanning beds, booths, etc (UVR) DO NOT CAUSE Tinea versicolor; however, the "effect" of the tanning "process" eventually makes the infection visible.

Don

I love you Don Smith...

(Chipp, You did not respond to Chris' request as to prove your statement of edit it so I did so. Don is not a bending the truth.)MJ
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What are the risks to others?

Tinea versicolor can be spread by sexual contact or through contaminated towels and other objects ! ! !

It is unethical to mislead people by telling them it is not contagous.

read about this at:
http://health.discovery.com/diseasesandcond/encyclopedia/151.html

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It would not be a good idea share clothes or intimate contact with someone that is infected with any skin disease. This includes contaminated surfaces. This is just common sense.

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Tinea Versicolor (TIN-e-ah VER-si-color) is a skin condition due to overgrowth of a skin surface yeast (type of fungus).

A KOH scraping of an affected area should reveal abundant short hyphae and spores ("spaghetti and meatballs") on the KOH prep. The usual distribution of tinea versicolor is below the jawline to the waistline, most often involving the upper trunk.









Tinea versicolor is treated with either topical or oral medications. Topical treatment includes special cleansers including some shampoos, creams or lotions applied directly to the skin, once or twice a day. After any form of treatment, the uneven color of the skin may remain several months after the yeast has been eliminated.

Several oral medications have been used successfully to treat tinea versicolor. Because of possible side effects, or interactions with other medications, the use of these prescription medicines should be supervised by your dermatologist.

Tinea versicolor may reappear. To prevent recurrences, special cleansers may need to be used once or twice a month.

Each patient is treated by the dermatologist according to the severity and location of the disease, the climate, and the desire of the patient. It's important to remember that the yeast is easy to kill, but it can take weeks or months for the skin to regain its normal color.


Pathophysiology: Tinea versicolor is caused by the dimorphic, lipophilic organism, Malassezia furfur.

Even though M furfur can be an opportunistic pathogen. The organism is considered to be a factor in other cutaneous diseases including Pityrosporum folliculitis, confluent and reticulate papillomatosis, seborrheic dermatitis and some forms of atopic dermatitis.






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[ This Message was edited by: Chippp on 2002-05-10 09:56 ][ This Message was edited by: MJ on 2002-05-12 22:40 ]

Chippp:

Once again your "booths are better than beds" nonsense has gotten in the way of your doing something good for the industry for a change.

Some of your information was good but you ruined it by "implying" that you can get Tinea versicolor from a bed but not from a booth.

There is ABSOLUTELY NO EVIDENCE that Tinea versicolor has been transmitted via the serial use of a tanning bed. Please read the information at the link shown below.

http://www.naatso.org/frameset tso.htm

IF your theory about tanning units being a "vector" for the spread of Tinea versicolor, some of your booth clients would have developed it on their feet. Has this ever happened? Of course not!

PLEASE get off of this insane "booths are cleaner than beds" nonsense because it is counterproductive for the industry! BTW, have YOU ever "cultured" the floor of a tanning booth for the presence of microorganizms? Since you haven't (but, keep in mind that I have!), how do you know whether or not the floor of your booths aren't a vector for the spread of disease?

Don

PS: I just checked with CDC and Tinea versicolor IS NOT listed as a STD (sexually transmitted disease)![ This Message was edited by: Don Smith on 2002-05-10 10:08 ]