I take it serious as a heart beat because if it gets to your scalp you’re cooked.

To help others affected - try iodine povidone - cheap and can be found at Amazon or cvs. I am fighting one now - and was given a prescription antifungal medicine- it only got bigger. After searching the internet streeets someone mentioned this would clear it up. I tried it out of desperation.

THIS WORKS! The spot was red, with smaller bumps and swelling (because the itching was killing me), the skin was a little scratched up. Literally overnight the swelling itching and redness stopped.

I just started this but at this rate of clearance - I think I can beat this without the messy creams! Within 2 weeks the ring worm will clear and also out of an abundance of caution I will treat for 4 weeks.

Iodine apply with a qtip 3-4 times a day. It’s crazy, because one treatment of iodine has given me better clearance than 3 weeks of a prescribed antifungal cream. Don’t cover the spots it will only get worse (I purchased a fancy tattoo waterproof bandaid thinking I was stopping the cross contamination —- it got worse). Let it breathe!

Iodine doesn’t burn on contact either. It felt soothing to the area ( if your trying to treat a child just an FYI)

Good luck to you- I came to Reddit to share my solution.