On the trunk this appears as white spots or tan spots with a light scale. TV is contracted during the warmer, humid summer months. It is particularly common in tropical climates, such as Hawaii. Treatment Treatment is effective but recurrences are frequent.
Shampoo is an inexpensive and effective treatment.
Selsun can be used as a lather for a few minutes while in the shower and rinsed off. If used daily for two to four weeks, then once per week, the TV spots usually disappear by eight weeks. Take two tablets with food, for example, lunch, then exercise one hour later. Nizoral concentrates in the sweat, killing the yeast. The tablets should be taken one more time in about one month to ensure eradication of the yeast.