I found a "home remedy"

I'm a little crazy with toothpste and have found that it has many uses...like getting pine pich off your hands. Well, I was thinking, if listerine kills germs, what about other stuff. So I tryed putting some on my armpits...it stings a bit (toothpaste (which failed) stings more). Listerine seems to kill the fungus...I think. I put a little Listerine on (witha paper towel, not just splashing it on) and now, only a few hours later, the fungus stuff is gone or almost gone (I can't realy see it at least). I don't know if using Listerine in this way is smart but it sure seems to work...just letting all of you poeple know. If any of you try this, let me know what you think...

It's all gone now!!! Of course, it's been a few months and I sort of forgot about it, but it's gone for some reason?

It's not a fungus!

Hi! Read the e-medicine article cited by the prior poster. It is not a fungus. It is a bacterial infection of the hair shaft by corynebacteria. It is called trichomycosis axillaris. The best treatment is to shave those hairs! That's why it is found in 27% of men and only 7% of women, women being more frequently shaven.

There are about 30 articles on this phenomenon in the scientific literature, check on PubMed if you want.

Don't waste your money on antifungals. Shave the hairs and keep the area clean and dry for a while. Also, wash your t-shirts.

While this condition is not dangerous, it is smelly. So treat it for the sake of your female (or male) comapanions.

An MD and former trichomycosis axillaris sufferer.

its not red or orange, but see through

Hi all,

Have read the posts and am going to follow the advice everyone has posted. But the problem is that the creatures growing in my pits are not colourful ... these ones are see-through. Not sure if its the same bacteria, or something entirely different but thought to try anyway. Does anyone know if they are the same thing.

These little fellas are also contagious - my girlfriend the hairy woman (no her name is not Jane) contracted them as well after wearing my tshirt. She wasn't impressed as it has meant we have both had to shave ... but with no luck ... the infection has returned. For some reason hers have since departed, but not due to the shaving ... shes not impressed having to wake up with what we have come to fondly know as 'mushroom pits' on her shoulder.

Shes telling me its the mushrooms or her ...

If you look closely they kind of grow out from around the follicle and even right to the end of the hair. Have tried to peel them off but they grow faster than I can peel.

Please help, it won't be the same without the hairy woman in my bed. While I'm rather attached to the mushrooms - I've had them for 10 years - the woman cooks good and talks more sense than the mushrooms in me pits.


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Fungal infection in the armpits

Hope that I'm just replying not starting a new thread, registered just to respond to this.

I have had, for several years a re-curring fungal (i think) infection in the armpits, typified by a white covering of the hair follicles. It was constant, but would get red and inflamed and really hurt if it was warm out and I'd been sweating. Tried using various anti-fungal creams with limited results. It had even started to spread to my facial hair.

A few weeks ago it was inflamed and I experimented with applying distilled white vinegar. It burned. I continued to apply it topically for the last few week and the hair is growing back in dark without redness on the skin, irritation or the white covering around the hair.

I don't have med insurance. So I had figured i would just learn to live with it. But vinegar is cheap. I just put it in a spray bottle apply once a day, also spraying down my shower.

Hope this helps.

l think reading the artricle azyron mention will help alot
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I had the same problem for some time now when I decided to visit my dermato this week.
I also first thought that it was a fungal infection and had tried some antifungal cream seveal times, without success. I notice the coating was there especially during hot days or when I was sweating.
As soon the dermato saw my armpits she was clear about what it was. In fact rather than fungus it s simply your armpits secretion which are staying stuck to the hair - apparently it's quite rare and she only see patients with this every two years only.
During a training she was told the best way to treat it was to apply a lotion used for treating acnea - so she prescribed me some Eryfluid (lotion with 4% Erythromicine) I only started it now but it should work within 2 weeks she said! I ll let you know if it works!