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Syrena C. (Pompano Beach, FL) on 06/17/2026:
I put clear nail polish over the ringworm, yesterday, and this morning new ones are popping up on the edges of the nail polish. I'll be removing with nail polish remover and trying the horse paste. I don't have a skin doctor near me. I think I got this from picking up mangos around our yard that were on the ground. The rashes are on my forearms where I was carrying the mangos.
I tried this and the nail polish just flaked and sent contaminated fragments all over the room. It only seemed to make it bigger and the area more irritated.
I couldn't get the dry polish off completely so I just kept spreading it everywhere for a couple of days.
Sid Davis (Springfield, Missouri, Usa) on 07/21/2010:
My wife had ringworm under her chin for about two months. She tried Calamine lotion for about a month and 1/2 because she thought she had brushed against some poison ivy, not realizing it was ringworm. When she realized it was ringworm, she painted it twice daily for a week with lugol's solution (5% iodine) and it started to noticeably clear. Then I read about clear nail polish, and she quit the iodine and applied nail polish twice daily for two days, and now it is gone. Looks like the nail polish worked the best.
My friend's son had ringworm for 6 months. No creams or meds worked. The nurse said to use clear fingernail poilish as her brothers got ringworm all the time from wrestling and it cleared up in 2 weeks.
