Hello, I'm a 16 y/o girl with a super embarrassing problem. I've contracted ringworm on the back of my neck. It's bumpy, very red and swollen, and sometimes it just causes skin on my scalp to flake off like dandruff. Sometimes small little bumps (like pimples) will just appear around the area and they really hurt.
I've been to the doctor twice now. The first time, the doctor prescribed something that alleviated the itch and redness a little bit, I think it was ketoconazole or something like that, but I ran out and it returned full force. The second time, he prescribed fluocinonide, and it really worked! It stopped the inflammation and the itching and it returned completely to normal for some time, but then I ran out and it came right back.
Should I go back to the doctor and try again? Are there other alternatives I can do to get rid of it, something over the counter?
For now I am rubbing aquaphor on it, to try to calm it down because it's uncomfortable to just look upwards. It's been going on for two years. I assumed it would just go away after a while, and I was too embarrassed to get it looked at by a doctor until recently.