How I Treat Tinea Versicolor

Pityriasis versicolor

“…Under Wood’s light (filtered ultraviolet light with a peak of 365 nm), the lesions of pityriasis versicolor fluoresce a bright yellow or gold colour. Often, this fluorescence includes the areas immediately surrounding clinically visible lesions, indicating that the infection is spreading 53,127 . Wood’s light may also be useful for differential diagnosis, as the colour of fluorescence is characteristic of the mycelial form of Malassezia .…”