Leave it to me...

I have developed this skin condition... white patchy skin (looks kinda like I got a sunburn & it peeled)

at first I thought it was too much sun... so I avoided the sun the past couple weeks
then I thought it was just really dry skin that needed to be exfoliated & moisturized
and finally I thought it was something to do with psoriasis

today I was telling some friends about it & they mentioned that they knew people who had a fungal (disgusting I know) infection on their skin.  People who live in the tropics.

I immediately came home and googled it & alas, that's what it is!!
tinea vesicular - yeast-related infection that produces white spots on the skin that are hard to get rid of

this is what my shoulders and back look like :/

How did I get it?
Pityrosporum orbiculare, the yeast that causes tinea vesicular, is present in little numbers on normal skin; regular washing rids the skin of dead epidermal cells as well as excess yeast. Nonetheless it can grow in great amounts in the summer months when humidity sky-rockets or when a person’s immunological response is weakened and meddle with the standard coloration of the skin; leading to unpleasant spots in both light and dark colors.

humidity (Grenada) + a crappy immune system (Me) = fungal infection

Lee wants to do like experiments on my immune system...
I've had everything, everything you can think of! and now add this to the list.

I'm going to the clinic tomorrow to get a topical cream (unless it's too bad & then I'll need pills) and I read on the internet that if you wash your body with Selson shampoo (and leave it sit for 10 minutes) it's a good treatment and prevention as well.

& now you know.