Well i have a cat again and sure enough my old friend ringworm is back.
Any easy or cheap ways to get rid of it on me and the cat?
And FTR its actually a skin fungus,i don’t have worms. 
I think if you take the cat to the veterinarian, and the treatment is some sort of spray (for the fungus), you can try and use it on yourself.
Otherwise you go to a dermatologist who will give you some human medicine with probably the same or very similar ingredients to combat the ringworm.
Also, ringworm can clear on its own, but it takes more time.
Anything i can get OTC?
You could try Canesten cream which is an anti-fungal cream (yeah, it’s the stuff used for yeast infections.) And this would be for the human, not the cat.
While in Panama, I got some kind of fungal infection on my arm (made white patches that looked like Michael Jackson’s vitiligo – I thought it was sun damage). The doc said I could go and pick up a prescription or try and see if Canesten worked. Canesten did the trick.
Maybe Qadgop will come by with an even better idea.
A visit to the local pharmacy should reveal lots of non-prescription anti-fungal creams, mostly containing clotrimazole or terbinafine. A pharmacist should be able to answer questions about the products.
See? I told ya.
Try Lamisil ™. Works for athletes foot, jock itch and ringworm. It contains terbinafine as Qad mentioned above. It works great for me.
(BTW) On you, of course. I don’t know if it will work on a cat.
That gave me a laugh:D
Thanks for the responses everyone.
And i am not looking forward to a spray or shampoo for the cat as she is as nature intended and fully clawed.:eek:
Tinactin (R) worked the best for me. (Tolnaftate lotion) The brand Name was a little more effect than generic in this case. But it does take about an entire tube.
Seemed to work on the cat too, but does tickle, (burn) so the cat may get pissed.
Self-medicating (yourself or your cat) can be a dangerous proposition. With all due respect to those who have posted, the above medications that people are claiming worked for them may or may not be effective - I have no idea one way or the other - but using a medication for other than it’s intended or labeled use could be problemmatic, or in the worse case, dangerous.
Anyways, here’s a veterinary source that says
and
To read more about the causes and these and other treatments of Ringworm, visit:
http://www.marvistavet.com/html/ringworm.html
My recommendation for your cat is to let time do it’s thang. She’ll be fine as long as she is healthy otherwise (e.g. not immunocompromised). Treating with griseofulvin is not worth the risk of side effects and itraconazole is rather expensive. Just FYI.
ywtf, soon–to-be vet