tinea versicolor (tv) is a common skin disease caused by yeast overgrowth on the skin. Yeast usually lives on everyone's skin, but in some people it grows too much, especially in warm summers. Yeast thrives on oily, moist skin, usually on the chest and back, but sometimes on the face, neck and arms.
TV is easy to diagnose by examining the skin, but sometimes your doctor will scrape the skin for yeast. Under a microscope, the filaments and dots formed by yeast look like spaghetti and meatballs.
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tinea versicolor (TV) is a common skin disease caused by yeast overgrowth on the skin. Yeast usually lives on everyone's skin, but in some people it grows too much, especially in warm summers. Yeast thrives on oily, moist skin, usually on the chest and back, but sometimes on the face, neck and arms.
TV is easy to diagnose by examining the skin, but sometimes your doctor will scrape the skin for yeast. Under a microscope, the filaments and dots formed by yeast look like spaghetti and meatballs.