bubbagump yo uare absolutly correct in your assesment of my last comment. I did mean to say that if you suspect you have ringworm you should begain topical treatment at first sight, then you should visit with your doctor so that he/she may make a proper diagnosis and give you a skin release if he deams the situation to be non contagious.

Now many experts suggest that ringworm is no longer contagious after 48 hours once treated HOWEVER this only applies to lesions already present, it does not account for places on the skin which have not broken out as yet and could later because of scratching, etc. SO what I am saying is even if you have put cream on a spot that you found for 48 hours that does not mean that you don't have the fungus on other parts of your body that have yet to show up.

So in my original comment I said 5 days because that should be plenty long enough time to see if more spots break out.

Now on to more important business. Technically a skin release form means very little in practice. Ultimatly the decision to let a wrestler on the mat who has visible skin infections is at the descretion of the official. He CAN overrule any Drs. skin release and even an onsite physician if he so chooses. Obviously 99.9% of officials would not overrule an on-site physician because obviously they are in the position to know better. However I have seen officials overrule skin releases that were signed the day before, and in those situations I was not the official on the mat, but had I been, I would have done the same thing. The skin form covers spots that a doctor has seen, it does not cover spots that he did not see. Also if the things are still wet and/or oozing, etc, You can bet no official is going to let them on the mat.

Basically what I am saying is skin forms are mearly a procedural thing that very little attention is paid to, just because you put cream on for 48 hrs does not mean you aren't contagious, or that you will be allowed to wrestle even if you have one. Keep that in mind before you go rusing into a Doctors office 2 days after you find a spot and possibly obtain a note, you may still not get to wrestle.