- Do not share clothing, sports equipment, towels, or sheets.
- Wash your clothes in hot water with fungus-killing (fungicidal) soap if you think you have been exposed to ringworm.
- Wear slippers or sandals in locker rooms, showers, and public bathing areas.
- Shower and shampoo thoroughly after any sport that requires skin-to-skin contact.
- Wear loose-fitting cotton clothing.
- Change your socks and underwear at least once a day.
- Keep your skin clean and dry.
- Always dry yourself completely after showers or baths.
- Put your socks on before your underwear if you have athlete's foot, so that fungi do not spread from your feet to your groin.
- Take your pet to the vet if it has patches of missing hair, which could be a sign of a fungal infection.
- Apply talcum or other drying powder to the affected area daily to prevent ringworm from returning after treatment,
