> I'm no dermatologist but a friend once had a skin condition in which large
> patches of skin lost all pigmentation.  She was treated with an 
> anti-fungal
> shampoo; washed her body with it, especially the affected areas.  The
> pigment came back.  She had no symptoms other than the loss of 
> pigmentation.

Hi Rachel,
This is tinea versicolor (see http://www.emedicine.com/DERM/topic423.htm).
But this is an interesting idea - could "nipple thrush" sometimes be another 
fungal infection?
It would respond to the antifungals we use for nipple thrush.
Lisa Amir
MBBS, MMed, PhD, IBCLC in Melbourne, Australia 

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