Most skin infections are treatable — but only with the right diagnosis and the full course of treatment.
The skin infection and wart service of Chongqing West District Hospital diagnoses and treats fungal, bacterial and viral infection of the skin, hair and nails — ringworm of the body and groin, athlete's foot, nail fungus, folliculitis, impetigo, herpes simplex and shingles, and warts of the hands and feet — with the diagnosis confirmed before treatment and the full resources of a tertiary general hospital behind every plan.
Microscopy-confirmed diagnosis before treatment, courses of adequate duration rather than a short course of cream, and honesty about what can be cured, what is controlled, and what recurs.
- Diagnosis confirmed before treatment
- Evidence-based treatment courses
- Honest timelines and expectations
- Fungal, bacterial & viral infection care
Infection care that starts with confirming the cause
A red, scaly or blistering rash has many possible causes, and they are treated in different ways. Every plan follows the same three principles.
Confirm the diagnosis
A rash is not a diagnosis. We take a history, examine the active edge, and where it matters scrape the skin, clip the nail or swab the lesion for microscopy and culture, so treatment is aimed at the organism that is actually there.
Treat for long enough
Fungal infection clears visibly long before it has gone. We treat for the full course and usually a little beyond, because stopping when the skin looks better is the commonest reason an infection returns.
Prevent the next episode
Reinfection has causes: untreated feet or nails, a household contact, a pet, shared floors and towels. We deal with those alongside the treatment, so the same infection does not come back next season.
Dedicated specialists within a tertiary hospital
Skin infection is a dermatology problem first and a procedural problem second. Our team combines the medical treatment of fungal, bacterial and viral infection with the laboratory confirmation, laser and surgical skills needed when infection is deep, recurrent or has left a scar, with the full safety net of a tertiary general hospital behind every plan.
Yongbo Jia, MD (贾勇波)
Dermatology Lead · Deputy Director
Head of dermatology and lead physician of this service: confirmation of fungal, bacterial and viral skin infection, the treatment of tinea, nail fungus and folliculitis, and the diagnosis of the look-alike rashes that are mistaken for infection, trained at the Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences.
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Ke He, MD (何锞)
Skin & Laser Aesthetics · Deputy Director
Head of skin and laser aesthetics; 20+ years on the clinical front line of laser and procedural dermatology, specializing in laser treatment of warts, post-inflammatory pigment after infection, and nail and foot procedures.
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Tongchun Mao, MD (毛彤春)
Aesthetic Surgery · Deputy Director
Deputy Director and head of aesthetic surgery; surgical removal of warts and lesions that have failed medical treatment, with scar-conscious closure and refined aesthetic excision across 700+ operations a year.
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Shaoliang Wang, MD (王韶亮)
Plastic Surgery · Center Director
Center Director; leads surgical debridement of deep skin and soft tissue infection, complex wound repair, and scar revision after infection, with 20+ years of tertiary-hospital surgical experience.
View profile →Skin infection and warts, explained honestly
Start with the basics: how an infection is diagnosed, what the different groups of fungi, bacteria and viruses actually are, how long treatment genuinely takes, and why some infections come back.
How Skin Infections Are Diagnosed
History, skin scraping, KOH microscopy, culture and PCR, and why treating a rash without confirming its cause so often fails.
Read the guide →Fungal Infections Explained: Dermatophytes, Yeasts and Moulds
The three groups of fungi that infect skin, hair and nails, where each lives, and why the distinction decides which treatment works.
Read the guide →Tinea Corporis and Tinea Cruris: Ringworm of the Body and Groin
How ringworm of the body and jock itch are caught, confirmed and treated, why the cream often stops too early, and how relapse is prevented.
Read the guide →Athlete's Foot (Tinea Pedis): Why It Keeps Coming Back
How tinea pedis is caught, how it is confirmed, why the treatment course is longer than most people expect, and what prevents the relapse.
Read the guide →Onychomycosis: Why Nail Fungus Is Hard to Cure
Why nails take months to treat, how the diagnosis is confirmed before oral treatment, and the monitoring that oral antifungals require.
Read the guide →Fungal Infections That Are Not Ringworm
Pityriasis versicolor and candidal skin infection: how they differ from dermatophyte ringworm in cause, appearance and treatment.
Read the guide →We will not sell you certainty we do not have
Fungal infection needs a confirmed diagnosis and a course long enough to finish the job — not a short course of cream. Nail fungus takes months to treat and still relapses in a proportion of people. Warts recur after every available treatment, and none of them is guaranteed. Antiviral treatment for herpes and shingles works best when it is started early. Infection can leave pigment change and scars behind. Anyone who tells you otherwise is not giving you honest medical advice.
Not sure what is causing your rash?
Reach out for a consultation. We will confirm the diagnosis first, explain what treatment involves and how long it takes, and plan the follow-up with you.
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