Cures And Remedies For Toenail Fungus
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EASY vinegar remedy
Carlos in San Francisco, CA USA -
I am going to give a very factual review here, because I don't know the science. All I can say is what I did and what my results were.
MY SITUATION: Mild to moderate fungus on big toe and several smaller toes. A little yellow here and there, but mostly white striations covering the whole nail (i.e. not clear at all). Very noticeable and ugly. It had been there at least many months when I started treatment. I looked around at many potential remedies and knew that I wanted one that is relatively simple. I can't be mixing ingredients and filing nails 2x/day.
THE REMEDY: I put a small amount of normal household vinegar in a small tupperware container (maybe 3/4 cup). Every morning, right after my shower, I took a Q-tip, soaked the end in the vinegar for a second, then applied it to my toenails (the whole nail, and especially around the cuticle). I re-soaked the Q-tip as necessary to keep it wet with vinegar as I went along. I put enough vinegar on each nail to make it wet, but it wasn't an excessive amount. Sometimes a drop would run off the nail, but mostly not. It took about 1 minute or less to do all nails. After applying, I would just go about as usual (sometimes I put socks on right afterwards, sometimes not). I did the same exact thing at night just before bed. I used one end of the Q-tip in the morning, the other end at night, then threw it out. My compliance was good: I missed a morning or a night once in a while (say once or twice a month) but I never missed two consecutive applications.
THE RESULTS: I noticed soon after starting that the nail that was growing in was normal. The treatment seemed to do nothing to the existing fungus in the nail. But every time I cut my nails, I cut off some fungus so things looked better. I'm probably something like 6 months in now, and I have about a quarter of my big toe nail (at the end of the nail) that still has the fungus. Every bit of new nail since I started, however, is clean and clear. Soon I hope to cut off that last bit of fungus-y nail. Yay! What I really like about this treatment is that it is EASY (which means you can stick to it rigorously) and CHEAP (probably $3 or $4 all in).
Oct 11, 2009
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Vinegar or apple cider vinegar, kills fungus AND athlete's f
PS in Sunny CA -For decades I've had issues with recurring athlete's foot and after visiting a doctor about my retarded pinkie toe I found out that I had a fungus which caused the funkiness. The doc told me that the pills he could prescribe had some kinda crazy side effects so I put it on the back burner and turned to the trusty internet.
After reading a couple of sites I saw the remedy of vinegar to cure the fungus, and as a bonus read that it also kills athletes foot (vinegar kills any germs on your feet due to it's acidity). Only took 3 consecutive days of soaking my feet for both the fungus and athletes foot to go bye bye. Here's what I did:
- Bought a tub that was the perfect size for my feet
- Bought a gallon of vinegar. Started with regular vinegar, switched to apple cider vinegar hoping it would smell better. They both stink.
- Filled up the container with enough vinegar to cover up my toes, to the top of the cracks in between my feet.
- Let my feet sit in the solution for approximatley 2 hours per application (I would watch tv or sit on the internet with my feet in the solution).
During the 1st application my pinky toenail came completely off. 2-3 applications later I noticed no excessive drying on my feet and my pinky toenail is starting to grow back normal. Hallelujah!
No prescribed drugs or excessively costly medication required. Try it!
Sep 24, 2009
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Listerine
MJ Ham in Texas -Got a stupid toe nail fungus due to a pair of tight-fitting shoes. I read through all these posts. Settled on Listerine. Yep, it has worked beautifully. I cut the fungus nail down to the healthy nail and have been wrapping a Listerine soaked cotton ball on my toe for a week now. I leave it on for at least 15 minutes (did use the Whitening so I could see improvement instead of a yellow, green or blue toe!) Recovery really has been amazing. All discoloration is gone and there is pretty pink tissue where I cut the bad nail back. I was careful to wear latex gloves while cutting the fungus. I didn't want anything spreading to my fingernails. Hang in there...there is hope!
Sep 21, 2009
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Blast the fungus out with jacuzzi jet
greasesicle in San Francisco -I had toenail fungus under all of one of my big toenails, had been there for nearly a year. One night I was in a hotel jacuzzi, I stuck the toenail right up to the jet and held it there for several minutes. I got out and saw that the fungus had been blasted away from under the nail, there was space between the toe and nail, I squirted athletes foot spray under the nail, I guess it killed the rest. All gone. Toenail was then healthy.
Jul 26, 2009
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Alcohol Treatment
JCR in NY -Here is an excellent remedy to cure Fungus Infections of the Feet, also known as toenail fungus or onychomycosis.
1. Invest in a 4 oz. Dropper bottle.
I recommend visiting the following website for your purchase:
(www.specialtybottle.com)
2. Fill your dropper bottle with 70% isopropyl alcohol.
3. Put 2 drops of the isopropyl alcohol at the growing base of the affected nail every night and morning, and within a few months, normal nail will begin to show at the base of the nail.
Other remedies like distilled vinegar are effective as well. However, isopropyl alcohol dries or (evaporates) quickly and does not leave the mess that vinegar can leave on the floor.
This alcohol treatment works and it is relatively inexpensive.
Jul 22, 2009
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Laser Treatment
Chris in New Orleans, LA -I had my toenail fungus treated by a laser in New Orleans. The company was Light Wave Laser Centers. The treatment was quick, painless, and had no side effects. It's the most natural cure there is: Light! The technology is truly revolutionary. I highly, highly recommend it.
Jul 13, 2009
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Generic vaporub and occasional griseofulvin
Buck in Statesboro, GA -I am a fungus farm and have been since childhood over 50 years ago, and it ran in my family. In recent years I totally cured my lifelong foot fungus problem by applying generic "vaporub" (Wal-mart's Equate brand which is equivalent and a third the cost). I also rotate a set of about 6 running shoes. Result: no fungus and no stinky feet or stinky shoes. However, every now and then I will get a fingernail fungus that does not respond to topical treatments of any kind. I found that an old, cheap prescription (grisofulvin) does the trick every time, over a period of several months. Doctors do not push it and it is a systemic medication so it should not be used lightly; save it for the infection that responds to nothing else. I might add that as a webmaster of an educational site, I have no patience for fake testimonial and "review" web sites that deceive visitors in order to sell their own product. So in principle I would not touch Zetacure with a ten foot pole. They are clearly excellent when it comes to search engine optimization, dominating the google ratings when you search for nail fungus cure. But anybody who spams the web like they do is not to be trusted any more than any other common spammer, in my humble opinion.
May 13, 2009
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Gross toe nail for 5 yrs-dropped off 1/yr. Now: beautiful
anneb in Santa Cruz, CA -Drank home made kefir twice a day for three months. I also filed down the hard thick skin after the toe nail fell off.
After three months of doing this, my toenail was half way back and completely attached to the flesh underneath and was smooth for the first time in five yrs.
May 08, 2009
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ONE, TWO, THREE GONE.
Gilbert C. in CLEVELAND, OHIO -MIX WHITE VINEGAR AND SALT
-Soak or rub feet for 3 to 4 minutes
-Dry with towel or air dry is better.
-Do these twice a day
-THE THIRD DAY ALL IS BETTER.
Apr 27, 2009
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Triple Threat
Catherine in Easthampton, MA -I had a black, fungus infested big toenail for 8 years after a can fell on it. None of these remedies worked individually but applied together this remedy cleared it immediately. Morning and evening pour white vinegar on the nail, then immediately apply tea tree oil, then seal it all in with Vicks Vapor Rub. It is a bit stinky but within a week I had clean nail growing in. I kept applying this remedy for a few months until new nail had grown in completely.
Dec 12, 2008
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for people who REALLY want it to go away
caren in Sydney Australia -
I was soooo sick of using the $80 a bottle ointments that did not do a thing...so I took things into my own hands. I used hydrogen peroxide for everything (4%)...and thought I'd try that on my toe. (Just my big toe)...I would dip a qtip and soak it and apply t a couple of times a day...it slowly was rotting away the nail...but not enough. I went to a chemist - as I am an American living in Australia, told him I wanted a mixture stronger for my toe nail, and he made me a mixture of 12%....which is very strong.....AND IT WORKS! It hurts, though - let me tell you - but I am now growing in a new nail. You have to keep applying a few drops a few times a day. I even checked with my doctor - when it was killing me...he said I was nuts - it was too strong, and wanted me to go on to Lamisil pills...which can ruin your liver - and I said - but my treatment's working, isn't it? and he agreed....so......I think this is the best treatment...but you need to have a bit of a pain threshold....(Its not that bad) and if my nail is now going to grow in...after all the Loceryl bottles that didnt work, I am going to be sooooo happy! Hope this helps someone! :) Persevere!
Dec 07, 2008
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