June 11, 2009
So your doctor tells you that those ugly, strangely colored toenails of yours are actually infected with nail fungus–and you’re worried about the potentially dangerous drug treatment? Relax–you’re not alone. Approximately 35,000,000 people are suffering from toenail fungus (onychomycosis) worldwide.
How do you know if your nails are infected? A good way to start is by looking at their appearance. Are they yellow in color, separated from the underlying nail bed, or are they a bit crumbled or cracking along the edges? If this is what you’re experiencing, you’ll certainly want to consult with your family physician or other health care professional. Most physicians, not surprisingly, will recommend a drug-based treatment. But before you go with those, consider that you have options of the non-drug variety, as well. These are typically referred to as “natural” remedies, since they rely on non-manufactured ingredients.
Can you place any value on these non-medical remedies that nail fungus suffers have relied upon all over the world? Absolutely.
Thousands of people are ridding themselves of this very resistant and hard-to-control/cure disease every year. It’s not an overnight solution—nothing is. However, if you can follow a simple daily routine, we’ve found, then your chances of success are excellent.
Do these home remedies work for everyone infected with nail fungus? No, of course not. But judging from hundreds of postings on the Internet, the feedback seems to indicate that a select few of these natural solutions are highly effective. Possibly even as effective as expensive drug treatments, though we haven’t been able to identify independent studies that could verify this. Here are some of the treatments that people speak very highly of.
Treatment No. 1: Vinegar—When You Really, Really Want a Cure
There are any number of popular home remedies for nail fungus, including tea tree oil, Vicks Vapor Rub, Listerine and more. But the one that seems to work most reliably is plain ole vinegar. Yes, the same ingredient your grandma used for everything from cleaning to cooking.
Vinegar has been shown to be especially effective as a relatively easy and inexpensive way to get rid of the most ingrained cases of nail fungus. As soon as the vinegar touches the fungus spores, they start dying. Another big advantage is the low cost. Unlike drugs that can cost you hundreds of dollars (rarely covered by your health insurance policy), you can pick up a bottle of fungal-killing apple cider vinegar for less than $5 at your local grocery store.
But that’s only part of the story. You have to know the proper procedure for apply it to the infected nails as well, otherwise you’ll almost certainly be faced with a recurring condition once you’ve stopped the treament. Many people have attempted to use vinegar, only to see it fail completely as a cure. In fact, some report that previously uninfected nails became infected once they had begun the treatment.
This happens only when you use the wrong application techniques, and is easily avoided.
Others have tried vinegar a few days or weeks, then have stopped the treatment when they saw no results. You have to give the treatment time to work. Most proponents of the vinegar treatment agree that you need to stay with the applications for at least 3 or 4 months before you see improvement, while others reported seeing a healthier appearance to the infected nails in as few as 4 weeks. Considering that it takes toenails a full year to grow out, it makes sense that any treatment will take at least that long for a complete cure.
One of the most comprehensive and best selling ebooks describing the vinegar treatment (and one other highly effective treatment) as well as the conditions that may have caused you to get the infection in the first place is “Nail That Fungus Forever,” available at http://www.how-to-stop-nail-fungus.com.
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