Cures And Remedies For Toenail Fungus
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Red Pepper paste Update
Tom Roberts in Tunis, Tunisia -
See my first post of 8 June/08
It is now 22 days since I started my treatment with harisa (red pepper mixture). Every other night I replace the bandages, clean the toes, apply some iodine liquid and then apply the harisa again, which takes me 10 to 15 minutes for all 7 toes. On the weekend, I review progress on each toenail and file down the top of the nail to expose more fungus, which takes me 45 to 60 minutes. In the area of the fungus, I am gradually filing the nail back towards the cuticle and as I do more fungus gets exposed for the next week. For one big toe, the fungus covered about half the nail surface, and about a third of the nail surface for the other big toe. For the small toes, it spanned the entire width of the nail and as I file it back more fungus appears. It look like I'll have to file as far as the cuticle.
Instead of harisa, for 2 days I also made a mixture of hot red pepper powder mixed with olive oil. I tried this a once but the bedsheets got stained because of leakage, so I went back to my harisa.
I’d estimate at least 50 to 60% fungus removal on the smaller toes, and about 75 % removal on the bigger toes. I cannot see new nail growth yet. In brief, it’s worth the effort.
Jun 22, 2008
2 Yes
7 No
Vicks Vapor Rub KILLs Toenail Fungus
Anonymous in Anytown, AT 55555 -Apply Vicks vapor rub (dark blue jar) to toenail
and surrounding skins nightly!! It takes a while but this really works!!!
Jun 22, 2008
13 Yes
3 No
Red Pepper paste
Tom Roberts in Tunis, Tunisia -Remedy:
I used harisa, which is a mixture of hot red pepper powder with the red pepper seeds, garlic and olive oil. I filed down the toenails to expose the fungus and applied the paste, then put a bandage overtop to keep the paste in place. I wore socks all the time as a second layer of protection against leakage. I replaced the paste and bandages every 1.5 - 2 days. I started 8 days ago. When removing the bandage from my big toe yesterday, a big clump of the fungus came off. I then got a knife and was able to easily removed a lot more. Now, about 80% of the fungus is removed from that big toe. The remaining fungus is beneath the part of the nail that wasn't filed down, so I trimmed the nail a bit and push the paste underneath it. It was all painless. The paste gave a mild tingling to the toe. The other toes are not yet as successful.
History:
I have fungus on 7 toes. It was very bad on one big toe, covering about 70% of the surface area. I've had it on that big toe for 19 years. I was prescribed pills 3 times in the first few years but there was no reduction in the fungus. I ignored the fungus for over 10 - 12 years as it gradually spread to other toes. I told myself the fungus didn't really matter because maybe I'd had it so far for as many years as I had left to live ! So I've managed for over 50% of it's duration, I told myself. In late 2007 I saw another doctor and he said there was now a liquid remedy that was applied externally. He was sure it would work, and even said it wouldn't hurt if I also took the pills at the same time. But I decided that the liquid was good enough, so I bought two 5 ml bottles of Loceryl, at $50 a bottle. I was generous in application and filed down the nails beforehand. I used it for about 6 months twice a week but it did not remove even a little of the fungus.
What surprises me with this experience, from visiting doctors 20 years ago to recently, is the conviciton of absolute certainty that these pills and liquid would work. I guess I was unlucky with doctors, but any who are reading this are probably open minded so won't be offended.
Jun 08, 2008
7 Yes
0 No
Preventing infections/ingrown toe nail
Gaby in USA -
Soak your foot/feet in a bowl of epsom salt for about 20 minutes. Soak your foot/feet 3 times a day this will help for an ingrown toe nail or a infected toe. Then you can put some type of triple antibiotic ointment or any type of ointment that helps with minor cuts or preventing infections. You can put this ointment around the injured toe every time your done soaking your foot/feet.
NOTICE:may take couple of weeks.
Jun 04, 2008
4 Yes
1 No
TEA TREE OIL
Rocky Balboa in San Antonio, Texas -I bought 100% tea tree oil from Melaleuca. Although You can buy it from any Health Food Store.
I have athlete's foot on my right foot and toe nail fungus on the big toe of my right foot.
I rub the tea tree oil on liberally, concentrating between my toes and on the toe nail that is affected and ...IT WORKS MIRACLES! I saw results after the first night.
It cleared up the athletes foot and my toenail is growing out clear! Hooray Hooray for Tea Tree Oil!!!
May 24, 2008
22 Yes
2 No
Clorox Magic
Fellow Fungus Sufferer in USA -
1 part Bleach
1 part hydrogen peroxide
10 parts water
soak you feet everyday and it will help.
Mar 19, 2008
5 Yes
4 No
TOENAIL FUNGUS AND ATHLETES FOOT CURE
D. Diotte in CANADA -Fresh urine.
FRESH URINE
Soak feet for as long as you can as many times a day as you can. You will notice an improvement with the athletes foot in 2 days. It will take 2 weeks or more to see an improvement in the toenail fungus. My athletes foot was out of control with blisters and itching oh the itching. I hope this helps as it did for me.
Feb 29, 2008
5 Yes
17 No
Mentholatum for toenail fungus
Kenny in FL -Was reading a couple of the cures for toenail fungus that used Vicks VapoRub. I didn't have that in medicine cabinet, but did have a jar of Mentholatum and decided to give it a try.
I just rubbed it on my nails in the morning and at night and within a couple of days, they were very noticeably improved.
Nov 06, 2007
20 Yes
4 No
Listerine
daughter in New Jersey -My mom was told to do this, from a friend at work. She tried it as the prescriptions that doctors gave weren't working.
Soak a cottonball in listerine, then put it on your toe nail and wrap your toe in foil. Leave on for 15 minutes. Do this once a day and within a few weeks it will be gone. IF you have more than one toe, soak your foot in a bowl full of Listerine.
Warning - it may turn your toes blue or green, so I recommend the whitening version of Listerine. Plus the whitening version helped get rid of the yellowing the medicine caused.
Jul 01, 2007
34 Yes
6 No
Vinegar and vaporub
carol in UK -Had fungus for 10 years prior to this. 4 months ago all of my toes were infected. This is my remedy.
You will need
Distilled (white) vinegar
Vicks vaporub
Cotton wool balls (I bought a pleat and rolled it into pea size pieces)
cotton buds (Q tips I think they are in the US)
10 clean fingers
Odd socks
Always bathe/shower in just clean water - no salts, gel etc
Do this every morning and every night.
1st pour some vinegar into the bottle top
Thoroughly wipe nails with small cotton wool balls (this will remove the vaporub from the last application) Do not dip cotton wool into the vinegar more than once, if you need more get another ball. When all 10 toes are done, dry quickly, I did this by lying on the bed and 'pedalling' my legs like we did as kids excercise, but you can use a hairdryer.
2nd
Now use cotton buds, don't dip any into the vinegar more than once. Apply to the cuticle area first then work towards the end of the nail. When done, dry quickly.
3rd
Again with cotton buds, exactly like last time.
4th
Apply vaporub, use a different finger to apply for each toe, this way a clean (fungus free) finger goes into the vaporub. Apply all over the nail and let some stay on the skin around it.
At bed time cover with socks - use odd socks, same ones on each feet each time - so you don't transfer fungus from one foot to the other.
Nails won't recover at the same rate, some will be better (completely) within 4-6 weeks, some take longer, I have been doing this for 4 months and now have 8 healthy toes and 2 well on the way to recovery. If you get it right you won't have to wait for the nail to grow out.
First thing I noticed was the end of the nail became sharp (like it should be), then the skin around the nail became soft and pink and the nail edges became defined. Then the nail itself gradually changed colour.
Soaking your toes once a week in a 50/50 vinegar/water solution will help tremendously.
(I use a washing up bowl propped up one side)
I think this works because it stops the infection spreading from one toe to another and back again.
Jun 19, 2007
21 Yes
4 No
Vicks Vapor Rub
Donna in Orange, TX -Just use Vicks on for toenail Fungus everyday. Takes a while, but so does everything for this. Very cheap and worth a try.
May 22, 2007
19 Yes
5 No
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