If you're a toenail fungus sufferer who has been scared off by costly drug treatments, not to mention the danger of side effects from those drugs, you've got lots of company
Infected nails are typically yellow in color, separating from the nail bed, cracked and crumbled in appearance. If this describes your nails, 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 in these non-medical remedies that nail fungus sufferers have relied upon all over the world? Absolutely.
Thousands of people are ridding themselves of this very resistant and hard-to-cure disease every year. It's not an overnight solution--nothing is. However, if you can follow a simple daily routine, we've found, you may be able to eliminate your condition by other than medical means.
Do these home remedies work for everyone infected with nail fungus? No-rarely does any single natural remedy work universally. Some, however, may be more effective than others. Possibly even as effective as expensive drug treatments, though we haven't been able to identify independent studies that could verify this. Feedback from people who have tried different natural treatments continues to be positive:
Treatment No. 1: Vinegar--Who'd Have Guessed?
There are any number of popular home remedies for toenail 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, vinegar. It's been used for everything from cooking to cleaning, but many have found it amazingly effective on nail fungus, too.
Vinegar has been shown to be especially effective in killing toenail fungus, according to many sources. 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 year's worth of fungal-killing apple cider vinegar for less than $5 at just about any local food store.
But that's only part of the story. You'll also want to know how to apply this treatment, as well as critical steps you must take to prevent the fungus from returning. 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.
The good news is you can prevent this from happening by applying the vinegar properly and for the right length of time.
Others have tried vinegar a few days or weeks, then have stopped the treatment when they saw no immediate results. Don't be so quick to give up. It took time for the infection to develop and it will take time to get rid of it. 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 just a few weeks, possibly as short as a mnth before you see a pink, healthy nail growing back in. 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.
The top-selling ebook describing the vinegar treatment remedy (and one other highly effective treatment) as well as the conditions which may have caused the fungus to develop in the first place is "Nail That Fungus Forever," available at http://www.how-to-stop-nail-fungus.com.
Bill Casper is a writer living in California. For more information on
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