Toenail Fungus–Natural Remedies That Really Work

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Toenail Fungus–Natural Remedies That Really Work

Monday, June 15th, 2009 Subscribe To Our Feed

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 possibly risky drug treatment? Relax–you’re not alone. An estimated 35 million people suffer from toenail fungus (onychomycosis) all over the world.

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 true in your case, be sure to verify your condition by seeing a physician. 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. We call these natural or “home” remedies, some of which have been around for many years.

Can natural solutions actually work? 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, you may be able to successfully treat your condition using long-tested and proven natural solutions.

Do these home remedies work for everyone infected with nail fungus? No–there’s probably no remedy that works for everyone every time, just as no drug is 100% effective for all patients. 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 costly 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—King of the Home Remedies
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, vinegar. It’s been used for everything from cooking to cleaning, but many are using it to treat their toenail fungus, too.

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. It can actually start killing fungus spores upon contact, so it’s effective from Day One. Plus, it’s very inexpensive. 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 common vinegar for less than $5 at your local grocery store.

Of course, there’s more to the success of vinegar on fungus than just picking up a bottle at the store. 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 and were soon looking as bad as the one or two originally infected nails.

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 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 just a few weeks, possibly in as short a time as a month 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.

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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