The People's Perspective on MedicineArticles categorized as Nail Fungus Onychomycosis
Listerine, Vicks & Vinegar Curing Nail Fungus
Common drugstore items like Vicks and Listerine are the key ingredients to home remedies that may prove helpful for getting rid of nasty nail fungus.
Vicks VapoRub for Treating Toenail Fungus
Professional foot care nurses know that remedies like Vicks VapoRub may be good for treating toenail fungus. Listen to Jane share her story!
Colorless Iodine for Nail Fungus
Applying colorless iodine to ugly nails may help clear the infection. Be careful not to use too much, so you don't absorb excess iodine.
Home Remedies or Drugs? A Surprising Smackdown!
Health care is as divided and polarized as politics. For many people it's herbs and home remedies or drugs. Why not both...when appropriate?
Nurses Know that Home Remedies Knock Out Nasty Nail Fungus
Have you avoided a trip to the dermatologist or podiatrist because of COVID or lethargy? Home remedies for nasty nail fungus to the rescue!
Show 1340: Were the Old Wives Right?
The best way to find out if the old wives were right about a home remedy might be to give it a try. Do you have a favorite?
Decolorized Iodine for Treating Nail Fungus
Home remedies for treating nail fungus are less expensive than most prescription options. Decolorized ("white") iodine is a popular option!
Show 1319: How to Have Healthy Hair and Nails
In this episode, our dermatologist guests answer listeners' questions about how to have healthy hair and nails. Call 888-472-3366 to ask one.
Will Vicks VapoRub Help Your Athlete’s Foot?
Vicks is NOT promoted as a treatment for athlete's foot. How could Vicks VapoRub help? It has many essential oils with antifungal activity.
How to Cure Toenail Fungus
To cure toenail fungus, prescription medicines may work, but home remedies are less expensive. All require a lot of patience and persistence.
Show 1304: Fixing Your Foot Problems
On our Saturday broadcast, Dr. Jane Andersen will discuss your foot problems and how you can fix them. Call in your question–888-472-3366
Why Does Vicks VapoRub Help Against Some Nail Fungus & Not Others?
Vicks VapoRub is one of many different home remedies that may be effective for fighting unattractive nail fungus.
What Ingredient in Vicks VapoRub Kills Nail Fungus?
Did you know that there are several fungi that can cause nasty nails? Were you aware that there are studies to suggest that Vicks Vaporub Kills nail fungus?
Resorcinol Is an Unusual Remedy for Toenail Fungus
Nail fungus pathogens are developing resistance to certain antifungal drugs. One reader reports success with an old compound, resorcinol.
Is Vitamin E Oil a Cure for Toenail Fungus?
Many people would love a simple, inexpensive cure for toenail fungus. One reader used topical vitamin E to good effect. What remedies have you tried?
Is Sporanox a Versatile Cure or a Dangerous Drug?
The anti-fungal drug itraconazole (Sporanox) should be reserved for use against serious systemic fungus infections, not used off label for minor problems.
Show 1183: How to Manage Your Foot Problems
Call in your questions about foot problems and get helpful answers from Dr. Jane Andersen, board-certified podiatrist.
Fact or Fancy? Can Vicks VapoRub Cure Nail Fungus?
There are dozens of nail fungus treatments, from Rx drugs to home remedies. They all take months to work. The Vicks VapoRub cure is inexpensive and easy.
Will Cornmeal on Your Feet Help Clear Up Fungus?
Can you clear up fungus on your toenails by soaking your feet in cornmeal? Should it be dry or damp for the best effect on fungus?
Have You Tried Castor Oil to Clear Nail Fungus?
Readers report success using castor oil to clear nail fungus. Thyme oil and oregano oil may also be active against toenail pathogens.
Should You Be Peeing on Your Feet?
Readers say that peeing on your feet can help you get rid of stubborn fungal infections like athlete's foot or toenail fungus.
Show 1105: How to Keep Your Nails Healthy and Beautiful (Archive)
In this interview for re-air on 9-15-18, Dr. Chris Adigun discusses common problems that affect nails and what to do about them.
Is Urine a Good Remedy for Toenail Fungus?
One reader discovered that soaking the affected toes in urine was an easy and effective remedy for toenail fungus.
Can Castor Oil Clear Your Toenail Fungus?
Perhaps castor oil can be used to treat your toenail fungus. One reader reported success with it when other home remedies did not work well.
Should You Have a Blue Thumb to Be Pain Free?
One reader was inspired to put gentian violet on the excruciating splits in her thumbs. She discovered that resulted in healing and her thumbs are now pain free.
Why Did Purple Toenails Outrage This Reader?
Gentian violet is an old-fashioned topical treatment for a variety of fungal infections. There is a drawback: it leads to purple toenails. It can also turn penises purple as you will soon read.
Will Your Toes Be Fungus-Free and Purple?
Gentian violet is an old-fashioned topical medicine that can treat fungal infections. It will turn your toes purple, though.
Pricey Nail Fungus Treatment vs. Inexpensive Home Remedies
Do you ever look at your nails? Are you unhappy with what you see? Do you know how much Rx nail fungus treatment can cost? It's mind boggling! What about home remedies?
Show 1113: How to Keep Your Feet Happy and Healthy
In this interview for broadcast March 10, 2018, find out how to avoid or treat the most common foot problems so you can keep your feet happy and healthy.
Dancer Delights in Fungus-Free Toenails
Applying Vicks VapoRub twice a day helped one person enjoy fungus-free toenails. This treatment, like most nail fungus remedies, requires patience.
Do Natural Treatments Really Help Toenail Fungus?
In looking for a natural treatment to help toenail fungus, consider one with antifungal herbal oils, such as Listerine, Vicks VapoRub or tea tree oil.
What Can You Do About a Black Nail?
A reader had success treating a fungal infection resulting in a black nail with Vicks VapoRub. What will work for your nail fungus?
Will Simple Remedies Get Rid of Your Ugly Toenail Fungus?
Home remedies using Listerine or Vicks VapoRub may be successful against ugly toenail fungus, and they are cheaper than antifungal drugs.
How to Fight Nail Fungus with Non-Standard Approaches
Fungus-infected nails can be removed with urea paste instead of surgery. Afterwards, toes must be treated with antifungal medicine or remedies.
Research Vindicates Vicks VapoRub for Foiling Nail Fungus
We've been writing about nail fungus remedies, including Vicks VapoRub, for decades. Now there are two studies that vindicate Vicks as a reasonable remedy.
How Can You Get Rid of Onychomycosis?
Prescription drugs can treat onychomycosis (the technical term for nail fungus) but home remedies can also help and they cost much less.
Billion Dollar Drugs Are Dramatically Disappointing
How effective is your medicine? This simple question is surprisingly complex. In many cases benefits of these billion dollar drugs are barely detectable.
Is Nail Fungus Medicine Really Worth Its Weight in Gold?
Nail fungus medicine available with a prescription can be surprisingly expensive if insurance does not cover it.
Knocking Out Toenail Fungus
Toenail fungus can be stubborn and hard to treat, but with patience prescription drugs or home remedies may work.
Wife Hates Husband’s Ugly Feet
Nail fungus can make feet look unattractive but readers have come up with dozens of home remedies that can turn ugly toes into beautiful tootsies.
Hot Home Remedy Worked for Nail Fungus
Applying a capsaicin-containing liniment to toenails eliminated nail fungus.
Jublia Fights Nail Fungus, at a Price
The new prescription drug Jublia for nail fungus is costly, but only modestly effective.
Cornmeal Mush Soaks Cured Nail Fungus
Soaking the toes in cornmeal mush can sometimes clear away persistent nail fungus.
How Much Should It Cost To Cure Nail Fungus?
What's it worth to you to completely cure your nail fungus? Would you spend $50? What about $8,624? New prescriptions meds are really pricey!
Fighting Nail Fungus with OTC Solutions
To get rid of nail fungus, soaking the affected nails in hydrogen peroxide or iodine solution twice daily may work.
Home Remedies for Nail Fungus Require Persistence
Many home remedies hold promise against nail fungus, but they require patience and persistence to allow the nails to grow out fungus-free.
FDA Approves Jublia for Fighting Nail Fungus
Jublia (efinaconazole) is a topical liquid for treating nail fungus. How good is Jublia? Not that great. How pricey is Jublia? Very! Is it worth the cost?
Cornmeal Cure for Toenail Fungus Took Reader by Surprise
There are lots of toenail fungus remedies but one of the strangest is the "cornmeal cure." Soaking your toes in cornmeal mush may seem silly until it works.
Eliminating Toenail Fungus Infection Takes Plenty of Patience
One of our favorite home remedies is a Listerine and vinegar soak to knock out nasty nail fungus.
Listerine Soaks Proved Effective Against Toenail Fungus
Soaking your feet in old-fashioned amber Listerine is one home remedy our readers love for fighting hard to treat toenail fungus.
Cornmeal vs. Antifungal Drugs for Nail Fungus
Cornmeal makes great muffins and biscuits. We're not sure how someone came up with the idea of soaking feet in cornmeal mush for nail fungus. Does it work?
Cornmeal Mush Cures Nail Fungus
We've heard from many visitors to this website that cornmeal is surprisingly effective against nail fungus. You don't eat it, you soak your tootsies in it!
Vinegar Solves Toenail Problem
Some time ago, we heard from a reader that soaking her feet in vinegar and Listerine cleared up her toenail problem, a yucky fungus.
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