Nail Fungus (onychomycosis)
How Can You Get Rid of Onychomycosis?
Nail fungus, which doctors call onychomycosis, is unsightly and can make nails hard to trim. This is especially true of toenails, which can be a little tough to cut anyway. So it makes sense that peop…
Billion Dollar Drugs Are Dramatically Disappoint…
How effective is your medicine? This seemingly simple question is surprisingly complex. In many cases a pill's benefits are barely detectable. Before a drug can be approved by the Food and Drug Admini…
Is Nail Fungus Medicine Really Worth Its Weight …
How much are you willing to spend to get rid of nail fungus? Granted, fungus-ridden nails are unsightly and hard to trim, but for most people they are not a serious health problem. Nevertheless, drug …
Knocking Out Toenail Fungus
The medical term for nail fungus looks super scary, even though the condition is common and usually not dangerous: onychomycosis. There are now many possible treatments for nail fungus, though most of…
Wife Hates Husband’s Ugly Feet
Have you ever felt ashamed of your nasty nails? This man has had his feet banished from public view. Q. My wife says I have ugly feet. What she really means is that she hates to look at my toenails. E…
Hot Home Remedy Worked for Nail Fungus
Q. You recently wrote about the high cost of treating toenail fungus with the prescription medicine Jublia. I found a better approach after trying several over-the-counter products without success. A …
Jublia Fights Nail Fungus, at a Price
Q. I've had fungus in all my toenails since the summer I spent three weeks hiking through snow. Most of my toenails and the outer skin of my feet sloughed off then, about 44 years ago. I asked my phy…
Cornmeal Mush Soaks Cured Nail Fungus
Q. I developed toenail fungus and tried using some herbal remedies. The daily soaks were working, but very slowly. Then I did a cornmeal soak and almost immediately the nail fungus started to disappea…
How Much Should It Cost To Cure Nail Fungus?
The FDA recently approved two new prescription medications to treat nail fungus. These topical liquids are shockingly expensive. One little bottle of Jublia (efinaconazole) contains 4 milliliters (ml)…
Fighting Nail Fungus with OTC Solutions
Q. After contracting nail fungus on my left ring finger, I soaked the offending nail and fingertip in hydrogen peroxide for five minutes several times a day. After about a week of this, the fungus dis…
Home Remedies for Nail Fungus Require Persistenc…
Q. I have gone to a podiatrist for nail fungus several times. He has given me samples of prescription medicine that help as long as I use them. Once the medicine is used up, the fungus returns. I love…
FDA Approves Jublia for Fighting Nail Fungus
Two new topical prescription drugs have been approved by the FDA for the treatment of nail fungus. Last month, the agency gave the green light to a drug called Jublia (efinaconazole). This month, the …
Try Vicks VapoRub on Infected Toenails to Get Th…
The winter was brutal for much of the country, but spring is finally here. That means we will emerge from our cocoons and swap our parkas and boots for T-shirts and sandals. Of course once toes are ex…
Cornmeal Cure for Toenail Fungus Took Reader by …
Cornmeal is great for making cornbread, cornmeal buttermilk biscuits, Johnnycakes (cornmeal pancakes), cornmeal biscotti, cornmeal battered fish, cajun cornmeal crusted chicken, and on and on. Want su…
Eliminating Toenail Fungus Infection Takes Plent…
Q. How long does it take Listerine and vinegar to work on nail fungus? I have never seen any information on how long this method might take, only that it works. I am not sure how long to soak my toes …
Cornmeal Soaks Overcame Toe Nail Fungus
Q. My husband had ridiculously horrible toenail fungus for years. I told him to soak his feet in cornmeal water (1 cup cornmeal and a couple quarts of water in a container big enough to fit his foot; …
Listerine Soaks Proved Effective Against Toenail…
Q. I have had fungus on one of my toes for a long time. I have been to the dermatologist and podiatrist repeatedly and even had the nail removed. I was given strong pills, but they didn't work. The po…
Cornmeal vs. Antifungal Drugs for Nail Fungus
Nail fungus is one of those problems that has a high gross factor. When people go barefoot or wear sandals with their nails showing thickened brown or blackish nails, it is not a pretty sight. This re…
Tea Tree Oil Zaps Nail Fungus
Q. I ignored my nail fungus for years but finally my wife started complaining about how gross the nails are. Last fall I started soaking my feet in a dilute vinegar solution for half an hour and then …
Doctor Praises Vicks for Nail Fungus
Q. I am an internal medicine physician. For a year I had progressive worsening brown discoloration of the medial and distal third of the right great toenail. On the advice of my dermatologist I used V…
Non-Surgical Russian Nail Removal With Urea
Q. A mixure of urea and beeswax also known as the "Russian Formula" was used to remove the toenail of a friend of mine. It was done by a dermatologist in Lexington, KY. Have you ever heard of such an …
Vicks Solved Nail Problem
Q. A couple of years ago I had a bad fungal infection in my toenail and it was about to fall off. My GP recommended Vicks VapoRub and it worked a treat. It took several months for the new nail to grow…
Help for Nail Fungus
Q. I used to have ingrown toenails. I had them removed by surgery (both sides were sliced up and removed, not the whole nail). The nail bed was burnt to stop those portions growing back. Now my nails …
Cornmeal Mush Cures Nail Fungus
Q. I remember reading in one of your columns that soaking your toes in corn meal will get rid of toenail fungus. I have very bad toe fungus from years of competitive tennis and I would love to get rid…
Help with Home Remedy for Nail Fungus
Q. I have had bad toenail fungus for YEARS! The toe that is really infected is the one next to my big toe and because it is LONGER than my big toe it gets bruised a lot from my power walking. I have b…
Vinegar-Mouthwash Soak Banished Nail Fungus
Q. I have had toenail fungus for many years and have tried all the remedies you've written about without success until now. For over 21 days, at the same time of day, I soaked my toes and feet in a 1:…
Listerine Trumps Drug to Cure Nasty Nail Fungus
Q. I had an ugly toenail fungus and went to a medical doctor for a cure. The prescription was expensive and it was not expected to work for several months. The possible side effects were alarming. I w…
Fungus Fix: How to Treat Nail Fungus
Learn how to treat nail fungus in this video with Joe Graedon.…
Vinegar Solves Toenail Problem
Toenail fungus is common and often stubborn. Newer medications for this problem can be quite pricey. Just about any treatment for toenail fungus requires a lot of patience. That is because the affecte…
Don’t Feel Foolish About Your Feet
How do you feel about your feet? If you’re like most people, you’re just as happy to keep your socks and shoes on so nobody else can see or smell them.Warm weather means sandal time. But s…
Mouthwash Turned Feet Blue
Q. When I needed treatment for toenail fungus, my doctor suggested I soak my toes in Listerine for 30 minutes a night for thirty days. I sent my husband to Costco for a giant jug of Listerine. He retu…
Vinegar And Listerine For Nice Nails
Q. I've had toenail fungus on all my toes for a number of years and would like to know the most effective treatment. A. There are no studies to show effectiveness of home remedies, so it is very hard …
Home Remedies Help Nail Fungus
Q. I have battled toenail fungus off and on for the past 25 years. I have been on Lamisil three times and tried all sorts of OTC and prescription topical medicines. I decided to try two of the remedie…
Can Home Remedies Top Prescription Drugs?
Most doctors dismiss home remedies as unscientific at best or harmful at worst. They have a hard time understanding why anyone would choose an unproven folk treatment over an FDA approved prescription…
Listerine and Vinegar Fight Nail Fungus
Q. You receive many letters about nail fungus and I wanted to share my experience. Our daughter contracted a foot fungus while swimming at a local club when she was six. We've tried a lot of different…
Listerine for Toenail Fungus
A reader offered the following suggestion for getting rid of nail fungus: "I cured my toenail fungus using a 50/50 mixture of vinegar and Listerine. I combined them in a quart jar with a screw-on lid …
Old-Fashioned Listerine Has New Uses
The smell and taste of original Listerine are so distinctive that, once experienced, they can never be forgotten. Gargling with this mouthwash can't be described as pleasant. The taste is bitter. It p…
Cornmeal Fights Fungus on Roses and Toes
Q. You have responded to many questions about curing toenail fungus with home remedies, but here's one you've never mentioned. Put about an inch of cornmeal in plastic dishpan. Pour in hot water, stir…
Nail Fungus Remedies Kick Up Controversy
Something about home remedies stirs strong emotions. Not long ago, we heard from a podiatrist who was very unhappy with us. "Home remedies hardly ever work," he wrote. "The unproven treatments you men…