Fungus toenails are caused by a specific fungal “germ” often it is the same organism that causes Athlete’s Foot. A fungal infection can cause the nail to become thick, yellow, brittle, distorted in shape, dead skin build-up under the nail. There are a wide variety of treatments for this condition, many of which have proven unsuccessful:
Removing the entire can be painful and in most instances the new nail will often grow back with fungus
Oral medication has shown to be effective however there can be side effects when taking these medications
Recently laser procedures have been used for treating fungal nails. Unfortunately the “cure rate” is very poor.
Recently a new treatment, using the same active ingredient as found in the oral medication, has become available-and there have no reported side effects in over 15,000 cases.
