Laser treatment for toenail fugus

Closed Thread
Thread Tools
  #16  
Old 11-12-2023, 08:18 PM
JMintzer's Avatar
JMintzer JMintzer is offline
Sage
Join Date: Feb 2021
Location: No matter where you go, there you are.
Posts: 10,599
Thanks: 480
Thanked 8,276 Times in 4,296 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by MsPCGenius View Post
My dermatologist recommended using a bleach pen -- the kind you use for removing laundry stains. Oxyclean has one and I'm pumping the stuff under the one toenail after showering
Bleach is a good antifungal, but is easily inactivated by the organic material under the nail...
__________________
Most things I worry about
Never happen anyway...

-Tom Petty
  #17  
Old 11-12-2023, 08:34 PM
UpNorth UpNorth is offline
Veteran member
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Sometimes here, sometimes there
Posts: 804
Thanks: 118
Thanked 715 Times in 241 Posts
Default

A podiatrist I saw recently said that he learned from a study that older people (over 60) lose the ability to naturally fight off toenail fungus. It starts to take over and become a problem as you age.
  #18  
Old 11-12-2023, 09:13 PM
JMintzer's Avatar
JMintzer JMintzer is offline
Sage
Join Date: Feb 2021
Location: No matter where you go, there you are.
Posts: 10,599
Thanks: 480
Thanked 8,276 Times in 4,296 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by UpNorth View Post
A podiatrist I saw recently said that he learned from a study that older people (over 60) lose the ability to naturally fight off toenail fungus. It starts to take over and become a problem as you age.
I wish I had said that... Oh, wait...
__________________
Most things I worry about
Never happen anyway...

-Tom Petty
Closed Thread

Tags
treatment, laser, toenail, feedback, fee


You are viewing a new design of the TOTV site. Click here to revert to the old version.

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 05:13 AM.