Q. I’ve got two infected toes on one foot and one infected toe on the other foot. Can I still use Curanail? No, as it can only be used on a maximum of 2 nails in total (not per foot). Treatment is still available but you need to go to the doctor for that. Canespro isn’t the easiest treatment to apply to your fungal nail. After soaking your nails for 10 minutes, which is fairly standard procedure, you’re then required to wrap a plaster around each infected nail. You get 22 single-use plasters in a typical Canespro box. If several of your nails have fungal infections, this probably isn’t ideal. You’ll spend lots of time wrapping your feet, then walk around like a bandaged mummy with plasters that will rub and could fall off.

Q. I regularly use my local gym and have started to wear flip flops in the communal changing rooms to stop me getting athlete’s foot and verrucas. Will that stop me from getting fungal nail infections too? Patients with nail dystrophy, destroyed nail plate, nail pain or inflammation should be referred to their doctor. Scholl isn’t the easiest product to apply to your fungal nails, though it also isn’t the most complicated way to treat the problem. First, you’ll need to file the nails and remove the top layer completely. Then, it’s time to use the brush to apply the clear nail liquid. This process is fairly standard for treatment, with the filing step helping to access deeper and more embedded fungus. Amorolfine, amorolfine, amorolfine. We can’t stress enough how important and effective having an active antifungal in your nail fungus treatment is. It increases the likelihood of your problem being solved exponentially when compared to topicals without an antifungal. It also doesn’t hurt that Curanail is easy to find, easy to use, has a wonderfully descriptive manual, and is, if nothing else, reasonable in terms of price. ConsIf you’re going to use Canespro but want long-term results, it could be best to use this product alongside another fungal nail treatment. The process of soaking and scraping your nails could help to speed up the effectiveness of antifungal products, though you won’t get those antifungal properties from a box of Canespro alone. 4 – Nailner Nailner

Chances are you probably know all there is to know about Superdrug, but if you don’t then here’s a little more detail about them. Excilor’s incredibly easy to use, with no need to sit and file your nails. Just apply the liquid treatment, twice a day, with the brush.

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After all our reading, research, and scratching of chins, our verdict is that we just plain like Curanail. It may not be the most effective antifungal out there, but it is a widely available, relatively cheap solution for mild fungal infection symptoms that is scientifically proven to work. We think that if you’re looking for a place to start in treating your discoloured toenail that doesn’t involve a concoction of household products, you can’t go wrong with Curanail – as long as you’re aware of the potential deficiencies that come with it. Amorolfine, ciclopirox and pentylene glycol are among the most-used active ingredients of anti-fungal nail treatments. They restore pH balance, kill fungal and bacterial infections, and allow the nail to grow healthily from its base. For the low price, Nailner’s probably worth a bit of a gamble. The costs of this treatment aren’t too prohibitive, so why not see if it works for you? 3 – Scholl Scholl Fungal Nail Complete Treatment Kit It’s recommended that you use Nailner every day for the first four weeks. After four weeks, you can use the product just one a day instead of twice. Effectiveness Cosmetic nail lacquer may be applied at least 10 min after amorolfine 5% nail lacquer application. Before repeat application of Curanail 5% nail lacquer, any remaining nail lacquer, and cosmetic nail lacquer if any, should be removed carefully, then the affected nails should be filed down again as required, and at any rate be cleansed with an alcohol soaked swab to remove any remaining lacquer.

Canespro certainly isn’t the cheapest, but it’s also not overly expensive. For a topical treatment, if it helps to avoid going down the oral medication route, it’s probably a price that’s worth paying. Ease of Use You’ve probably heard of Scholl products. Scholl’s a big name in foot care, so you should have no trouble finding this fungal nail treatment. We’ve taken some time to review this product, so you can decide if it’s worth adding to your bathroom cabinet: Availability Another reason to love Nailner is the ease of the treatment process. You don’t have to do a little dance in the rain or sacrifice your first-born teddy bear. Nailner keeps things simple, with a bottle of liquid that you’ll apply like a nail varnish. Just brush Nailner onto your infected nails, then go and get on with your day.

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trying to build it into a routine, for example, after a bath, shower or following a regular sport activity