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If you suffer from a mild or moderate infection, or prefer to avoid
the risks of oral medication, your doctor can suggest topical treatment,
such as an antifungal nail polish or ointment.
The antifungal nail polish is applied on the nails and the nail cuticles
daily. Every week you need take off the polish layers and begin a fresh
application.
If the treatment works, you should see a new, healthy nail growth
from the base of the nail bed.
The infected nail can be clipped away
gradually.
Routine daily use of an antifungal infused nail polish for about 12
months can clear some nail fungal infections, but because it has to
penetrate the nail, it can be difficult to reach and destroy all the
fungus. These treatments are time consuming and require high level of
dedication from the patients, since even skipping few applications can
result in remission of the infection. The treatments rarely work and
most solutions in the market are not FDA approved to heal the infection
(although they are effectively used to prevent the recurrence of
infections).
Your doctor can file the surface of your nail (debridement of the
nail) to decrease the fungal load and lessen the surface of infected
nail. The debridement can increase the effectiveness of the topical
remedies. Over-the-counter antifungal nail ointments, are available at
CVS, Walgreen’s and other local drugstores or pharmacies, but
unfortunately they are not very effective. If you suffer from Athlete’s
Foot then you should treat the athlete’s foot with antifungal cream to
avoid reinfection.
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