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What To Do About Toenail Fungus. Take care to wash your feet thoroughly at least once a day with soap and warm water. The time it takes to heal a toenail fungus entirely varies on various factors like age gender and climatic region but usually on average it takes anywhere between 6 months to a year. Cracked yellowing or discolored toenails do more than just affect your ability to wear flip flops. Wash your hands after touching an infected nail.
Clip any nails infected with fungus last. Your foot doctor will likely trim your nail and file away its dead layers. There are a myriad of treatments for fungal infections which vary widely in cost and effectiveness. Apply a mixture of olive oil and tea tree oil to the nail with a cotton ball twice a day. The fungus gets under the nail. To use garlic chop up a clove and apply it to the affected nails and leave it on for about 30 minutes.
These fungi thrive in the dark moist and stuffy environment inside shoes.
Repeat three times a week. Surgery to remove the infected nail. Instead soak your feet in warm water and smooth the edges of your remaining. To treat toenail fungus apply oregano oil to the affected nail twice daily with a cotton swab. Most over-the-counter remedies for nail fungus are topical and do not penetrate deeply enough. Repeat three times a week.