Thick dark toenails are almost always associated with a toenail fungus. Fortunately with a little work this fungus can be treated.
Symptoms of Toenail Fungus
Toenail fungus is often associated with a discoloration of the toenail to a brown, yellow, or black color. The toenail might also become flaky and brittle. Thickening of the toenail is not uncommon either. Walking on the infected toe might cause slight pain.
Understanding Fungus Prevention To Cure Toenails
It’s important you understand where your nail fungus came from. If you try and treat your nail fungus without knowing how you got it you might get it back. It’s common for people who go to public pools, use public showers, or saunas to have increased risks of getting it. Generally speaking exposing your toes to these sorts of moist places will increase your chance of getting a toenail fungus. To reduce your chance of getting toenail fungus try to wear sandals at all times around these places.
Treating Infected Toenails
There are many remedies out there. Unfortunately most are ineffective or contain unwanted side effects. Ingested prescription drugs are not recommended due to the severe side effects. These drugs can cause liver and kidney damage which could result in death! This treatment isn’t even guaranteed to work.
The best treatment I found was using a combination of approaches. First I started by showering my thick dark toenails in warm water. I did this to moisten up the nail to file it down. Make sure you only file off a thin layer of the nail and be gentle! Next I soaked my infected nails in beer for 30 minutes twice a day. Beer believe it or not helps combat and kill fungus. After the beer treatment I applied a natural toenail treatment.
This combination approach took a little persistence but I started seeing results within about two weeks of starting.
Thick Dark Toenails – Methods to Cure and Prevent
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