Nail care notes
Short articles on the questions that come up most when people treat a fungal nail at home. Each one goes back to the studies and to dermatology and podiatry sources, and links to them so you can read the originals.
Why Nail Fungus Keeps Coming Back, and How to Break the CycleWhy toenail fungus returns after treatment: stopping early, reinfection from shoes and athlete's foot, risk factors, and habits that keep it away.Tea Tree Oil for Toenail Fungus: What the Trials Actually FoundDoes tea tree oil work for toenail fungus? The 1994 trial against clotrimazole, the tea tree and butenafine cream study, how to use it safely and its limits.Vicks VapoRub for Toenail Fungus: Does the Home Remedy Hold Up?Can Vicks VapoRub treat toenail fungus? The 2011 case series, the ingredients that may help, its limits, and nail oils built on the same idea.How Long Does It Take to Get Rid of Toenail Fungus?How long toenail fungus takes to clear with oils, prescription topicals and pills, why nails take 12 to 18 months to grow out, and how to tell treatment is working.