Fungus on nail

[WelshMoth]

I've worn nail varnish on my toes for about 4 months and since I keep to the same colour, I just top up and never take off I know I know, I'm a minger.

Anyway, today, a big piece decides to chip off and I see some white flakiness underneath. After taking the whole lot off, I've somehow developed that flakiness across the whole nail.

I've had a quick look in Tesco - £18-23 for treatment!! Pinterest says vicks or tea tree should work. Has anyone ever had any luck with this?

Nail varnish doesn’t cause fungus, it’ll be dehydration or surface damage from normal activities.

It will grow out.

Is your nail thick? Yellowish?

If it's just flakiness it just sounds like damage 🤷‍♀️ if it is fungus and it's all the way down to the cuticle then you'd need tablets (on prescription) rather than the topical treatments you can buy OTC anyway.

Thanks both. No yellow! I'll
Take off the varnish for a bit and let my nails breathe.

I had similar. Waited for it to go away as couldn't stomach paying £20 for a lacquer thing then BF for 14 months so couldn't take anything. It hasn't gone away.
Bought Curanail a few months ago. Use it once a week but it apparently takes months to work.

Tea tree oil worked for me. The neat real stuff.

. If it is a fungal nail infection don't bother buying over-the-counter stuff it doesn't work. The only thing that will work is antibiotic prescription from your doctor and it will take 6 to 12 months to cure