Lunula Laser Nail Treatment

[Lovechocolate58]

Any done this? My fungal nails are awful and I'm so excited to read that the Lunula laser tratment seems to be effective at an affordable price for the joy it would bring me.

Anyone who can confirm that this actually works long-term?

Have you tried the tablets? I put them off for ages and was considering laser treatment but decided to try the tankers and they cleared it all up.

I was concerned about the side effects but had none whatsoever, did a couple of courses and have it all sorted now.

Can you let me know the name of the tablets please?

You have to get them on prescription, you can’t buy them over the counter, I can’t remember the name off hand but the GP needs to run blood tests to check you don’t have any issues taking them and then you take them daily - I had to take them for a few months while my nails grew out but they’re great now.

Lunana lazer didn't work for me. My nails were extremely bad.

I can't right now because I'm nursing. But I'm also very concerned about the side effects. Should I not be?

That's really disappointing to hear :-(

I’ve had a fungal nail infection for years despite using various treatments and in the last two months it’s finally begun to disappear with the nail growing again. I had given up hoping that it would ever go but about two months ago I started trying apple cider vinegar on the nail and it’s now almost gone. First two weeks I cut little squares from a cotton wool pad, soaked them and secured them in place over the nail with a plaster, putting them on after a shower and replacing daily. That started to irritate the skin two weeks in so I switched to soaking a cotton bud and wiping it on the nail morning and night. I really wished I had taken pictures when I started because there has been such a difference and I reckon all signs will be gone in the next two weeks. I will definitely use vinegar straight away if I see any reappearance, I really didn’t think anything would work after years of no change.

it’s worth a try, it’s a hell of a lot cheaper than anything else and really has worked for me.

Your GP will run blood tests to check your liver function, if they think you’re at risk they won’t prescribe them. I had to have a second blood test before they’d give me a second prescription too, they were very thorough and I had no side effects whatsoever.

I saw a podiatrist about 6 weeks ago, after trying every possible internet remedy. I was so embarrassed, which is a bit unnecessary really.
The guy filed my bad nails as thin as possible, and told me to use the blue Lamasil cream every night before bed. File across the surface again weekly.

It's a miracle, and I'm shocked at how effective it has been. It's almost completely grown out now.

I’m also considering lunula, although it seems v expensive. Perhaps I need to get the lamasil cream a go first.

I completed a 3 month Lunula course recently, zero improvement for £700. Also be aware that even if successful, reinfection is highly likely and would require a further course of treatment. They didn't tell me this until I'd completed the treatment, I wouldn't have signed up for it in the first place if I'd known. 😕

Thanks @baytree1970
interested to hear that you saw no improvement for a considerable sum.

i can’t actually find anywhere locally that does it. There is somewhere that does a ‘hot laser’ and they have said that you need to be scrupulous about reinfection but that is easier said than done if you have already had it.

Thanks for sharing, that's really informative. I would do it even with risk of reinfection if it would improve for a while - it's that bad and that embarrassing :-(

The things that were helpful that I got from the chiropodist were:

1. use athlete's foot cream consistently - it's the athlete's foot which gets under the nails that causes the problems. Make sure to put cream on top of all your nails as well as all over your foot as high as the ankles
2. as far as possible, rotate the shoes you wear to give them a chance to air and use a shoe disinfectant spray regularly
3. keep your nails short and use a disposable nail file to carefully file off the top layer of discoloured nail - apparently this should improve the chance of the athlete's foot cream penetrating the nail plate (I'm unconvinced, but it's what I read)

I have to say that cutting the nail to keep it short and filing the discoloured nail improves the look of it massively - it looks more pink, less yellow, and generally less gnarly. it's a simple, inexpensive fix.

Had the chirpodist told me about the high risk of reinfection at the outset I wouldn't have spent £700 on laser, I'd have bought a lifetime supply of Lamisil and nail files intead!

As an aside, i since looked up the scientific literature on the Lunula. Much of what comes up if you google 'Lunula' is research funded by... you guessed it, the makers of Lunula! It's probably legit research, but I'm struggling to have faith in it since it's funded by the manfucturer. However, if you google using the medical terminology for this sort of laser treatment (ie. not 'LUNULA') then different research comes up with is MUCH more doubtful about the efficacy of the treatment. Hmmm... 🤔

the risk of reinfection is the big problem - it seems impossibly impractical - would require daily disinfection of shoes and socks, impeccable hygiene in the bathroom, plus lots of luck... maybe in theory it's possible, but in the real world it's crazy

also, the chiropodist explained to me that the nails get infected because at some point there's been some trauma to those nails which allows the athlete's foot infection to get under the nails. There's no going back from that, you can't undo the trauma. The infection will always be able to get back under the nail.

I really think managing the problem is more realistic (and cost effective) than trying to cure it