Fungal nail treatment recomendation

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I have disgusting toenails.

Can anyone please recommend any of the off prescription treatments out there and tell me how quickly they work? Thanks

wantto, vicks (well it is was boots own brand), cleared mine completely.
The nail looked fine after a week/10 days but I continued using it for another couple of months.
First month religiously then every 2/3 days for another few weeks.

I would go underneath the tip each time, and gently filed over the whole nail a few times too.

Hth

thank you, I have hope

RedNosedClone - I hadn't heard of anyone being allergic to Tee tree oil before, but yes, caution is the best approach when trying anything for the first time. Essential oils are pretty concentrated and I know that people often dilute them in carrier oils before use, but for fighting a fungal nail infection the undiluted tee tree oil is fab, allergies permitting. It has antibacterial and anti fungal properties so can fight nasties on nails and skin, but yes it can cause a reaction on sensitive skin so maybe best to apply to the nail only, initially, rather than the surrounding skin.

I had a prescription for terbafine and it worked. As for a possible side effect being liver damage, I had to have a blood test for liver function before the GP would give me the prescription. And as a precaution limited alcohol during the treatment. If I'd needed a new prescription after 6 months I'd have been sent for another blood test. After literally years of trying over the counter treatments I just wished I'd been to the GP sooner.

I won't say Vicks doesn't work at all, it makes it look better, but a) it stinks and b) it needs daily appliance under socks and after washing feet and c) it is easy to have a relapse, you have to continue filing, there is a tendency to get complacent, it helps to alternate shoes on a daily bases and so on.

bTW you can get a ped egg for hard skin on feet, is there an equivalent for really thick hard nails? My mum is in a nursing home and it is a miserable slog having to file her nail down whenever I visit.

And also, what's the best nail file to use? The board ones run out quickly, do the metal ones (£1.80 from Boots) last for a long time, or is there a better investment out there?

I've been using Curinail for two large toes for a year now. Treating twice a week with filing and so forth.One toe is looking better now, but not perfect. Worse one looks no better really. I think I may try tea tree oil lavishly. I can't have oral stuff due to pre-existing health problems. It's so frustrating, esp in nice weather, wanting to wear open sandals.

Tea tree oil worked a treat on my ds. Slightly alarmed by the tales of side effects above, but he was fine with it and it did the trick!

there is one solution that on one has mentioned, and that is to cover it up with some jolly nail polish and forget about it.

I have a manky toe nail and had been putting vicks on it with slight improvement, but was so embarrassed by it that I just painted my nails and have since forgotten about it. It's not painful though, which makes a difference.