Are Fungal Nails Contagious? – Fungal Nail Series

Are Fungal Nails Contagious? – Fungal Nail Series

Blog, Fungal Nails, General Podiatry

Are Fungal Nails Contagious? - Fungal Nail Series

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So, are fungal nails contagious?

You know, there’s a bit of a myth out there that if you can’t see it in a nail or that it’s only in this nail and then it won’t be in that nail, that’s a complete myth.

Guess what? If you’ve got an infected nail here, the likelihood is all of these other nails, particularly on your feet, they’re gonna be infected too.

They’ve actually got spores or tiny eggs living in them. The eggs actually live everywhere.

They live in your shower, in your socks, on your skin, possibly in the nail polish you’ve been using, and on your nail care instruments. If they’re your patients nail care instruments, they can be living there too.

So you need to make sure that you treat all of those areas, otherwise, that really highly contagious bug is gonna come right back.

There’s stacks of information to learn about this when you’re trying to treat this nasty, but don’t worry, we’ve actually made stacks of videos to help you through this process.

So, read below and look for the series on beating fungal nail infections, particularly if you’re a clinician or even a patient. We hope this helps you beat this horrible, nasty little bug.

Fungal Nail Calculator

You may also like to try our Fungal Nail Calculator. This is the first Fungal Nail calculator in the world and will help guide you to potential treatment protocols.

Use this guide to help guide you to understand better the level of infection that you may have present and give helpful suggestions as to what the best therapies maybe.

Head to fungalnaildr.com.au

ABOUT DR BRENDEN BROWN

Dr Brenden Brown, Podiatrist & Shendi Brown

Dr Brenden Brown, Podiatrist & Shendi Brown

Founder of A Step Ahead Foot + Ankle Care in Sydney, and former president of the Australasian Podiatry Council, Dr Brenden Brown (A.K.A Dr Foot) is a wealth of knowledge on how to take care of your feet, including how to find the best shoes.

Follow him on social media:
 instagram.com/askdrfoot
 facebook.com/podiatristsydney
 twitter.com/AStepAheadFAC

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Choosing your Sydney foot doctor is an important decision and can mean the difference between getting mediocre results and living pain-free. Learn about the top 10 things you should know when choosing your podiatrist in St Marys or Penrith.

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Need help? Need another opinion? Just want to get this sorted? Great, we’d love to help you ? You can start by calling our wonderfully helpful team on 9673 2987. They are all parents and will be able to help answer questions and guide you in the right direction.

Another option is to use our call back service, pop your details in the very short form and we will call YOU back on a number and times that suits YOU best. ?

What Does Thermal Laser Feel Like? – Fungal Nail Series

What Does Thermal Laser Feel Like? – Fungal Nail Series

Blog, Fungal Nails, General Podiatry

What Does Thermal Laser Feel Like?

Wow. What does Thermal Laser feel like?

That’s a great question. And it’s a question that patients ask us all the time.

So, most people will actually tell you that it feels a lot like laser hair removal, so it can be a warm, hot sensation. The beauty of it is, is that it’s actually quite gradual, unlike my understanding is, laser for hair removal. It actually comes on quite slowly because we have the therapist there with you at the time using the machine, which is uber important.

If it becomes a lot too hot, they’re actually able to remove it straight away and stop it and instantly any sort of warm sensation finishes that minute.

The next thing to say to you is, look, it actually varies from person to person. We’ve actually had really big hefty tattooed men that actually found it really uncomfortable, but then we’ve had grandmas that have told us they’ve got no pain whatsoever.

So it really is very different for everyone. The answer is we’re not sure, but most people, 90% of our patients, bear it, use it, and actually find the treatment super successful.

Fungal Nail Calculator

You may also like to try our Fungal Nail Calculator. This is the first Fungal Nail calculator in the world and will help guide you to potential treatment protocols.

Use this guide to help guide you to understand better the level of infection that you may have present and give helpful suggestions as to what the best therapies maybe.

Head to fungalnaildr.com.au

ABOUT DR BRENDEN BROWN

Dr Brenden Brown, Podiatrist & Shendi Brown

Dr Brenden Brown, Podiatrist & Shendi Brown

Founder of A Step Ahead Foot + Ankle Care in Sydney, and former president of the Australasian Podiatry Council, Dr Brenden Brown (A.K.A Dr Foot) is a wealth of knowledge on how to take care of your feet, including how to find the best shoes.

Follow him on social media:
 instagram.com/askdrfoot
 facebook.com/podiatristsydney
 twitter.com/AStepAheadFAC

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Choosing your Sydney foot doctor is an important decision and can mean the difference between getting mediocre results and living pain-free. Learn about the top 10 things you should know when choosing your podiatrist in St Marys or Penrith.

Shameless Plug or where to get real help!

Need help? Need another opinion? Just want to get this sorted? Great, we’d love to help you ? You can start by calling our wonderfully helpful team on 9673 2987. They are all parents and will be able to help answer questions and guide you in the right direction.

Another option is to use our call back service, pop your details in the very short form and we will call YOU back on a number and times that suits YOU best. ?

Why Choose A Step Ahead? – Heel Pain Series

Why Choose A Step Ahead? – Heel Pain Series

Blog, General Podiatry, Heel Pain

So, why should you choose A Step Ahead Foot and Ankle Care to look after your heel pain? You know what, not all podiatrists are exactly the same. We don’t all have the same level of experience. We don’t all have the same interests, and that means that different podiatrists will have particular areas of expertise or interests that they’re better at, and one of ours is heel pain.

Our clinics and practitioners tend to look after the tricky bits that other people don’t treat so much. Our clinic looks after anywhere between eight to 15 heel pain patients, just like you, every single day.

That’s right, rather than looking after your nan’s toenails, calluses, or corns, we’re actually spending each and every day looking after patients, just like you, who have problematic heel pain.

We’re often the second, third, or even fourth opinion for people that have had heel pain for many, many, many years. And luckily, we’ve worked really hard at making sure we get great results for people like you. So I hope that helps you understand a little bit more about us and why A Step Ahead is your choice for looking after painful heels.

Heel Pain Calculator

You may also like to try our Heel Pain Calculator. This is the first Heel Pain calculator in the world and will help guide you to potential treatment protocols. Use this guide to help guide you to understand better the level of infection that you may have present and give helpful suggestions as to what the best therapies maybe. Head to heelpaindr.com.au

ABOUT DR BRENDEN BROWN

Dr Brenden Brown, Podiatrist & Shendi Brown

Dr Brenden Brown, Podiatrist & Shendi Brown

Founder of A Step Ahead Foot + Ankle Care in Sydney, and former president of the Australasian Podiatry Council, Dr Brenden Brown (A.K.A Dr Foot) is a wealth of knowledge on how to take care of your feet, including how to find the best shoes.

Follow him on social media:
 instagram.com/askdrfoot
 facebook.com/podiatristsydney
 twitter.com/AStepAheadFAC

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Choosing your Sydney foot doctor is an important decision and can mean the difference between getting mediocre results and living pain-free. Learn about the top 10 things you should know when choosing your podiatrist in St Marys or Penrith.

Shameless Plug or where to get real help!

Need help? Need another opinion? Just want to get this sorted? Great, we’d love to help you ? You can start by calling our wonderfully helpful team on 9673 2987. They are all parents and will be able to help answer questions and guide you in the right direction.

Another option is to use our call back service, pop your details in the very short form and we will call YOU back on a number and times that suits YOU best. ?