Fungal Nail Laser Therapy Mistakes Therapists Make
Do you have a Fungal infection and want to know what treatments to avoid? Laser has fast become a gold standard treatment for fungal toenail infections. Over the counter medications that do not penetrate the nail have been shown to at times be highly ineffective. Dr Brenden Brown, Podiatrist, takes you through Fungal Nail Laser Therapy and the Mistakes Therapists Make.
Fungal Nail Laser Therapy Mistakes Therapists Make Transcript
The warning signs from me that your fungal nail laser treatment won't be successful are really whether or not the therapist is actually treating all ten toes, so the fungal nail is actually infected. Those little fungal infections are actually laying eggs all over your skin and the other nail. If you only treat the nail that you can see that's been infected, then you won't get rid of this infection.
The moment you stop treating it, those spores or eggs are going to come back exactly to where they were.
The other thing that I see as a big mistake when people treat this is that they don't remove as much as possible of the dead nail or the area that's actually been attacked by the fungal infection. That's where we actually start to remove that area or penetrate that area as much as possible so that your treatment can access there.
The other thing that I see as a big mistake when people treat this is that they don't remove as much as possible of the dead nail or the area that's actually been attacked by the fungal infection. That's where we actually start to remove that area or penetrate that area as much as possible so that your treatment can access there.
Finally, I think the really important thing that many people miss out on doing is that they don't treat the entire environment. Again, those spores actually not only live in the nail, but they leave in the skin around the outside. They live in your socks, they live in your shoes, and they live in the base of your shower. If you're not treating that whole environment, then the moment you stop treatment or you no longer have your laser therapy, then those fungal infections are just going to come straight back and starting infecting again, and you're back to square one.
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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.
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