Compleet Feet YouTube Best Fungal Nail Treatment option. I took this clip from from the US My Feet Are Killing Me series 2, which is currently being aired on TLC. It highlights what US podiatrists consider to be best practice for chronically diseased fungal nails; surgically remove them. I recently had a conversation with an American dermatologist Ali Dana, who remarked that treating chronically infected fungal nails was one of her most challenging pathologies to treat. She also went on to comment that she referred patients onto podiatrists to surgically remove fungal nails, as she too felt it was the best treatment option.
This treatment approach is what Compleet Feet Podiatry have been performing for many years. One of the biggest problems with conservative fungal nail treatments is the high re-infection rates. Reasons for high infection rates are numerous, to include not effectively breaking cycles of infection to slow re-growth of healthy nail. Just when you think the nail is clear after waiting months and months, a small new yellow streak is noted at the end of the nail plate. This is so disheartening.
The podiatrist in this film states it can take 12 – 18 months for a big toenail to grow out. This is exceptionally slow. If the patient doesn’t do their homework such as eradicating Athletes Foot, sanitising footwear then they can be doomed to fail. Even taking oral medication has to be continually taken until any infection has completely grown out in the most chronic of infections. Not a quick fix.
So how can we make new nails grow back back quickly after removal? Average nail growth for toenails is 1-2 mm a month. Yes, it could take well over a year for a nail to grow back, but if a Lunula Nail Laser is applied as part of the treatment programme it can greatly accelerate nail growth. The Lunula laser is clinically demonstrated to expediate nail growth as much as 3 times the normal rate. The therapeutic effect of the Lunula’s low level laser wavelengths is to increase circulation thus boost nutrition and immune response to the nail unit. At the same time the laser reconditions the nail beds and reaches hard to treat entrenched fungal dermatophytes.
At Compleet Feet we always advise a course of Lunula laser treatment after surgical nail removal. Patients can note smaller nail plates have grown back within 3-4 months and big toenails within 6-9 months. This is key to optimising a successful treatment outcomes. Ensuring a healthy nail plate is back in situ with restored integrity as a protective barrier to minimise chances of re-infection. Maybe I should drop My Feet Are Killing Me a line? They could learn a thing or 2 from UK podiatrists, but I think we could learn a lot from them. Not to be watched by those with a delicate disposition.
