Click on link to take you to your Account Summary, on left side of page select Update Public Profile. I used a pic that I saved to computer then uploaded to my Image Shack account but you can use any image URL. Find image you want & right click, copy address URL & paste in appropriate box previously mentioned in Update Public Profile. I was trying to see if I could post picture of my toes on there, yes I can. I can post any pic there but it's small. I just left the roses after discovering I can do it. Good luck!

I honestly worry I could have this but never understood it because of regular foot maintenance I've always had. This can be the beginning of how toenail fungus begins for some according to what I have read. I now realize I could've had this all along & not recognized what it was because I had regular pedicures every week or two for several years now. It certainly doesn't look like typical athlete's foot & I would've never thought to associate it with fungus. Even with regular professional-strength chemical callus treatment & filing for years, it remained thick there. If I'd let it go more than 2 or 3 weeks after a treatment, it began to look somewhat similar to that picture so I would continue using foot files & have pedicures w/ chemicals to pamper. One shouldn't have to do that much work to a healthy foot, right? Fungus can hide so easily there in that thick skin. I thought it was that way for me since I've always went barefoot, thinking that caused my callus heels. If moccasin type becomes bad I read one may have to go on oral anti-fungals, so it's the worst type to have apparently, more difficult to heal I guess. I'm glad I've been treating entire foot for awhile now with antifungals, whew. The skin is still thick but the urea is helping. Gosh, I don't know what to think. Even if I don't have this type of fungus, I worry it will lead to it one day if I don't continue with meds now.

http://myhealth.lowellgeneral.org/library/healthguide/en-us/support/topic.asp?hwid=tp10646

Luv, does the thickness on your feet look like the one in that illustration - where it comes around the entire foot side like that?

It does not look like that currently because I've been using anti-fungal for months but if I let it go for awhile it will be thick skin in those areas very quickly. My heels still are. If I didn't ever do anything at all, I fear it would look exactly like that. I've been doing best I can for past few years on a regular basis to combat it the salon way with chemicals & files, way back before I ever saw any nail fungus. I remember I had big flare-up that did look similar to that when I first began to use vinegar soaks, back when I had my feet wet a lot, about 3 months ago. At the time I thought the vinegar was drying it out but now I think it was fungus possibly hiding in there. Wow, I would have never thought athlete's foot could look like that. I always imagine peeling toes & such. I don't know, maybe I'm worried for nothing, but I do know fungus is on my toes, so I must be careful before it embeds any deeper within my foot. I mostly keep thinking a healthy foot shouldn't have such callus spots.

The problem with peels is that they exfoliate by "burning" off the skin. A peel strong enough to remove callous material would likely cause a blistering second degree burn on other parts of the body. Since fungus invades through cracked areas of the skin, it seems that using those types of treatments would very likely spread the infection by creating micro-breaks in the skin.

I have been using the urea now for about 4 weeks - Today, the last portion of a painful corn exfoliated off with the gentle exfoliation of a "ped egg" - I really like this egg because it doesn't damage "normal" skin. It is also inexpensive so I toss the blade and use a new one when I exfoliate again. It is available at Walgreens for 9.99 and replacement blades/sanding strips are also 9.99 for three.

I figure that the going rate for a pedicure in my area is about $35 dollars - My total cash outlay for the stuff I have been using to treat my feet for the last 4 weeks is about $60.00 dollars I spend about 15 minutes a day (much of it massage time) and deep treat/exfoliate once per week. The majority of that time, I can still do other things since it involves using the urea cream and wrapping my feet in plastic for a couple of hours prior to exfoliating and massaging (love those foot massages!)

I'm still applying 'ozonated' virgin coconut oil every night. Initially I thought it was a miracle product because my toenails looked better within a few days, but now I think it's just the same kind of effect that some of you have seen from using Tineacide.

By the way, the ozonated oil does NOT smell good (but I only notice it while I'm doing the application).

I used to do the vinegar/peroxide soaks and recently switched to the vinegar soaks. I don't know if that's what is causing it or not, but I have a yellow buildup on the underside of my nail. I've had it in the past, but it appears worse now. I am not doing anything else differently, so I'm thinking of going back to the vingar/peroxide soaks. This appears to only be on the nail that is the 35 yr infection. The nail with the 5 yr infection still looks pretty good. Any suggestions from the peanut gallery? I mean that in the nicest way... :)

vperson, I was reading your post & a light bulb went on when I read that you wrapped your urea in plastic. That is smart & is a method used by professionals in salons. For years I did use salon-strength chemicals to help remove buildup on soles/heels. Sadly enough I never considered it could have been a fungus issue. You are so right, chemicals can be dangerous. One particular brand I tried once did give me a burn when I wrapped in plastic!

The brand I used always otherwise never once burned me. My heels always felt better after using. It was ProLinc's Be Natural Callus Eliminator. I will include link for anyone curious to what I am talking about. Anyone who watches the video, tell me if there is any way this person does not have fungus! It's amazing how the callus is gone within minutes. Wonder what the chemical is that makes this work?

http://www.prolinc.com/tour/calluseliminator/index.htm

Spunky, perhaps the hydrogen peroxide somehow bleaches the nail?

Whew! What a busy last few days. May has 5 family birthdays and Mother's Day. Fascinating new stuff to read here! Loved seeing some photos too. I wish I could get one of mine up. I have a partially unattached nail on one big toe, but it doesn't seem to have fungus underneath. An opinion about its appearance would be nice. Maybe I'll get my son with the computer talent to help me out.

I may order Miranel. It sounds really good and I'm running out of some of my standard things. I started vinegar, but not soaks. I just hit the nails, all of them, two or three times with a soaked-in-vinegar cotton ball. It cleans the nails up nicely, treats them, and gets them ready for whatever anti-fungal I'll be applying later. Also, vinegar is uber cheap.

So I'm wearing sandals and trying not be self-conscious, but it seems the more I stay out of my closed up shoes, the better the nails look. Hooray for fresh air!

Has anyone gotten the Miranel yet? If so how's it going?

My Miranel is supposed to be ready to pick up tomorrow. I ordered from pharmacist at WalMart. I'm anxious to try it!

UPDATE:
I picked Miranel today & it was about $21.00. I ordered on a Sunday at Walmart pharmacy & it took less than 24 hours to get it in! I began by soaking feet for 20 minutes in vinegar/water. A metal file, similar to emery is included but I don't really have anything thick to file so I skipped. I applied Miranel with brush included, a very nice brush that made it easy to get under nail very well & in crevices. The brush reminded me somewhat of a lip brush to apply lipstick, it's nice. Miranel is a thin lavender-colored creme that smells like some of it's ingredients: camphor, eucalyptus, tea tree oil, & menthol. I don't mind though if it works. Vinegar smells worse to me, haha. Currently it feels tingly, as if something is going on, even if it's my imagination. There is a slight thin whiteness to where I applied, probably not unlike FT, but it must be the nature of Miconazole Nitrate 2%? Just guessing. I'm excited to see how well it works as I've never used anything with MN2% that included urea & all these other ingredients too. I guess it kinda reminded me of FT & Tineacide combined. Instructions say 8 hours after application to clean with alcohol & then shower or bathe. Even though this says application at bedtime is recommended with morning application optional, I do want to use something in the morning, so I will probably use Tineacide during day so I can wear sandals in public. This will be an easier routine for me if it works.

P.S. More on moccasin type athlete's foot: http://www.miranelbrands.com/learn/footandtoe/
I think the more I read about it, the more I am convinced I have had symptoms for a long time but didn't realize what it was.

Hey all, Luckily it's just me and bossman at my job and he knows the battle I am facing with this fungus he says "wear your flip flops" It's a casual office here - he even wears them sometimes. So I am going to bring a pair here and put on when we have no guests. That way I can get more air to my toes.

So far so good on my toenail that's growing back as long as it grows normal I'm okay with that one it looks like. And if it grows okay then I would say that was a pretty quick cure wouldn't you guys? I kinda wish they all would fall off like that one I would be halfway home.

The other one the brown one, still has a little hangers on it's wierd but I am going to clip some of it away today/tonight I think - it's coming off a little at a time I'll just help it along a tad haha.

I haven't filed much lately so my progress may be slowing, I have got to stay on top of that better. Luckily I can do it at work so I am going to do that today.

There was a full page ad in my local paper today for a product called Miracle Plus. Has anyone ever heard of it? I checked out the web page and it has a lot of the ingredients that we already use. It's advertised at $59.99 so I hesitate to just buy it until I hear something positive about it.

I did check out the ingredients--1% tolnaftate, tea tree oil and aloe vera. I sure wouldn't spend $59 on that. Lots of us are having good success with FT at 1/2 the price. FT is proven. Anything else constitutes, in my book, "taking a flier".

I'm surprised at how thick my fungal nails can get, within weeks after I filed them down to almost nothing. I think I will start filing more often, as it seems to make the nails look better anyway.

Now I wonder if the secret of Deggurcide is the daily filing and maybe not anything special about the medication itself. Any thoughts?

I did a few experiments with text formatting on this site, and it seems to follow basic HTML rules with an odd assortment of rules governing what can or cannot be done. The following appear to work:

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For some reason images don't seem to work on this site unless linked to another page. Go figure.

I just bought one on ebay for $5.54 with free shipping. I'm excited to try it. After I do my soaks there's lots of skin to slough off.

Woo, that's better than the price $6.98 I paid on eBay with Buy It Now! I wanted to try it too :) I have skin like that as well, which is why I've been worrying I may have moccasin type fungus there & it's crucial to get meds down deep, so hoping this may help. I saw infomercial & was interested but vperson seems to like it, so I bet we will too!


Did you look at that video I mentioned in the callus remover post recently? I do not have callus like that lady, oh my! Thanks Dolphyn, I tried to post a pic before like that but couldn't get it to work, so I didn't think html codes worked here. Obviously they do, bold works, haha :)