Can toenail fungus be treated with a laser? The simple answer is YES! Laser treatment for toenail fungus is the most effective treatment. Nail fungus laser treatment might be costly but it is always worth it. Let’s examine why you should choose laser treatment. Most importantly, laser treatment is painless. Most people don’t like going to see a doctor because most treatments are extremely painful and uncomfortable. Second, laser treatment for toenail fungus does not have any side effects and is completely safe for everyone including children and the elderly.
What does nail fungus look like?
Toenail fungus is notorious for affecting the texture of the nail itself. Whether this shows up as brittleness, cracking, flaking, or thickening of the nail, oftentimes the visible changes caused by the fungus can feel alarming. A lot of people think that the more the surface of their nails changed the less effective treatment will be. This is a common concern with people with thick fungal nails. Thick nails make it extremely hard to get to the root of the problem.
Toenail fungus treatment options
Topical medications need to physically penetrate through the nail. They are usually ineffective at doing so and may require long periods of application before they show any results at all. Oral medications bypass the nail by traveling through the bloodstream and the liver, but this poses risks to the body itself. Because the oral medications have to go through the liver, they can cause toxicity and damage to the liver. For the quickest and best results our nail doctors highly recommend laser treatment.
What do our nail doctors recommend before laser treatment?
How can we treat thick nails with the laser? Because the fungus lives under the nail itself, any nail fungus treatment needs to penetrate through the nail and get into the nail bed. Our nail doctors in Los Angeles always recommend using a nail file to thin down the nails. The filing process is done prior to any sort of treatment. Laser treatments for fungus use wavelengths that penetrate through the nail into the nail bed to kill the fungus there.
Both topical and laser treatments for fungus are more effective when the nail itself isn’t excessively thick. Because of this, especially thick fungal nails may need to be thinned down before treatment. Our nail doctor may do something called debridement if you have thick fungal nails; this will thin the nail itself down before you receive treatment. The most effective treatment for thick fungal nails is the toenail fungus laser treatment. Our fungus laser typically requires only one treatment to cure the fungus. To schedule a consultation with a licensed nail doctor for the nail fungus laser treatment, give us a call at 1-(800) 672-0625 or visit our website for more information.
