The most common places to catch toenail fungus can be surprising. Learn about how common it is to catch toenail fungus. About 10% in the general population, and up to 50% in seniors. You may be alarmed and worried about catching toenail fungus yourself.
Where are the most common places?
Many people catch toenail fungus at public pools, gyms, saunas, and locker rooms. These are moist environments that allow the fungus to grow and thrive, and when you walk around barefoot the fungal spores can get onto your nail bed and cause nail fungus, especially if you have any cuts or wounds. In these places, you should wear flip-flops. As opposed to being barefoot to prevent catching toenail fungus.
Another place people can catch toenail fungus is at the nail salon. Many nail salons are guilty of reusing instruments, nail polish, and foot baths on hundreds of customers. This means that when one of their customers is infected and these tools are reused on other customers, all of these customers are now at risk of catching toenail fungus, and they often do as well.
If you want to visit a nail salon, you should visit one that sterilizes their equipment in a medical-grade autoclave or uses fresh instruments on each customer. Otherwise, you should bring your own tools and nail polish to be used on you.
Other ways to catch nail fungus
People can also catch toenail fungus due to lifestyle choices. If you wear shoes without socks or repeat socks or shoes often, you are creating a moist environment from your sweat in which fungus can thrive and then infect you. The same goes if you do not properly dry your feet after washing them. If one of your family members already has nail fungus, you too can catch toenail fungus from them if you share shoes, nail clippers, and towels.
Laser Treatment for Nail Fungus
If you have caught nail fungus, it can be easily treated using the FDA-approved PinPointe laser, which typically only takes on treatment. Other treatments like topical solutions and oral medication are not as effective. Topical solutions have a very low cure rate. This is because the solution does not penetrate all the way through the nail bed. This is because it can lead to liver toxicity. You would need to have consistent blood tests throughout the course of taking the medication.
Our nail doctor in Marietta, GA recommends this treatment for Toenail Fungus. The PinPointe Laser treatment has the highest cure rate in the market. It has no side effects and no recovery period. As a result, you can go about your daily activities right after the treatment. Also, there’s no pain.
If you have any signs of nail fungus, call us at (800) 672-0625 or visit our website for more information on our doctors at one of our over 150 locations.
