Finally a Cure for Thick Ugly Fungal Toenails!
Thick brown- yellow fungal toenails
have been the most difficult infection for doctors to cure- in the entire human
body.
Previous treatment of pills, topical
liquids, homegrown methods, lasers, acids, and electric grinding have always
failed by themselves in the past.
The disease, Onychomycosis, is actually
a fungal growth (mushroom) that usually starts in a patient’s third through
fifth decade of life. The toenails begin to get thicker, discolored and
sometimes even uncomfortable in shoes.
Contact with the fungus occurs in
various places such as gyms, showers, hotel floors, outside on grass, and even
in your own home. However contracting the disease is another matter.
Couples or partners sleep in the same
bed together for decades. One gets the infection and the other seems to
always have clean clear nails. How could that be? The answer is
related to one's own immune system. The individuals that get this disease
have a weakness in their immune system, which allows fungus to infect the
toenails.
The disease can go on in later life to
cause pain around the affected nails and even bacterial infections under the
nail in the nail bed area. In worst cast scenarios serious infections can
cause gangrene and require amputation.
Dr. Andrew Carver of Farragut Foot and
Ankle Clinic has treated fungal nail infections in his Washington, DC podiatry
practice for a grand total of 35 years.
Dr. Carver initially reported very poor
'cure rates' for many years, even in his own practice. He previously
treated the infection with only topical antifungal liquids and received less
than satisfactory results. He adapted his treatment incorporating special
lasers, made strictly for fungal nail infections. This produced better
results, satisfactory by the standards of some but not by the meticulous Dr.
Carver.
Later he began mechanically reducing
the nails with power electric burrs. This combined with the anti-fungal
topical liquids and the laser continued to improve results.
Over the years, Dr. Carver became more
and more frustrated with the fact that these toenails were not completely
clearing. At that point he added Lamisil an antifungal medication
prescribed at a lower dose of just one week a month for 3 months.
He also realized that fungal nail
patients would eventually see the infection return, unless they continued
prophylactically applying the topical daily FOLLOWING the cure in order to
prevent reoccurrence of the infection to the toenails.
Finally the cure- not always 100% for
every patient- but showing vastly improved results than ever before. Without
combining ALL of these treatment modalities- the infection is destined to
worsen.
DR ANDREW CARVER
FARRAGUT FOOT AND ANKLE
1040 17TH ST NW
WASHINGTON, DC 20036
202 296-2424
The following photos are of a patient’s
feet. The first photo is after 6 months
of treatment. The second photo is of the
toenails of the same patient on their first visit to the office.
