Nail Fungus Infection:
Nail fungal infection is called Onchymycosis and is caused by fungi called “Dermatophytes”
Nails start to develop small yellowish spots and then spread deep in nail matrix and make nail loose its color,texture and appearance and becomes opaque and brown.Later on as infection continue to grow, nails start looking thick,distorted and disfigured with brittle edges and deposits underneath it. Infection gradually spreads to adjacent nails if condition permits.Nails become to prone to injury and other bacterial infection like cellulitis and can cause gangrene and toe amputations in diaetic patients. Yeasts and molds can also cause it.
Fungi usually invade through tiny cuts in toes and fingernails and thru web inbetween toes. What makes them survive and spread and thrive is the moistness and warmth and dark environments and poor circulation and weak immune systems, wearing shoes for longer duration and excessive seating like hyperhidrosis and frequent injuries like athletes and people with Athlete's foot,psoriasis, working in damp and moist conditions.. Diabetes and Hypothyroidism and poor hygiene make it prone to develop nail fungus infection. Diabetic and Smoker patients who have PVD( peripheral vascular disease) are more prone to develop it .
Conventional treatment are with anti-fungal antibiotics like Lamisil and Sporonax .Sometime pts needs surgical removal of whole nails.
Laser treatment is very unique in the sens that it can kill all fungal elements embeded in nail matrix by the thermal reaction and heat it generates in the nail. Treatment usually requires 4 treatment 1-2 weeks apart.Procedure in not painful at all but you do feel some discomfort and treatment lasts for 10 minutes for all toes nails. Our European Fotona Laser XPMAX which is 1064 nm, ND;Yag laser is the perfect solution forNail fungus. Please call our office for a free consult. 626-961-7700.
One of my patient showed up after listening to radio talk show with Ronnie Kovak at 830 am on Saturday morning.He has been a fisherman for many years and for last 1 year he has two if his finger nails infected with fungus.He saw dermatologist and other doctors who treated him with various anti-fungal antibiotics but noting helped. I treated him with laser and 4 weeks after fungal infection in fingers were gone. I was so surprised with the result because it was not the kind of nail infection I see and treat most of the times.
ReplyDeleteOne of My patient came from Norco who had laser treatment done twice in last 18 months for two of the toe nails and result was: no improvement.
ReplyDeleteI just started her on Fotona Laser treatment and I am sure that it will cure her nail fungus problems and I will keep it updated and upload some pictures.
hey Valleyaesthetics and Laser,
ReplyDeletelaser treatment is really effective? is it proven? thanks!
What is Yellow Toe Nail Fungus