Laser Nail Fungus Treatment?
I’ve seen comments online and and did a little research on laser nail fungus treatments. I think a reasonable assessment would be:
* expensive ($1-2k+) (though a friend told me their friend had both feet done for $275)
* safe
* 25% success rate, a bit lower success rate than prescription oral drugs. Many report a clearing in the first year and then a return after 2 years or so.
* easy treatment. visit the foot doctor 1-4 times for short treatments over the course of a few months.
Does that sound correct? Please write in the comments below!
Some comments on my blog from folks suggest what I say is about right.
This is a followup to all the fungus talk on my blog.
thanks for starting this section on Lasers Lee! I know my foot doctor is pushing it (it costs $750 and not covered by insurance) but I haven’t heard too many success stories so I would love to hear what people think who actually did the lasers since it is fairly new!
Hi there Lee, I saw this article by a foot doctor also saying to wait on the lasers and do old fashion nail filing and topical application. http://arborfoot.wordpress.com/2011/01/03/treating-toenail-fungus-cheaply-and-effectively/
and this explains why to wait for lasers http://arborfoot.wordpress.com/2010/12/14/laser-treatment-of-toenail-fungus-wait-a-few-more-months/
Blue, those are some good articles. Thanks. Yeah. Until I hear some stories of people using laser and staying fungus free for 2 years, I’ll hold off.
yeah, seeing that he headed up that study and that he called it “temporary” was scary! I was debating on whether to try it but the cost was stopping me; I am glad he posted that.