{"id":5051,"date":"2012-06-01T01:46:08","date_gmt":"2012-06-01T08:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/?p=5051"},"modified":"2014-05-31T00:37:17","modified_gmt":"2014-05-31T07:37:17","slug":"funginix-is-a-scam-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/2012\/06\/01\/funginix-is-a-scam-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Funginix is a scam"},"content":{"rendered":"

In case you were thinking of trying Funginix, I would suggest that you not give those scamming scammers any money. Their website looks pretty but if you read it closely at all, you can see that they sound more like snake oil salesmen than sellers of a medical product.<\/p>\n

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Their website is ridiculous. Let me count the crock of shit ways these scammers are trying to scam you:
\n\u201cFUNGINIX is the most sophisticated and complete topical treatment created to fight and eliminate the fungal infections\u201d \u2014 Umm, no. It\u2019s some guy in a basement. \u201cSophisticated\u201d? To claim that means you spent millions on developing it. And if you spent millions developing it, you wouldn\u2019t use the word \u201csophisticated\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnly FUNGINIX has been thoroughly tested to guarantee that it kills fungus and will promote the restoration of healthy nails in a fungus-free environment\u201d \u2014 What bullshit ad copy. There are a hundred products out there, some put out by big pharmaceutical companies. And Funginix (which is only available on some website) is the ONLY product that works? And I’ve got a bridge to sell you.<\/p>\n

The first \u201ctestimonial\u201d starts out \u201cThis product is ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS!\u201d First, what consumer ever uses the word \u201cproduct\u201d? Next, her mug shot is from iStockphoto.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I could go on. For a long time.<\/p>\n

But let’s cover some facts. Here are the claimed ingredients from their website<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Ingredients
\nActive Ingredient:
\nUndecylenic Acid, USP 10%<\/p>\n

Other Ingredients:
\nWater
\nPrunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil
\nOleth-10 Phosphate
\nTriethanolamine
\nPolysorbate 20
\nAcrylates Copolymer
\nGlycerin
\nPropylene Glycol
\nUva Ursi (Bearberry) Extract
\nBeta-Glucan
\nPropolis Extract
\nAloe Barbadensis Juice
\nTocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E)
\nCamphor
\nMenthol
\nMelaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Oil
\nLavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Oil
\nJasminum Officinale (Jasmine) Oil
\nEugenia Caryophyllus (Clove) Flower Oil
\nTheobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter
\nRosa Canina (Rose Hip) Flower Oil
\nCetyl Hydroxyethylcellulose
\nEthylhexylglycerin
\nPhenoxyethanol<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The first ingredient, Undecylenic Acid, USP 10% is a common antifungal. It does not cost $40 per 1\/2 ounce! All the other ingredients, meh.<\/p>\n

Short form: scam.<\/p>\n

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I don’t have any easy answers but you might want to check out all the other (real) posts and comments on my site about my battle \u00a0with nail fungus<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In case you were thinking of trying Funginix, I would suggest that you not give those scamming scammers any money. Their website looks pretty but if you read it closely at all, you can see that they sound more like snake oil salesmen than sellers of a medical product. Their website is ridiculous. Let me […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-nail-fungus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5051\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}