Reviewer: LexiLou, 55-64 on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

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Been using ciclopirox for 3 months now. The treatment regimen is high maintenance but it is working for me. Before I started the treatment, I filed the nails down on both big toes with a dremel. This thinned the nail substantially so the medicine can reach the nailbed. Once a week I remove the built up lacquer with nail polish remover (rubbing alcohol didn't work well). After removing the ... Show Full Comment

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Been using ciclopirox for 3 months now. The treatment regimen is high maintenance but it is working for me. Before I started the treatment, I filed the nails down on both big toes with a dremel. This thinned the nail substantially so the medicine can reach the nailbed. Once a week I remove the built up lacquer with nail polish remover (rubbing alcohol didn't work well). After removing the built-up lacquer I clip dead nail and skin from the nailbed. You definately have to work at this. Don't give up. Nail fungus is very difficult to treat and it takes work to eradicate it. A year is a long time to deal with this, but it will be worth it. I don't think this would work if I hadn't filed my nails down to the nailbed. I just don't think the medicine would get to where it needs to be.
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Reviewer: 55-64 Male on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Patient)

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My doctor told me it would take a while to work, and it did help somewhat for a while, but the fungus came back eventually. I'd had the fungus on my two big nails. The Penlac seemed to be working somewhat for a while. The right toe cleared up, not the left. I've stopped using the Penlac after one prescription renewal; thankfully it's covered by my work plan, but no sense using it an ... Show Full Comment

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My doctor told me it would take a while to work, and it did help somewhat for a while, but the fungus came back eventually. I'd had the fungus on my two big nails. The Penlac seemed to be working somewhat for a while. The right toe cleared up, not the left. I've stopped using the Penlac after one prescription renewal; thankfully it's covered by my work plan, but no sense using it any more if it's not working. I'll try the Vicks thing now on the left toenail.
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Reviewer: RatPackDan, 35-44 Male on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Patient)

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Did not work for me at all. Plus, tough to comply with given the fact that it required having to remove with nail polish remover every week. Ineffective and a waste of time. Would have rather paid more for something that actually worked.

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Did not work for me at all. Plus, tough to comply with given the fact that it required having to remove with nail polish remover every week. Ineffective and a waste of time. Would have rather paid more for something that actually worked.
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Reviewer: Female on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Patient)

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lost of time of money vicks vaporub was very effective

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lost of time of money vicks vaporub was very effective
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Reviewer: AnnieMartin, 19-24 Female on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)

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To those with struggling with the fungus, I am hear to tell you that this medication does work. I have had fungus on my left toenail ever since I could remember. I would never want to show my feet and I would always use my right foot to cover my left so that nobody could see the horror of my thick ass yellow toenail. It was so embarrassing!!! And then it began to worsen through the years because I ... Show Full Comment

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To those with struggling with the fungus, I am hear to tell you that this medication does work. I have had fungus on my left toenail ever since I could remember. I would never want to show my feet and I would always use my right foot to cover my left so that nobody could see the horror of my thick ass yellow toenail. It was so embarrassing!!! And then it began to worsen through the years because I didn't know you could spread the fungus using the same nail clippers on all nails. So, out of innocence, it spread to my right toenail then to some of the smaller nails. When the new year came I was so desperate to get rid od the rock on my foot and wanted to take the oral medication for fungal infection at the risk of harming my health. I was spectacle of the penlac because i used it before but not on a regular basis. But let me tell you it takes A LOT of patience. It will not go away in a month but will eventually, you just have to be persistent with the treatment. So I began to use the penlac daily applying it every night before i went to bed and at the end of every week i would take soak my nails in water mixed with salt to soften the nail as much as possible. Then i began to peel off as much softened dead and infected nail as i could without it being painful. I would remove the rest of the penlac using alcohol and repeat every week. Enventually about 5months after my nail was pretty much clear and was slowly growing out. I have noticed that the salty bath soaks did help to clear the fungus faster and to speed the nail growth as well. 7months later my nail is almost fully grown out thanks to beautiful penlac. I only used about 2 bottles and is not too bad considering the results. I am so happy, I can finally embrace my feet in public without feeling so selfconcious. I no longer have to put band aids over my toenail or have a horrible sock tan line from wearing shoes all the time. Thanks for reading my super long success story and I hope this helps! God bless you!
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