White Vinegar and Listerine for Toe Nail Fungus

I have had toe nail infections for a long time.  Both the Navy docs and civilian medical "practitioners" have prescribed strong anti-fungals.  The drawbacks to these pills were two-fold:  They are incredibly toxic to our livers and in my case could not kill all the fungus (fungi?) dead enough not to come back when I stopped the pills.

So after years of just having ugly toe nails and getting closer and closer to losing them from the infection, I decided to give the internet home remedy of white vinegar and Listerine a try.  Starting on July 29th, I mixed a 50/50 mix of generic white vinegar but Listerine brand mouthwash and began soaking my left foot and applying a wet paper towel to my right foot little toe.  That one nail is the only truly infected nail on that foot, but after a month I decided to put both feet in the tub I use to soak my piggies.  I have soaked them on average every two days for 20-30 minutes.  I haven't used some of the other home remedies like Vick's Vapo rub at night.  I am happy to report that all the nails are improving.  A healthy pink color has returned to some lightly yellowed areas, the infected/dead nail is growing out, and the worst nails seem to be re-attaching to the toe.  The worst nails have some streaks still present to the cuticles.  This is an improvement though-as these nails were almost completely "dead" when I started.

Some posts talk about throwing out the mix every time you soak, but I keep mine sealed in an old vinegar bottle and use it for about two weeks, adding some vinegar or Listerine as needed.  I bought some store brand anti-septic mouthwash for this month and will see if the results change.  While Listerine isn't terribly expensive if I can save a few bucks and still treat my nails, why not?  My recommendation to those considering using white vinegar and Listerine for toe nail infections is GO FOR IT!  While not a very fast method, it has almost no negative side affects and is working well for me.

Just a quick post to say I'm alive

Haven't posted much in quite awhile or really worked out.  Need to get back into the gym, enough rest for some injuries.

Been doing some yoga, light cals and stretching.

Just wanted to post a quick note for my few readers, the search engines, SEO crawlers etc.

Taking a break-from blogging, not working out

I'm going to be traveling extensively and accomplishing many goals these next few months, so blogging is one of the things I'm going to limit.  I appreciate the few readers I have and look forward to starting back up in 3-6 months time.