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You won't find instructions on how to use Vicks VapoRub on your toenail fungus on the back of the package, and that is because it is not what the makers of Vicks have intended it for. However, the April 2003 outcome of Phytotherapy Research states that the ingredients in Vicks--camphor, eucalyptus oil and menthol--when used together are constructive in controlling toenail mucus. If you wish to try Vicks equally a abode handling, be aware that it may be months before it effectively eradicates the mucus. If at whatsoever fourth dimension during treatment the fungus appears to exist getting worse, meet your dr..

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Trim the toenail that is affected with the smash fungus. Immediately after trimming, cleanse your nail clippers with hot soapy water, then rinse them with rubbing alcohol.

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Wash your foot, paying special attention to the smash. Dry information technology thoroughly with a towel.

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Scoop some Vicks out of the container with a spoon. Be sure to utilize a spoon because you exercise non want to utilize the Vicks to your infected toenail and and so stick your finger back into the Vicks. You volition utilise the Vicks on the spoon to utilize to your toenail.

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Apply the Vicks to your toenail. Be sure to completely encompass the nail, getting nether the nail and down into the cuticle. To effectively go the Vicks in the edges of, and under, the nail you tin apply a disposable orange stick or cotton swab.

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Rub the Vicks in thoroughly and cover the toe with a bandage or sock. This volition help the Vicks absorb, rather than rubbing off on sheets or effects.

Repeat this process twice daily, in the forenoon and evening. Exist patient--it may take up to five months before you lot run into progress.

Tip

Go on all of your toenails trimmed, dry and clean to prevent developing nail fungus.

Immediately wash all towels used on the afflicted human foot.

Warning

Run into your physician if your fungus appears to be getting worse instead of better or if yous experience pain, redness or swelling of the toe.

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Writer Bio

A certified nutritionist who majored in health, fitness and nutrition, Traci Vandermark has been writing articles in her specialty fields since 1998. Her manufactures have appeared both online and in print for publications such as Uncomplicated Abundance, "Catskill Country Mag," "Birds and Blooms," "Cappers" and "Country Discoveries."

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