Toenail Fungus Treatment: Before and After Pictures

Today's post will cover my own personal journey "curing" toenail fungus. I'll show my own before and after pics and go over the treatments I used.

Starting Point

Here are the beginning images:

Those are just my big toes, obviously. I had the fungus on all my toes to varying degrees. Those pics are also available in another post on this site.

Growing increasingly embarrassed over my toenails, I looked for some solutions. I chose thyme oil, and for the time being, it was my only treatment. I used it twice per day. For each foot, I applied Thyme Oil from a cotton pad. 3 drops covered all the nails of one foot.

About 2 weeks later...

I noticed the thyme oil was improving the look of each nail. However, I wanted to quicken the results. I decided to also use a more intensive approach. I decided to use filing boards for nails, as found in many drugstores.

Below are the pics I took right before getting to work on my feet. For detailed instructions on this treatment, click here.

And about 30 minutes later:

What a difference! You can see some of the nail shavings in the background. I used sanding sticks and really worked hard to smooth everything down.

The nail also smoothed more in the coming days, and I used very fine sanders also. The thyme increases nail shininess, so the abraded areas were even less noticeable. Overall, I was elated (and surprised) at how much better my feet looked.

And about two weeks after that...

I kept using the thyme oil, every day. Toenail fungus can definitely come back, if you aren't careful. The fungi spores are very strong.

Here is a more recent picture of how well my nails have improved recently:

Now that the nail is treated, I just need to maintain, mostly. Thyme, frequently cleaning of gunk from under nail (sock lint, etc). And yes, I should probably get to waxing my toes some time :)

So I hope some of this helped you! Curing toenail fungus is not expensive at all, and can be done very quickly. Make a habit of taking better care of your feet, and you will be rewarded.