If you’re a toenail fungus sufferer who has been scared off by expensive drug treatments, not to mention the danger of side effects from those drugs, you’re in good company. Millions of people just like you suffer from the same condition–one known as onychomycosis, or for the rest of us, nail fungus.

How do you know if your nails are infected? A good way to start is by looking at their appearance. Are they yellow in color, separated from the underlying nail bed, or are they a bit crumbled or cracking along the edges? If this is true in your case, you’ll certainly want to consult with your family physician or other health care professional. Most physicians, not surprisingly, will recommend a drug-based treatment. But before you go with those, consider that you have options of the non-drug variety, as well. These are typically referred to as “natural” remedies, since they rely on non-manufactured ingredients.

Can you place any value on these non-medical remedies that nail fungus suffers have relied upon all over the world? Absolutely.

Thousands of people are ridding themselves of onychomycosis every year. Keep in mind that this condition is one that requires months to recover some–governed by the fact that nails grow at a relatively slow pace. However, if you can follow a simple daily routine, we’ve found, you maybe able to eliminate your condition by other than medical means.

Do these home remedies work for everyone infected with nail fungus? No—rarely does any single natural remedy work universally. Some, however, may be more effective than others. Possibly even as effective as relatively high cost drug treatments, though we haven’t been able to identify independent studies that could verify this. Feedback from people who have tried different natural treatments is often positive, especially on the following.

Treatment No. 1: Vinegar—King of the Home Remedies
There are any number of popular home remedies for toenail fungus, including tea tree oil, Vicks Vapor Rub, Listerine and more. But the one that seems to work most reliably is plain ole vinegar. Yes, vinegar. It’s been used for everything from cooking to cleaning, but many are using it to treat their toenail fungus, too.

Vinegar has been shown to be especially effective in killing toenail fungus, according to many sources. As soon as the vinegar touches the fungus spores, they start dying. . Unlike drugs that can cost you hundreds of dollars (rarely covered by your health insurance policy), you can pick up a year’s worth of common vinegar for less than $5 at your local grocery store.

But that’s only part of the story. You’ll also want to know how to apply this treatment, as well as critical steps you must take to prevent the fungus from returning. Many people have attempted to use vinegar, only to see it fail completely as a cure. In fact, some report that previously uninfected nails became infected and were soon looking as bad as the one or two originally infected nails.

The good news is you can prevent this from happening by applying the vinegar properly and for the right length of time.

Others have tried vinegar a few days or weeks, then have stopped the treatment when they saw no results. Don’t be so quick to give up. It took time for the infection to develop and it’ll take time to get rid of it. Most proponents of the vinegar treatment agree that you need to stay with the applications for at least 3 or 4 months before you see improvement, while others reported seeing a healthier appearance to the infected nails in as few as 4 weeks. Considering that it takes toenails a full year to grow out, it makes sense that any treatment will take at least that long for a complete cure.

The top-selling ebook describing the vinegar treatment (and a second treatment that was also found to work) as well as the conditions that may have caused you to get the infection in the first place is “Nail That Fungus Forever,” available at http://www.how-to-stop-nail-fungus.com.

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