Ridding your home of nail fungus can be tricky. There are many places in your home where fungal spores are hiding out. They are lurking until such a time they can infect you and cause nail fungus.

Tips on how to get rid of nail fungus

Below are some ways in which you can try to rid your home of nail fungus. Also, increase your chances of protecting yourself and your family from nail fungus: 

  1. Clean your carpets: Fungal spores love to live in the dark pockets of your carpet. Especially thrive if they are ever moist for any reason. When you walk on your carpet, you may catch nail fungus from it. You should therefore routinely clean your carpet with a carpet cleaner. Also, you may benefit from having it deep-cleaned once in a while. 
  2. Use house slippers: When you wear your outdoor shoes in the house, you are dredging in a world of dirt and germs. This includes fungal spores which will ultimately cause nail fungus. However, if you walk totally barefoot you are exposing your feet to the stray fungal spore that may have somehow come into your home. The best course of action for hygiene, health, and preventing nail fungus is to have designated shoes or slippers to wear at home. 
  3. Disinfect devices: Computer screens, keyboard, and iPads collect a huge amount of germs, including possibly fungal spores that can cause nail fungus. You should regularly clean and disinfect these items, as well as TV remotes, which are also held by many sets of hands. 
  4. Disinfect Nail Clipper: You always want to disinfect nail clippers after using them. Especially if other people in the household using them as well. Also, if you use them on both your feet and hands the fungus can go from your toenails to your fingernails and vice versa.

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Laser Treatment for Nail Fungus

If you have caught nail fungus, it can be easily treated using the FDA-approved PinPointe laser, which typically only takes on treatment.

Our nail doctor in Philadelphia, PA recommends this treatment. The PinPointe Laser treatment has the highest cure rate in the market. It has no side effects and no recovery period. As a result, you can go about your daily activities right after the treatment. Also, it is not painful.

If you have any signs of nail fungus, call us at (800) 672-0625 or visit our website for more information on our doctors at one of our over 160 locations.