Can you fight fungus with garlic? Did you know garlic is famous for its limitless benefits? Whether it’s helping you lower your cholesterol or giving you a quick boost to your immune system, garlic’s perks to keeping your body strong are truly endless. Garlic has powerful antimicrobial and antifungal properties. The Allicin found in garlic helps decrease yeast formations found in fungus.

How to use garlic to fight fungus

So you want to use the antifungal properties found in fungus but you don’t know how? No problem, you can use either a whole garlic, crushed garlic, oil or powder. All forms of garlic can be used for fighting nail fungus and are just as effective. If your fungus is at the early stages try placing garlic cloves at the front of your socks to help curb the infection. Crushed garlic can be applied directly to the nails and left on for about 30 minutes.

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Will you see the results?

Follow by a thorough wash and dry completely. If you’re using garlic powder to fight your fungus, you can apply it directly to the nails as well. If you’re using garlic oil you can apply it to the affected area a couple of times a day, try applying before bed so that your skin really has time to absorb the garlic and it’s nutrients. Continue doing any of these methods a couple of times a day for 2 -3 months. If no improvement is seen try increasing the amount applied.

Laser Treatment for Nail Fungus

If you have caught nail fungus as well, it can be easily treated using the FDA-approved PinPointe laser, which typically only takes on treatment. Topical solution and oral medication are not as effective as laser treatment. Topical solutions have a low success rate. This is because the solution does not penetrate all the way under the nail bed. Oral medication has a higher success rate but it can lead to liver toxicity. You would need constant blood tests throughout the medication process.

Our nail doctor in Manhattan, NY 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.