A year after treating athlete's foot, the treatment process and differences before and after toenail fungus treatment.

This is a review of my treatment for athlete's foot after not giving up for a long time, one year.

My toenails are still not 100% clear, but they were unusually thick and dull and are getting better.

I'm going to share with you my treatment process over the past year, as the treatment has shown clear results compared to when I first started treatment.

 

 

Photo of condition before starting athlete's foot treatment

My toenail fungus was especially bad on my thumb.

I had a bit of athlete's foot on my other toes too, but it got better quickly after taking medicine. My big toenail was especially bad because it had a thick toenail.
The reason my toenails look white is because I applied ointment. (The black thing on the left is a bruise from a bump.)

 

First, I went to a dermatologist for athlete's foot treatment, and after a consultation, I decided to take anti-fungal medication.
Since athlete's foot medicine is toxic, when I was examined, the doctor asked if I was taking any other medication or if there was anything special about my liver function. Since there were no major problems, I decided to take the medicine.
I was told that I would have to take the medication for at least 6 months to a year, and I was also prescribed an ointment to apply.

The next visit was a month later, and I went to the hospital once a month to get medicine.
I took the athlete's foot medication consistently for four months, but there was no improvement in the beginning.

 

4 months after taking athlete's foot medication

As far as I remember, the first two months were almost the same as the photo above.
It started to get better after about 3 or 4 months.
There were no side effects from the athlete's foot medication, but I felt like it was progressing too slowly.

I heard that athlete's foot medicine is really toxic, so I was worried that I would have to take it for a year and a half to two years at this rate.

I was worried about whether I should go to another hospital and change my medication, but I decided to go one more time and went to a dermatologist.

 

But in the meantime, the director of the dermatology clinic changed, and it became almost a different dermatology clinic, only the name remained the same.
The new director suddenly said to stop using medication for athlete's foot.
Even for healthy people, athlete's foot medicine is so toxic that it is not good to take it for a long time.

I was just starting to feel better, but I was confused as to whether I could suddenly stop taking the medication, so I was prescribed only topical medication that day without taking any oral medication.

 

It's a liquid medication called Jublia that was prescribed at the hospital.

I applied this medicine every single day without fail.

 

Athlete's foot fungus disappears very slowly, so the healing process is very slow.

It took me longer because my bruised toenails fell off and had to grow back again.

And fortunately, even though I suddenly stopped taking the medicine, there were no side effects or the athlete's foot didn't get any worse.

I used to have severe insomnia, but the athlete's foot medicine was really toxic, so after I stopped taking it, I started sleeping a little longer than before.

 

About 6 months after starting treatment for athlete's foot

 

It progressed slowly like this.

I've been taking photos of my feet often, and the first photos that allow me to visually see the difference before and after are about six months old. It's only then that my toenails start to develop into something resembling real toenails.

 

After that, a thick nail grew up on the left side and it took a really long time for it to fall off.

The dermatologist said that I don't need to take medicine because it's gradually improving.

Since I only applied ointment without any medicine, the process was a bit slow.

I've been taking cold medicine and herbal medicine for a long time now, so I was reluctant to take athlete's foot medicine again, so I just diligently applied ointment. So now I don't take pictures as often.

 

It's been a year, or 13 months to be exact, since I started treating athlete's foot!

It took a long time, but I've really improved a lot.
Still, I'm not completely cured. If I had continued taking the medication, I might have gotten better sooner...
I think it will become a normal nail in one or two or three months.

 

This is how athlete's foot was treated after a year~

At the hospital, they said that it takes more than a year for a fungal toenail to fall off and a new toenail to grow in, and it was true.

Athlete's foot requires a tremendous amount of persistence and patience to treat.
If you are suffering from athlete's foot, never give up and treat it long-term for more than a year!