MD Podiatrist Discusses Onychomycosis

“The most common (nail) issue is onychomycosis,” says Dan Michaels, DPM. “This is typically the same fungus that causes athlete’s foot. It’s very transmittable and very easy to pick up walking around barefoot, where other people have either a nail fungus or an athlete’s foot infection.”
 
According to Dr. Michaels, the best types of treatments for this are prescription topical medications, oral medications, and laser therapy. “Laser therapy is a cold laser which actually penetrates through the nail and kills the fungus from within the nail and the fungus that lives within the nail bed itself,” says Dr. Michaels.