Thick toenails can be less than aesthetically pleasing to the eye and can be quite painful at times. Fortunately remedies and prevention methods exist.
Think toenails are commonly associated with a toenail fungus. Often symptoms besides a thickening of the toenail may occur such as nail discoloration, fogging, chipping, or cracking. In rarer cases thick toenails may be caused by skin diseases. Nail injuries can also result in deformation of the nail and thickening. Toenail thickening can also be caused by wearing tight fitting shoes.
Filing the nail away can help to relieve any pain you may have in the nail or may make the nail look more aesthetically appeasing. Filing can also help in treating toenail fungus because it allows for more direct absorption so the treatment reaches inside the nail effectively eliminating any fungus.
The best treatment for toenail fungus is probably one that does not require prescription drugs. People often think of this as the easy way out but it is quite costly. These prescriptions can cause severe side effects and put toxins into the body which in some cases lead to liver failure.
Fortunately there are better ways to treat toenail fungus and thickness. I started treating my nails by simply filing them down after a warm shower. Be careful not to file your nails too low. Just take of a very thin layer of the nail. After filing, I bathed my feet in regular fermented beer for 30 minutes a treatment. I usually treated my nails like this twice day. After soaking my nails I then applied a natural topical treatment.
I began seeing improvements in the overall color and health of the nails within a few weeks. With a little bit of persistence and dedication to treating your nails you should start to see results.