TOENAIL FUNGUS LASER TREATMENT
posted: Sep. 21, 2012.
LASER TREATMENT OF NAIL FUNGUS (ONYCHOMYCOSIS) BY THE YAG LASER SO FAR IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE TREATMENT WITH THE LEAST SIDE EFFECTS. TOPICAL ANTIFUNGAL MEDICATIONS ARE WIDELY USED BUT ARE THE LEAST EFFECTIVE. ORAL ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS ARE EFFECTIVE IN MANY CASES BUT CARRY THE SIDE EFFECT OF LIVER AND KIDNEY DAMAGE.
THE MAIN ADVANTAGE OF LASER THERAPY IS ITS BACTERICIDAL EFFECT. LASER LIGHT CAUSES LOCAL HYPERTHERMIA, DESTRUCTION OF PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISMS, AND STIMULATION OF THE REPARATIVE PROCESS. THE REDUCTION OF NAIL BED HYPERKAERATOSIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ACHEIVE OPTIMAL RESULTS. THE PROCEDURE IS SIMPLE AND QUICK WITH NO NOTICEABLE SIDE EFFECTS OR COMPLICATIONS.
BROUGHT TO YOU BY DR. HARDY AND MARZ HARDY, D.Ch., B.Sc., PODIATRIC MEDICINE, TORONTO FOOT SPECIALIST AND TORONTO CHIROPODIST AN THE TEAM FROM ACADEMY FOOT AND ORTHOTICS CLINIC.