Vinegar's Usefulness in Treating Toenail Fungus

It is an urban legend that vinegar, as a disinfectant, has the capability to kill toenail fungus. While this may seem obvious, it is not necessarily true. From a scientific standpoint, this can easily be proven.

Common Toe nail Fungus

The most common toenail fungus is known as onychomycosis, and is easily identified. When a person becomes infected, the area under the nail becomes filled with a yellow or brown substance. Although toenails are the most commonly affected areas, it is important to note that fingernails can become infected too.

Vinegar and Toe nail Fungus

If your toenail fungus is minor, (for example, you just noticed symptoms a day ago) there is a low chance that vinegar may work. However, this is extremely unlikely. In order for the vinegar to even reach under your nails, you have to soak for hours, over a month-long period of time. And even then, the vinegar will only treat the outer extremities of your condition. Try as you might, the fungus can and will come back.

This is because vinegar, at least commercially available vinegar, is a fairly weak acid. Those of us who keep a bottle around the house have probably noticed the label that says, "reduced to 5% acidity." This indicates that the vinegar has been weakened to the point where it is more than safe for human consumption. Unfortunately, this renders it a poor home remedy. While vinegar is indeed suitable for disinfecting a countertop (this means killing every unicellular organism on said countertop), it lacks the anti-microbial punch required to break down larger pieces of matter, such as a fungus (fungi are typically large collections of one unicellular organism).

The consumer should not rely on vinegar alone to treat serious fungal infections, and instead opt for one of many commercially available solutions.

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