The PinPointe Footlaser: A Safer Nail Fungal Treatment
Orange County doctors are increasingly cautioning patients looking for a nail fungal treatment away from traditional treatments, such as oral medication and topical ointments. Sometimes erroneously touted as nail fungus cures, oral and topical toenail fungus treatments, such as Lamisil, carry a number of side effects and risks that make them unsuitable for treating mere aesthetic issues.
Terbinafine (the generic name for Lamisil) has the highest success rate when taken orally, but it carries a number of toxicity issues, as terbinafine can affect your liver, senses of taste, gastrointestinal system and central nervous system. Most doctors prescribing oral nail fungal treatments ask patients to come in for regular blood tests, to ensure that the medication isn’t affecting vital body functions. Because of these issues, Lamisil is more often prescribed as a topical cream or ointment. This is much safer, but has limited effectiveness, since it cannot penetrate beneath the nail or into the root of the nail.
Because of the inherent limitations of medicinal treatments, Orange County toenail fungal treatment doctors are now offering the PinPointe Footlaser as a safer, more effective solution. Laser toenail fungus removal works by selectively targeting the fungus cells beneath the nail without affecting the surrounding tissue or introducing biodistribution issues. This highly targeted treatment breaks down fungal cells at their source and is administered in a single treatment. There’s no surgery, no anesthesia and no medication required—the procedure is painless and non-intrusive. Once the toenail fungus is killed, a healthy nail will grow back naturally in its place.
If you’re looking for a convenient, effective and non-toxic way to treat toenail fungus, contact one of our centers and ask about laser nail fungal treatment.
Orange County, Santa Monica, Torrance, Los Angeles, Irvine, Agoura Hills, Upland and Laguna Niguel offices are taking toenail fungus patients now—contact an office near you for more information.
