I’m currently experimenting with Tea Tree oil for thick horrid toenails, probably fungus but doesn’t have all the hallmarks. I applyy with a Q tip twice a day after showering. Hard to tell if it is helping as you can’t see until the new nail starts to show in the nail bed. I think I see a tiny bit of normal looking new nail but I will report back.
I hope to get back to this thread soon as it is so interesting!
Thanks, LJ, for your contribution. I'm glad to see you here again. I hope everything's OK back at the ranch.
My MIL and disabled BIL live with us in a guest house. The BIL had terrible toenail fungus for years before he joined us. A couple of weeks ago I took him to a podiatrist, who didn't have any good suggestions, just gave him a pedicure. The conventional medical treatments for toenail fungus are dicey and terrible for the liver.
About 10 days ago I started him on Thieves oil blend (clove, lemon, cinnamon, eucalyptus, and rosemary). Within days it was clear the oil was doing something and by now BIL says that the oil treatment has made a tremendous difference. (I didn't know that he was actually suffering discomfort from the toenail fungus.) People at oil-testimonials.com say that the entire toenail may drop off before growing a new one clean of fungus.
Seeing the progress with my BIL, my MIL confided that she too had toenail fungus (and blamed it on sharing clippers with the BIL). I applied the same treatment -- basically a drop for each big toenail -- and within a day it was clear something was going on.
The complete treatment is supposed to take a month, so I'll report back. Meanwhile, my armpit skin tag experiment, with oregano oil neat, is having positive but not perfect results. The biggest skin tag has turned black (grossing out my wife) and is about to drop off. Several of the others are progressing in the same direction, but haven't turned black yet. A couple of the smallest ones seem unaffected by the oil. I guess they don't have enough surface area vs. blood circulation to be sufficiently affected by the oil.
The experiment started slowly. Originally I was using a toothpick to apply the oil, but the toothpick didn't seem to carry enough oil. I switched to a small phillips screwdriver, which holds oil within grooves at the tip. With this I was able to get enough oil on the skin tags to matter.