Question
I have been using vinegar. The nails on some of my toes are growing in at the base white. One nail was pinkish, now it is coming in from the cutical at the base white!

My two big toes are 100% effected, they are all white. I have NO area of separation, so I just put the vinegar under the nail and at the base twice daily.

I am worried that this white nail growing in at the base just means my nails are getting worse. Any opinions?

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If there is no apparent fungal infection and no nail plate separation from the nail bed, then why are you using the vinegar?

Vinegar (as well as alcohol, etc.) can wick the natural oils and moisture from the nail plate and can even remove the inner material that makes the new emerging nail plate plump and round. The nail plate cells will naturally loose this inner material and become flattened and hard as they grow forward from the matrix. Excess use of vinegar on a non-enfected nail can casue the nail plate to turn white. If you discontinue its use, the nails should return to normal.

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It is a fungal infection. There is just no seperation. The nail is stuck to the toe like a nail should be. They were growing in misshapen, they were thick and yellow, there was alot of debis on the side of the big toes. The debris has cleared up, the shape is much better but they are still very thick, they are just turning white. I was told it would take over a year to clear up and that all the "bad" nail had to grow off before it would clear up and that during that time if you stopped using the vinegar the fungal infection would return.

What should I do???

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True fungus is characterized by nail plate thickening, a yellowish discoloration, nail plate separation and apparent debris in the area of separation. If the nail plate is not separated from the nail bed, then I am suspecting something different than true fungus. Have you been diagnosed by your physician with fungus infection? If there is no more nail plate separation, then you may want to ask your doctor if the infection may still be 'live'.