Nail Fungus

Onychomycosis, or nail fungus, is an infection of the toenail in which the nail changes color, thickness and quality. In addition of causing an unhealthy appearance, it can cause pain and difficulty walking. 

Laser treatment for nail fungus is safe, quick and highly effective. Most patients are able to be clear of their infection with only one or two treatments. Laser procedures for nail fungus are proven to be a much safer and effective method as compared to oral medications or topical creams. One of the key aspects of eradicating nail fungus is to achieve penetration of the laser energy into the nail bed. This area needs significant heating to ensure the fungal material is destroyed, which requires a deep-heating and powerful laser. The Aerolase Neo Elite offers patients the ideal laser for such treatment. After the treatment, patients are able to resume their daily activities as normal. 

Results are not immediate, as it takes anywhere from 3-12 months for the new, non-infected nail to grow. It is recommended that patients follow this preventive care regiment to avoid reinfection: 

1. Apply an antifungal cream for 2 weeks following the procedure; 

2. Always spray inside the shoes at the end of the day with an antifungal spray and avoid wearing the shoes for 2 days or use Steri-Shoe ultraviolet shoe sanitizers; 

3. After 2 weeks, spray the feet or fingers with anti-fungal spray on an ongoing basis; 

4. Change the sheets the 1st night after each treatment; 

5. Cleanse the floor of the shower before next use with a cleanser that includes bleach; 

6. Cleanse all nail instruments with bleach before using them again; 

7. Throw out any nail polish previously used on the nails; 

8. Exercise caution in public areas like hotel rooms and public showers.

 Clinical research has shown that the Neo laser is capable of effectively superheating the skin tissue beneath finger and toe nails, causing the coagulation of the soft tissue that is contaminated with fungal material. This can result in a significant cosmetic enhancement for patients in as little as a 1-3 treatments.

✔️Deep Heating Power

✔️Quick 10 minute procedure

✔️Highly effective even for the most problematic nails

 In order to superheat and coagulate the soft tissue beneath a finger or toe nail and particularly to reach the depth of the nail matrix, it is necessary to use a powerful, deep-heating laser modality within a tolerable pulse duration.

Aerolase offers the unique combination with its Neo laser, which delivers laser energy at the 1064nm wavelength and at optimum sub-millisecond pulse duration. This type of laser is capable of penetrating through the nail and into the nail matrix, heating the tissue in the nail bed to maximize coagulation of soft tissue contaminated with fungus.

The presence of pigment and water in such soft tissue structures, as well as hemoglobin in the vasculature supporting the nail bed, collectively represent the common chromophores that absorb 1064nm laser energy as part of the process of coagulating and destroying the targeted tissue structures.

The treatment of nails with Neo Elite is fast and convenient – it takes approximately 5 to 15 seconds to cover a single nail with laser pulses.