ExcilorNail Fungus Treatment Pen, Anti-Fungal Nail Treatment to Repair, Restore, and Maintain Healthy Fingernails and Toenails

This stuff works. I have had a fungal nail infection in my little toe for a good few years now, to the point where the nail becomes brittle and splits down the centre, making it very painful. It also recurrently spreads to the surrounding skin giving me athlete's foot. I went to the doctor and he prescribed a nail lacquer that is painted on, and I had to do this for six months three times a week, spending ages filing the nail each time and sterilising everything with alcohol rubs. After all this faffing around, it didn't work, and the infection spread to the nail next to it (I can only imagine through the dust from the nail filings). Anyway, I gave up with that, and went to the local chemist to see what they had. I noticed this stuff. It acts by altering the acidity of the nail and the nailbed so the fungus does not have optimal growth conditions. It weakens the fungus and eventually destroys it. It is used twice a day and you simply use the pen to "colour in" your toenail on top and under the edge. Clip off the infected parts of the nail as they grow out. That's it. No filing, sterilising, breathing in toenail/fungus dust, etc. It takes 30 seconds to treat my two nails. I have been using it for four weeks, and the nails are improving greatly. I am still using my first pen, but have ordered another, since it is important not to miss a single treatment and to carry on for a few months afterwards to ensure the infection is clear.

PLEASE READ. I have used this exact product from Boots in the past (as have members of my family) and it worked a treat, for me it removed 80% of the infection over a period of 6 weeks... so I purchased this additional pen to finish off the job.However, this order arrived in a battered and clearly already opened package (it was actually slightly ripped at the boxes opening), when I took out the pen and tried to use it, the pen was TOTALLY DRY - the pen I bought from Boots previously was wet/damp and easily released a small amount of liquid to cover the surface area - having questioned my family members they have said that theres (purchased from Boots) was, of course, not dry either!It is useless if the pen is not emitting liquid!? The back of the pen said 02/2013........... and there was a slight scratch through the '3' - I tried to rub off more of the numbers and it came off very easily. I am suspicious that this is in fact past its best before date and that is why the product is dry, I also don't like the fact that the product looked like it had been roughly opened and the best before date half rubbed off.

Fungal infections are very difficult to get rid of because they reproduce at a racing speed under the right conditions. As an example think about how fast bread dough rises in a warm moist atmosphere. If the fungus is reproducing faster than a treatment kills it then you're not going to get rid of the infection easily.I used to be a chiropodist and I'm very aware of how slow a toenail regrows compared to a fingernail.Because of the speed of fungal reproduction, finger nails will take several months to recover. Toenails grow much more slowly so will take much longer than finger nails, especially if your circulation's not too good (you need circulation to grow the nail out). I believe that you need to see a treated nail grow out completely several times before you see an infection vanish completely.I received a prescribed systemic treatment from my doctor. It was supposed to be a 6 month treatment, but 12 months passed before I saw any change. My doc took me off the treatment because it was taking too long and might have a negative impact on my liver.So, I've been trying Excilor for 2-3 months on thumb and first finger, and my first pen is just about to finish. I can only just see a small response. It's too soon yet to make a damning or praising comment but response does seem to be positive and I've not seen any 100% positive reviews for any particular product yet by anyone from the Uk

I've been using the product for about one month and the best I can report is the nail seems to be less thick and a little lighter in colour. The new growth may be a little lighter again. Realistically, especially after reading other reviews, I did not expect a big change quickly as I have had one problem nail for years. I've been to the doctor who tested scrapings and everything came back clear. It's just a discoloured, somewhat brittle nail.I've never used any other product (mainly because they are so much more expensive) so I can't compare but Excilor is really easy to apply - just paint on twice a day - and totally painless.They quote about 500 applications in one "pen" (I think) so I've only used about 60 so I should have lots left. When it runs out, if there is a definite improvement but not fully cured, it is very likely that I would buy some more.