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As some of you may recall, I was trying to treat toenail fungus using White Distilled Vinegar for two years. This was at the advise of Raman who had visiting your website. He gave the advise from passing phone and e-mail conversations we had because we were in different countries. Each time the fungus would start to cure and clear the nail for about 1/3 or 1/2 the nail, the nail would get re-infected and I would start all over only to have it re-infected.
Then one day, we got together and Raman took a good look. Because the nail was so infected and so far out of the nail bed, Raman clipped the toe nail almost all the way back. What he found was a nail bed that had be calloused, discolored and was completely uneven for the upper 1/3. As much as 1/8" to 1/4" of additional discolored hard skin was there. It looked like to rocky mountains with plenty of places for fungus to grow and for moisture to fuel more fungus. Additionally, and separate to that he found there was something at the bottom corner to the right in the nail bed that literally looked like another nail growing smoothly out of the nail bed. For that he tapped it with a knife and probed it with a lot of things and we couldn't figure what it was. Raman then when onto the internet a looked up the shape and saw pictures of what real healthy nail beds should look like and he knew something about the nail bed was wrong.
Knowing something was wrong with the upper 1/3 of the nail bed and with nothing to lose, Raman then got sand paper wrapped it around a butter knife and began filing until after after 20 minutes all the hard skin was gone and the nail bed looked clean and pink and smooth. He then began filing away at what looked like a hard hard nail growing out of the lower corner of the nail bed and discovered it looked like a very hard callous. For that he used sandpaper and an exacto knife and got all of that. The nail bed was then completely clean.
Raman then put tea tree oil on the nail bed and then after more filing around the edges and corners put some bleach on the area. No problem. He then said, it was possible all the all what was probably dead and calloused skin that was infected was completely removed from the skin and what had been excavated and remained what a perfectly healthy nail bed that was not infected.
But since I had already had an infected nail, it was best to treat the nail at the base with the same vinegar treatment just to make sure. Additionally after taking off the toe nail, there already appeared to be a very thin nail growing under the infection nail that maybe the real nail a reason why may nail aways appeared to be lifting out of the nail bed.
Bottom line is the nail continued to grow and stayed for a long time almost welded to the nail bed. Eventually the nail reached the padded portion of the front of a pad of skin in front of the nail bed and was having a hard and long time getting over. At that time Dr Stoll said it all sounds normal. As time progressed for the last stage for my nail to grow out, it seemed like after a month the right side of the nail had grown out while the left said was either still welded to the nail bed or not able to get over the pad of skin. Again after Raman return and took a look and compared it to other healthy nails. He then got an exaco knife and cut away at a portion of the skin at the side of the nail and front to give the nail the normal space it needed to grow and makes sure it would not be in grown. Now the nail is again growing fast and by next weekend it should be the first time in many years I will be clipping a healthy nail.
I just wanted to let you know, your treatment definately works. To that I can testify, but to those where it may take longer, sometimes their can be complications that take longer to recognize and overcome. Some times it takes a friend or family member to take a close look after clipping back the nail all the way.
Raman has told me Dr.Stoll recommends I continue treatment for at least three more months and I will.
All I can tell you for the price and minimal amount of effort to do it, to me there is absolutely nothing that can beat it. You are talking to a person who had a lot of complications most don't have and it still worked.
While I don't know you all, or Dr Stoll, I just wanted to thank you all very much for your advise. When Raman buys your book, he will put in an order for me too.
Total cost of my treatment during this time, $4.00 for the Distilled White Vinegar and Q-tips.
If the Vinegar is not working, my suggestion is to cut back your nail, not all the way, but almost and make sure your nail bed is OK. It can't hurt.
Chow
In Reply to: Thank you Dr. Stoll-Toe Nail fungus success posted by Randy [120.4390] on December 31, 2007 at 13:56:31:
Randy, congratulations on your success and thanks for posting to encourage others. I've never had it myself but I realize it's a troubling condition, especially yours, so I hope others will read your testimonial.
In Reply to: Thank you Dr. Stoll-Toe Nail fungus success posted by Randy [120.4390] on December 31, 2007 at 13:56:31:
Thanks, Chow.
What a journey! Thanks for the testimonial about the value of persistance.
Walt
In Reply to: Thank you Dr. Stoll-Toe Nail fungus success posted by Randy [120.4390] on December 31, 2007 at 13:56:31:
Wow, Chow.
Your story is very inspirational. It's great to hear how you helped your own health through persistence and creativity! Congratulations!
Best wishes,
Jan
In Reply to: Thank you Dr. Stoll-Toe Nail fungus success posted by Randy [120.4390] on December 31, 2007 at 13:56:31:
I have been traveling the same journey Randy has now for the last year and a half. I started vinegar 19 months ago and the color of my nails has changed to a reddish color signaling that something was happening, then the yellowish color would always return and the nail and bed appeared as infected as always. This has happened about 3 times since I started this treatment.
I recently have done basically the same thing as you Randy, I got out the Dremel tool and sanded my nails back to near the cuticle and sanded off a hard callused skin under the nail bed. It truly amazed at the amount of debris under the nail and hidden in the nail folds. I was also amazed at the voracity of the fungus. The first time I sanded off the nail bed, I was pretty careful. After a couple of days with no treatment I could actually see the gunk growing again. So I sanded the area again more aggressively, and found even more gunk hiding in the nail folds. This stuff has done a lot of damage to my nail bed and is feeding off the calluses as well as the nail. I am using a treatment of Oil of Oregano as well as the Vinegar. The gunk doesn't seem to be growing any more, now I am waiting for the nail to grow out again. This is nasty stuff, very aggressive.
In Reply to: Re: Thank you Dr. Stoll-Toe Nail fungus success posted by JJ [2854.4381] on January 01, 2008 at 10:29:07:
Thank you all for your comments, but in true honesty, all I did was follow what Raman told me to do based on his previous interaction with this website. He is also very intelligent with a lot of technical and common sense and know how. I just followed his direction and put Vinegar in my nails-that's it-That is not hard at all. It was Raman that thought through and made the decisions like removing the nail and was he who spent a lot of time sanding and cleaning all the calouses up and out.
The point I was trying to make is, it is absolutely clear the Vinegar treatment work-of that there should be no doubt. But because of unknown complications, like mine, the vinegar may have no ability to penetrate. Does fungus create callouses in some way? Maybe, but probably not. One thing for sure is that nail bed better be cleaned out. If it is, the nail will grow flat as it should.
Before I came here, I never heard of Dr Stoll. Raman directed me here. Raman also has many friends who are doctors who are absolutely frustrated with the FDA and Medical boards and he is telling them about this website and this particular treatment and they are suggesting this website as is Raman and I.
My post was not intended to be inspirational, if people don't care about their health, heck there is nothing we can do. The intention of my post was to give praise to Dr. Stoll and those whose lives (like mine) he's positively, directly or indirectly, touched and helped. It is his persistance in standing up for what he believes in in moving and improving his knowledge base that benefits humanity in getting the truth out there to prevent potential health problems.
One man can make a difference in so many peoples lives. In addition to this, I'm getting off my butt and making sure I exercise as a result of reading this website.
The internet age is a wonderful vehicle in giving well meaning people a vehicle and a voice. I don't think enough people truly understand the value of what Dr. Stoll has done, sacrificed and stived to communicate to help others.
I am in Special Forces and have risked my life so people like Dr. Stoll can try to help and make this world a better place for all to live. It is wonderful to see people like him try their best in doing what they can and know best to take advantage of that to try to make the world a better place and expose all the myths put into our system by special interests.
I was my hope my information would merely help contribute to the knowledge base and move up the treating some of the exceptions to this up a few notches. I'm happy to be living in the same time as he.
For what it's worth, he has my praise and support
Thank you Dr. Stoll.
In Reply to: Re: Thank you Dr. Stoll-Toe Nail fungus success posted by Randy [120.4390] on January 01, 2008 at 15:31:06:
Thanks, Randy, for sharing.
Your note helps me continue the effort.
Walt
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