Grab the sandals — an experimental liquid might kill nail fungus, not just slow it down.
By Regina Nuzzo
Special to The Times
Los Angeles Times — Health Section
August 14, 2006
WHEN fungus invaded her toenails 10 years ago, Ruth Carsch of San Francisco didn’t care too much at first. Her nails became “thick and fat and yellow,” says the 61-year-old information specialist, but she could always hide that behind colorful nail polish.
What she really minded, she says, was how the nail plates grew so thick from the infection that they squashed the toes beneath. “My toes are much fatter than they used to be. My feet are wider,” Carsch says. “It seems to have deformed my toes.”
