Please share as my son is in need of some help with his athletes foot.What works?

I have heard...if you soak their feet in vinegar and also have heard soaking them in green tea.... never have had to do it ... i believe I saw that on the Doctor's... gl

Try soaking them in Listerene (or store brand) original...not the blue or green...WORKED wonders on my teenage son's smelly feet. Also put baking soda and newspaper in shoes for 24 hours to dry/absorb moisture.

Because Athelete's Foot is a fungus, keeping the feet dry and clean is a must. He will need a fungal cream to help get rid of what is there for now. Wearing white socks is a huge help, too, in the healing and soothing process. When feet are wet, they are prime for fungal growth. Scratching spreads and irritates the affected areas. I know that Walmart carries a tolfinate cream that is as good as the name brand to save some money. Hope this helps.

a dr's appointment is how you deal with athlete's foot- there are lots of over the counter products out there that will treat the symptoms but if you want to actually get rid of it go to the dr and get medication that makes it go away.

Ditto ... the Dr!
along with clean dry footwear and socks .... and change them up daily, and sometimes more than once a day.

When in public areas (ie gyms) don't put your bare feet on the floor ... take flip flops to wear and use them even in the shower.

And here's an important tip a friend gave me.

If you have atletes foot, make sure you have socks on before putting your underwear on. Otherwise, raking the clean underwear over the infected area will move the infection upwards and might be the cause for jock itch.

Tea tree oil or grapefruit seed extract work well. Also, be sure to disinfect shoes and socks, also. Wash socks in HOT water.

Go to the doctor and find out the cause. My son's chronic athlete's foot was caused by an overgrowth of yeast in his system. It also causes thrush and some other skin issues. After switching to a mostly organic diet and probiotics, he hasn't had any issues in a few years.

First wash tennis shoes and let sit outside in hot sun for a day, then just really use the Gold Bond Foot Powder or one of the spray on over the counter athletic foot sprays with antibactrial stuff in them...if it keeps getting worse may have to get a RX from the dr. usually it clears up for our guys....and have them wear shower shoes in gym etc.

I kill everything with MMS. It has been used to kill mold in New Orleans houses that were underwater, in drinking water, even to cleansing blood before transfusions, lots of other things it kills. It's even taken internally, which I do. Also put it on cutting boards when I'm cutting meats and chicken and veggies, cleanses it between different foods.

Another way to sterilize cutting boards and maybe even feet, is to spray them with vinegar, wipe, then spray with peroxide.

But like others have said, white socks, DRY feet..and lots of soap. Unfortunately with new hormones working teen boys get sweaty feet a lot. Wearing flip flops in summer might help air out the feet.

Interesting post. I have chronic athlete's foot and it requires a lot of attention on my part. Someone mentioned dietary changes, very interesting, b/c I get it much less than I used to since we started eating only healthy foods with only an occasional treat.
I guess I can say now that I'm no longer chronic! :)
I think going to the doctor is an option but I didn't have to.
Just by using the products in the store religiously that kill fungus I've been fine when I do have break-outs.

I don't know if it works for Athletes foot but its a fungus so it mite!
I use to have heels that cracked and bled hurt!!! my fingers did this too! it was a type of fungus. Found out that plain old 'Vicks vapor rub' will cure it!!!!!! BUT you have to be Diligent!!!! for a long time. I put it on at night thick then socks, only after did I realize my fingers were better too. its never come back and thats been 2yrs. 8-) PS you can get the dollar store stuff it works fine!!

Use the Vaginal creams for women. It really works !!! And that remedy a doctor told me when my Teenage boys got this. It's cheep and always handy around the house.

Use the Vaginal creams for women. It really works !!! And that remedy a doctor told me when my Teenage boys got this. It's cheep and always handy around the house.Apply at night with white cotton socks while they'll sleep.

My son's feet were so bad, I took and added alittle bleach, (this will burn raw feet so add just a little the first time) then slowly add more till he can stand it this will stop the iching. and put him in white cotton socks. Soak everyday and it will kill all his problems. You will also have to bleach the tub and shower and if he uses public showers get him a pair of flip- flops or he will keep getting it when you stop the bleach baths. my sons quit.

This is not a recommendation but a history of my husband.

Before I met him he broke his leg in such a way that it required Titanium rods, bolts - etc. His body rejected it - and expressed it in his foot in a type of fungi similar to athletes foot. He tried all the remedies prescribed by the doctors. Nothing worked.

For some reason HE decided to use bleach. He soaked his foot in a diluted solution and let it air dry, and he poured bleach in his shoes (tennies) and let them air dry. One treatment was all it took. Fungi gone. Every now and then it returned and he'd repeat his bleach "therapy" once and be good for months or even a year.

I use Vicks for athlete's foot. I noticed also that a 'plantars' wart' - one of those ingrown things - had started to grow on the bottom of my foot and when I started using Vicks/white socks on my feet, that thing went away, too. I also 'grease up my feet' when I have a cold and put whatever kind of stocking I want on. It works - my feet don't cough either. . . .

You're correct, that's what I use to control it on my left foot/toe. Funny that it grows only on my piggy toe.
Dr. did prescribe Lamisil years ago, but it comes back to that toe only.

Especially in the winter when your skin gets really dry and cracking this soothes the irritated area.

Good tips, will have to try out some of these remedies or foot bath for that piggy toe.

This is the "cure" i have used and still use. My husband still uses this. This past week he did purchase "Lotrimin" to spray on his feet for the itching, and it seems to be working this last time and I've finally got him to wear White socks over his feet to help.

Thanks everyone for your helpful suggestions and for sharing what has worked for you.

One question I've forgotten to ask anyone, is that I've wondered if folks with athletes foot also has some form of yeast overgrowth.

So that would probably mean Nystatin, which I took a long time ago to kill off a lot of yeast.

Anyone had experiences with yeast and then noticed if their athletes foot went away?

Do you think it is another form of Candida Albicans?

Absorbine Jr

I got this from the YMCA and my wonderful doctor prescribed clorox foot baths. Dilute the Clorox and soak for about a minute on both feet. I did it in the shower while bathing. Worked like a charm!

exactly, if you don't, under the nails..will get infected, and harder to get rid of. they (the nails) will thicken...

plus the other things mentioned. white socks,dry feet..wearing shower shoes.

Any broad spectrum anti - fungal cream. Don't share towels, change socks often and keep feet dry.

Tea Tree Oil is one of the natural remedies for athlete's foot.

My husband had Jungle Rot they called it from Viet Nam. His feet smelled so bad, you couldn't stand next to him............Well we went to a foot dr about 35 years ago and they told him to brush CLOSE UP TOOTHPASTE ( rinse off) ON his feet every nite, I can't remember how long it took, maybe 2 weeks, but he has never had the smell again............Thanks God :thumbup:

Tea tree oil ... or keep a slice of fresh garlic in each shoe everyday. Both stink, in different ways, but they work!

water and bleach. worked for my husbandyears ago.

I just saw on tv somewhere that for athletes foot make a solution of warm water and salt and that the saline water is incompatiple with the fungus. I think it was about a 1/2 cup of salt to a gallon of water and soak for 10 minutes dily.

I'm prone to that myself.
Here's what I do.
White all cotton socks,( the higher count cotton the better) Bleached each wash.

don't wear the same shoes every day.
Antibacterial soap every day, dry feet & toes thoroughly.
antifungal spray .
Not to be gross... but I've heard that Uric Acid helps kill the bacteria. I don't urinate in the shower so, can't vouch for this personally.

It's a fungus, keep feet very dry, throw old socks away, put shoes in very hot sunshine, go to a doctor to get a very good fungus remedy.

spray your feet with right guard

my husband had the same problem as did his brother i had them to soak there feet in apple cider vinger about 2 to 3 times a week untill it was gone they are now free.of it.

Going to the Dr. first may be the best option. My son has chronic problems too, but in the beginning I made it worse by using over the counter products for athletes foot - it seems my son is allergic to one of the common ingredients in these creams and actually made the rash blister as if his foot was burned. He is also allergic to the tea tree oils and my dermatologist told me that we should stay away from these products. Unfortunately, my poor son has inherited my very sensitive skin. Good luck.

This really does work and is so much cheaper than the stuff made specifically for athlete's foot.

Go to the ocean and wade in the surf.

Just a note - the athlete's foot cream is a 1% solution of miconazole. It costs about $12 for a 1 ounce tube. The vaginal cream for yeast infections is a 1% solution of miconazole. It costs about $12 for about eight times as much cream.

That said, if I have any problems with athlete's foot, I buy a tube of the vaginal cream and use it.

I've also been told that cinnamon powder is a great antifungal and you can use it in your socks.

Great topic!

This is what I had my nephew do, vinegar one.