I often get a manicure and/or pedicure in a nail salon. How can I prevent fungal infections in my finger and toenails?

We recommend that you bring your own clean instruments (including emery boards or nail files) to a nail salon and ensure that they are used by manicurists for you alone and not shared with any other person. It is best if the instruments are sterilized between uses at home and not at the salon in common containers. If you cannot use your own instruments, you should ensure that the salon sterilizes its instruments between uses, and you should always ensure that items other than instruments used during a manicure or pedicure such as sponges, nail brushes, pumice stones, bowls or dishes in which you soak your nails, foot sinks and towels are cleaned properly between uses. To prevent or treat fungal nail infections, you can use Tripod Labs Nailstat nail polish as a clear polish alone or under any colored nail polish as a base coat. ... more