Is athlete's foot ever cured?

My feet got rough recently & the skin started peeling, so I thought it was athlete's foot. I used OTC Tinactin & it worked great the first two days - huge improvement, but now it seems like my feet are still a little rough & have stayed that way. A lot better than before, but not as soft as they were before I had this problem. Is athlete's foot ever cured or do I have to live with slightly rough feet for the rest of my life? Do I really need to keep using the cream for 4 weeks even though there's no more improvement?

Athlete's foot has a smell...you can also keep getting reinfected from locker room floors that are not properly cleaned, same for shower stall facilities and some gym equipment.

You must wash your socks in very hot water and use clorox if possible. Sneakers the same, spray them with foot spray or use powder you can find at the drug store to help minimize reinfection.

Lamisil may work better for you, no Rx needed for this.

In Indonesia people who cannot afford the above claim good results from soaking feet in water that has been used to boil cinnamon sticks for a long time. Stains your feet a bit, makes them smell nice, yes? But they often go barefoot there, may help the cure, sunlight and all.

When all else fails, see the doc.

Yes, there's a cure if you get on it. Also think about where it came from.

Keep the treatment going for two weeks after it appears to be gone.

soak your feet in warm water and vinegar. A sure way to get rid of athletes foot

you need to be on the medication for a long time like over 6 months, u need to change your socks everyday, and use the stuff everyday

Yes it can be cure. Be cautious, don't use other people's shoes and socks and also use a foot powder

Yes,I recommend Desenex Antifungal Cream.You can get it over the counter without a prescription.

I got that dry feet thing too a few years back. What I did was... I got a foot file (you can get them at walmart), and of course filed/sanded my feet every day so that the dryness fell off, then I showered, dried my feet and put this cream called Derman. The smell isn't too friendly, but it sure works wonders. Put socks on, and sleep with them at night, the next day wash your feet, put some more derman, and repeat for about a week. Sometimes it works in less time, sometimes in more.. depends on how bad your feet are. Good luck! Just make sure to wash your feet, sand them, and wear clean socks EVERY day!

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Athletes foot can hang on forever it seems. Yes, it helps to take a full course of treatment. Most people quit the medication after a couple of days when the symptoms improve, but much longer is required to knock it out. Long term infection will often result in nail infection, which is much harder to knock out and requires oral therapy with Lamisil or similar product for quite some time. I think part of the problem is, people used to wear leather shoes that had leather soles, and no synthetic parts in them. They breathed alot better. Now even leather shoes, have synthetic soles and insoles, which don't breath well, and keep moisture there. Sneakers are particularly bad. Going barefoot or wearing totally natural breathable shoes would be best. I don't know that foot powders have been proven. There is a limit to how much moisture they can suck up. If only expected to help for a short time, I'm sure they help, and any antifungal ingredients in them, would help to dissuade the fungus from growing. Also, totally natural socks like cotton or wool would breath better than those with high content of synthetics.