Foot Fungus Cured With Socks

Mark Frauenfelder 10:56 am Fri Dec 4, 2009

Self-experimenter Seth Roberts cured his foot fungus when he bought more socks. Anti-fungal medication didn't work. He wrote about this on his blog, and other people are reporting success with his more-socks cure.

I remember reading on your blog about more socks as a cure for Athlete’s Foot and I had a fungal infection on my foot from climbing around barefoot outside, I think. I tried using two different antifungal creams. They didn’t work. To be honest I didn’t use them for the recommended time cuz it’s a huge fucking hassle. You have to put it on your feet, let it dry, rub it in blah blah blah. And it’s kinda gross to use. So I went to Uniqlo [a Japanese clothing store] and bought like 20 pairs of extra socks and forgot about it. But when I wash socks the washed ones get put in the back of the drawer so the effect is the socks I wear spend like 3-4 days away from my feet every time. Anyway, the infection COMPLETELY disappeared. There is a weird sense of satisfaction from this kind of cure. It feels like just by doing some small things ‘right’ all these health issues can be fixed.

Foot Fungus Cured With Socks

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