u/ayesh___

New athletes foot

Hi, i recently had a spa day and although i used my own flip flops (discarded them at the end of the day as they were old) and didnt walk barefoot anywhere, i noticed flakey skin on my heels, at the outer sides and on my toes a week later. I started using terbinafine 1% cream twice a day immediately and have been using dr scholls antifungal shoe spray disinfectant on my daily flip flops and any shoes i wore since the spa day.

The skin on my feet seems to be improving and im going to continue using it twice a day for atleast 2 weeks/ till its gone and then maybe once a day for a couple of weeks more.

I also plan on spraying my shoes daily with the disinfectant (it says it kills 99.9% of fungus) but is it better to just chuck away the slippers and shoes i was wearing to really avoid reinfection?

This is the first time I've had this and i know fungus can be very difficult to get rid of so any advice would be appreciated.

Is the spray enough or should i just chuck any shoes ive worn since the spa day?

Also should i get rid of my bedding too or is a hot wash enough to kill any fungus?

Thanks!

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u/ayesh___ — 2 days ago