text: does vicks vapor rub really cure toenail fungus?   i was told by a 'foot person' to use sand paper to sand off the shiney top layer of my nail.  because that is what protects the actual nail bed.  then i soak a cotton bud/q-tip with tea tree oil and dab it all over the nail and also as much as i can under the tip.  been doing it for a while now and the discolouring has gotten a lot smaller over the 6 weeks or so. never heard the vicks vapo rub one though.