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Current treatments include oral and topical antifungal agents, photodynamic therapy, and surgical approaches such as mechanical, chemical, or surgical nail avulsion. Moreover, the use of lasers to treat nail diseases has been approved in the United States by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Wide literature has been produced to assess the effectiveness of these devices, but, because the opposing results emerging from current studies, more data are still needed on the long-lasting efficacy and safety of this procedure.\n                    <jats:bold>\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Methods:<\/jats:italic>\n                    <\/jats:bold>\n                    Twenty consecutive, unselected patients were enrolled in the study and treated, at intervals of 1 week, for a total of four sessions, using a long-pulsed 1064-nm Nd:YAG laser. In each session, three passages across each nail plate were performed with 1-min pause between each passage. A special lens for dermatoscopy, connected to a digital camera, was used for dermoscopic images.\n                    <jats:bold>\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Results:<\/jats:italic>\n                    <\/jats:bold>\n                    In fourteen patients (70%; 12F; 3M), excellent results were obtained with an important reduction of chromonychia, onycholysis, opacity, longitudinal striae, and jagged proximal edge. Better results were observed in severe cases in the 2-month follow-up visit.\n                    <jats:bold>\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Conclusions:<\/jats:italic>\n                    <\/jats:bold>\n                    Data for treating nail onychomycosis with laser and light therapy seem to be positive. The promising results of our study identify long-pulsed 1064-nm Nd:YAG laser as a possible alternative option for the treatment of onychomycosis. 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