Hot and humid summer athlete's foot...Release and renewal of nail athlete's foot treatments
Aug 04, 2025
In the hot summer season, athlete's foot is rampant.
According to the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service, the average number of patients who visited hospitals for nail athlete's foot between July and August 2022 was 288,071 and 285,773, respectively, 1.5 times higher than in February.
Athlete's foot is a skin infection disease that worsens symptoms due to the rapid reproduction of fungal bacteria (skin filamentous fungi), accompanied by rickets, odors, and itching, and reproduction becomes more active as the environment is hot and humid. In particular, if you do not dry your toes properly or get wet by sweat after a shower in the summer, you are likely to be infected with athlete's foot.
In summer, athlete's foot becomes more severe due to the environment in which fungal bacteria are good for reproduction, so maintaining cleanliness and drying are key, and appropriate drug treatment is required.
The pharmaceutical industry is also actively launching and renewing new products aimed at the summer.
Kwangdong Pharmaceutical recently introduced a treatment for nail athlete's foot 'Varentock Nailaka'.
Barentsock Nailaka is an external application for the treatment of nail athlete's foot (anaphylococcosis), and contains Ciclopirox, which has a wide range of antibacterial activity and anti-inflammatory effects. It can be easily used by thinly applying it to the affected area once a day, and by applying a brush-integrated container, it can be easily applied without a separate tool. Dry it for about 30 seconds after application and keep it out of contact with water for at least 6 hours. When removing drugs, it can be easily washed with water without using an organic solvent or scraping it. Considering the characteristics of athlete's foot disease that requires long-term treatment, it consists of two 5mL doses, and can be purchased at pharmacies without a prescription as a generic drug.
At the end of May, ahead of the summer, Hanmi Pharmaceutical launched a treatment for nail mycosis (anosome) 'Anzonalmax External Solution'.
Non-zonalmax external solution is used once a day for the first four weeks and then only once a week.
'Anzonalmax external solution' was first introduced in Korea as an athlete's foot treatment with 'terbinafine hydrochloride' as the main ingredient. Hanmi Pharmaceutical expected that anti-fungal drugs would be a new alternative for patients who are resistant to existing treatments, saying that long-term use of the same ingredients could lead to resistance problems that reduce the effectiveness of treatment.
In May, Menarini Korea introduced a new package design to commemorate the 12th anniversary of the launch of the hand and toenail athlete's foot treatment Full Care Nailaka.
'Full Care Nailaka (Ciclopirox, hereinafter full care)' is mainly composed of cyclopirox, a broad-spectrum antifungal agent that directly acts on the cause of athlete's foot in nails and nails, has excellent drug penetration and is convenient to apply only once before bed without the need to grind or wipe hands and nails. In addition, it is a prescription-free over-the-counter drug that can be easily purchased at pharmacies in the summer when interest in hand and nail care increases.
For full care, 'Onitech Composition Patent Technology' is applied based on hydroxypropyl chitosan (HPCH), a hydrophilic film activity derived from crustaceans. Menarini Korea has newly devised a user-centered package design that highlights the differentiated features of such full care and makes it easier for consumers to understand the main characteristics of the product. This full care package design used actual foot images instead of existing foot shape illustrations, and intuitively expressed how to use the product, allowing consumers to clearly recognize the symptoms and treatment process of athlete's foot disease.
According to the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service, the average number of patients who visited hospitals for nail athlete's foot between July and August 2022 was 288,071 and 285,773, respectively, 1.5 times higher than in February.
Athlete's foot is a skin infection disease that worsens symptoms due to the rapid reproduction of fungal bacteria (skin filamentous fungi), accompanied by rickets, odors, and itching, and reproduction becomes more active as the environment is hot and humid. In particular, if you do not dry your toes properly or get wet by sweat after a shower in the summer, you are likely to be infected with athlete's foot.
In summer, athlete's foot becomes more severe due to the environment in which fungal bacteria are good for reproduction, so maintaining cleanliness and drying are key, and appropriate drug treatment is required.
The pharmaceutical industry is also actively launching and renewing new products aimed at the summer.
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Barentsock Nailaka is an external application for the treatment of nail athlete's foot (anaphylococcosis), and contains Ciclopirox, which has a wide range of antibacterial activity and anti-inflammatory effects. It can be easily used by thinly applying it to the affected area once a day, and by applying a brush-integrated container, it can be easily applied without a separate tool. Dry it for about 30 seconds after application and keep it out of contact with water for at least 6 hours. When removing drugs, it can be easily washed with water without using an organic solvent or scraping it. Considering the characteristics of athlete's foot disease that requires long-term treatment, it consists of two 5mL doses, and can be purchased at pharmacies without a prescription as a generic drug.
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Non-zonalmax external solution is used once a day for the first four weeks and then only once a week.
'Anzonalmax external solution' was first introduced in Korea as an athlete's foot treatment with 'terbinafine hydrochloride' as the main ingredient. Hanmi Pharmaceutical expected that anti-fungal drugs would be a new alternative for patients who are resistant to existing treatments, saying that long-term use of the same ingredients could lead to resistance problems that reduce the effectiveness of treatment.
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'Full Care Nailaka (Ciclopirox, hereinafter full care)' is mainly composed of cyclopirox, a broad-spectrum antifungal agent that directly acts on the cause of athlete's foot in nails and nails, has excellent drug penetration and is convenient to apply only once before bed without the need to grind or wipe hands and nails. In addition, it is a prescription-free over-the-counter drug that can be easily purchased at pharmacies in the summer when interest in hand and nail care increases.
For full care, 'Onitech Composition Patent Technology' is applied based on hydroxypropyl chitosan (HPCH), a hydrophilic film activity derived from crustaceans. Menarini Korea has newly devised a user-centered package design that highlights the differentiated features of such full care and makes it easier for consumers to understand the main characteristics of the product. This full care package design used actual foot images instead of existing foot shape illustrations, and intuitively expressed how to use the product, allowing consumers to clearly recognize the symptoms and treatment process of athlete's foot disease.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
