How Fast Do Nails Grow? Rate by Day, Month, Year, Tips, and More
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Did you know that the nails on your dominant hand grow faster? Or that your nails grow faster during the summertime? We’ll walk you through how quickly your nails grow in a given month, what factors influence their growth, and offer tips on how to make your nails grow faster.
  • FireRetardant@lemmy.world
    9·
    5 months ago

    I noticed this as a kid and my kid brain decided it had to be because my hands get more sunlight than my feet. Fingernails can photosynthesize right?

    • OutlierBlue@lemmy.caEnglish
      5·
      5 months ago

      I noticed it as a kid too and figured it must be because I only pick my nose with my fingers. Boogers grow nails.

      • Droggelbecher@lemmy.world
        2·
        5 months ago

        I only noticed in my 20s when I stopped biting my nails. I never realized how much I was biting and assumed the amount I bit off was equal to the amount I cut off my toe nails.