How do fingernails grow?!


Question: How do fingernails grow!?
I've always wondered this!.!. Do they grow from the tip!? Do they grow from the base!? If they grow from the base, then does the rest of the nail get pushed up!? :-)Www@Answer-Health@Com


Answers:
It grows from the matrix, an area under the proximal nail fold, behind your cuticle (see link)!. You cannot see the matrix; it's under the skin!.

You can easily test this by damaging your nail slightly near the cuticle!. Take a file and make a mark, then watch the mark travel up your nail to the tip over several weeks!. If you get an infected cuticle, or damage badly very close to it, the matrix can get damaged as well and your nail will grow out warped!. Sometimes it will eventually straighten, when the matrix recovers, sometimes not!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

both of ur geusses are incorrect i think your finger nail is basically attached to the cornes, and has two little hooks at the side, (i know this cus ive seen mine off and bare becasue i crushed it in a car door and it was comeing off for like a very painfull month) and your nail grows almost like hair, it just adds length!.Www@Answer-Health@Com





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