Why Do Nails on Your Fingers and Toes Grow at Different Rates?
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The short answer is that there is no 100% definitive known reason as to why nails grow at different rates. However, there is a really good theory (which also covers why fingernails and toenails grow at drastically different rates) that is backed up by an awful lot of ancillary evidence. To fully grasp what’s going on here, it’s important to understand exactly how your fingernails grow.
Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/01/why-finger-and-toenails-grow-at-different-rates/
Sources:
http://www.jci.org/articles/view/37762
http://www.aad.org/media-resources/stats-and-facts/prevention-and-care/nails/nails
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/02/science/why-do-toenails-thicken-as-we-age.html?_r=0
http://derm101.com/content/13529
http://www.els.net/WileyCDA/ElsArticle/refId-a0021583.html
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/discovering-when-cells-divide-0806.html
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19744178
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/longest-fingernails-%28male%29-ever/
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29170772/#.UP9K4GdT3Ww
Image Credit:
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-17620469/stock-photo-%D1%83%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B4-%D0%B7%D0%B0-%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8-%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%8F-%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%89%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-205767781/stock-photo-fingernail-lack-of-nutrients-and-do-not-make-nail-not-shape-and-not-care-this-image-can-be-use-for-health-care-concept
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-196957459/stock-photo-nails-beautiful-female-hand-with-colorful-nail-design-manicure
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-152078945/stock-vector-structure-and-anatomy-of-human-nail-color-medical-scheme-on-white-background-isolated-vector-illustration
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-88536575/stock-vector-finger-nail-structure
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-159081971/stock-photo-layer-of-cells%2C-light-micrograph-and-3d-illustration-non-keratinized-stratified-squamous-epithelium
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-8804530/stock-photo-%D0%93%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5-%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%8F-%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B9
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-2179717/stock-photo-%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B0
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-185764945/stock-photo-woman-cutting-her-fingernails-concept-cut-fingernails
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-206850892/stock-photo-doing-the-fingernail
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-187978321/stock-photo-close-up-businessman-lace-his-shoes-in-office
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-141561317/stock-photo-hand-showing-its-fingers-and-fingernails-on-a-white-background
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-205509169/stock-photo-female-gentle-hands-woman-beautiful-hands-on-salon-table-woman-hands-in-nails-and-spa-salon
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-205509103/stock-photo-female-hands-with-not-polished-nails-woman-hands-without-gel-on-nails-young-woman-hands-before-having-manicure
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https://youtu.be/VCeMwgx5nqU?list=PLR0XuDegDqP01NqW8KRpOy-_y2m6S2VEF
In this video:
The short answer is that there is no 100% definitive known reason as to why nails grow at different rates. However, there is a really good theory (which also covers why fingernails and toenails grow at drastically different rates) that is backed up by an awful lot of ancillary evidence. To fully grasp what’s going on here, it’s important to understand exactly how your fingernails grow.
Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/01/why-finger-and-toenails-grow-at-different-rates/
Sources:
http://www.jci.org/articles/view/37762
http://www.aad.org/media-resources/stats-and-facts/prevention-and-care/nails/nails
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/02/science/why-do-toenails-thicken-as-we-age.html?_r=0
http://derm101.com/content/13529
http://www.els.net/WileyCDA/ElsArticle/refId-a0021583.html
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/discovering-when-cells-divide-0806.html
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19744178
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/longest-fingernails-%28male%29-ever/
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29170772/#.UP9K4GdT3Ww
Image Credit:
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-17620469/stock-photo-%D1%83%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B4-%D0%B7%D0%B0-%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8-%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%8F-%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%89%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-205767781/stock-photo-fingernail-lack-of-nutrients-and-do-not-make-nail-not-shape-and-not-care-this-image-can-be-use-for-health-care-concept
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-196957459/stock-photo-nails-beautiful-female-hand-with-colorful-nail-design-manicure
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-152078945/stock-vector-structure-and-anatomy-of-human-nail-color-medical-scheme-on-white-background-isolated-vector-illustration
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-88536575/stock-vector-finger-nail-structure
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-159081971/stock-photo-layer-of-cells%2C-light-micrograph-and-3d-illustration-non-keratinized-stratified-squamous-epithelium
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-8804530/stock-photo-%D0%93%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5-%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%8F-%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B9
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-2179717/stock-photo-%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B0
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-185764945/stock-photo-woman-cutting-her-fingernails-concept-cut-fingernails
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-206850892/stock-photo-doing-the-fingernail
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-187978321/stock-photo-close-up-businessman-lace-his-shoes-in-office
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-141561317/stock-photo-hand-showing-its-fingers-and-fingernails-on-a-white-background
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-205509169/stock-photo-female-gentle-hands-woman-beautiful-hands-on-salon-table-woman-hands-in-nails-and-spa-salon
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-205509103/stock-photo-female-hands-with-not-polished-nails-woman-hands-without-gel-on-nails-young-woman-hands-before-having-manicure
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