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Enter the experts,
please...
How long does it take nails to grow? And, how much faster do
they grow on the fingers? The old "rules of thumb" were:
Fingernails: 6-8 months to grow out fully Thumbnails 8-12
months to grow out fully
Small toenails 12 months to grow out fully
Great toenails 12-18 months to grow out fully
Mr.
William B. Bean studied his own nail growth for
35 years and published the data in Arch Intern Med, 1974,
Vol. 134, 497-502 (30 yrs) and ibid, 1980, Vol. 140, p.
73-76 (35 yrs). He found that nails grow more slowly with
age; growth rate at age 32 was 0.123mm/day, but by age 67
had decreased to0.095mm/day. No variation with geographical
location, physical activity, or season.
Thumb nails grow faster then the rest of the fingernails.
Great toe nails grow faster then other toenails. Toe nails
grow slower then fingernails. Umm.... Just like you
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