TIL fingernails grow nearly 3-4 times faster than toenails

https://www.healthline.com/health/beauty-skin-care/how-fast-do-nails-grow#factors-that-affect-nail-growth

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FireRetardant@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y (4 replies)

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.ca · 5 pts · 2y (3 replies)

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 pts · 2y (2 replies)

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.

snootchiebootchies@lemmynsfw.com · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I thought it was because friction with socks wore down the toenails

akacastor@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

steel wool socks keep the toenails in check