- Children and pregnant women are more likely to get ingrown nails.
This is due in large part to the hormones during pregnancy. They cause the nails to grow much faster, similar to children. Children’s growth development is much higher than that of an adult, including the nails.
- Fingernails grow twice as fast as toenails do.
An astonishing four times faster! Your feet are farthest away from the circulatory system in your body. There is a far better blood supply that reaches the fingers which keeps them growing since they are closer to your circulatory system.
- Your nails grow faster in the summer season.
Vitamin D of course! The sun is out far longer in the summertime than any other season and for that reason so are we. The vitamin D that we obtain from the sun helps increase nail growth. Moreover, we also tend to hydrate more with water in the summer which helps flush out toxins and makes the body healthier, thus allowing stronger nails to grow in.
- Your fingernails grow faster on the hand that you favor.
This is an odd theory but basically, it is because your dominant hand has more micro-trauma compared to your non-dominant hand. Microtrauma essentially means injuries to the body, so since your dominant hand has gone through more injuries, it repairs itself faster.
- Your middle fingernail grows the fastest of the others.
Both the length and rate at which your nails grow are correlated to the length of the bones in your fingertips. Therefore, the middle and index fingers grow faster than that of the little finger.
- Your nail growth slows down as you age
This is a pretty simple one. With age comes a slowness and pausing of many things including nails, hair, bone density, etc. Cherish your body while you’re still young!
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If you have caught fingernail fungus, it can be easily treated using the FDA-approved PinPointe laser, which typically only takes one treatment.
Our doctor in Mount Pleasant, NC recommends this treatment. The PinPointe Laser treatment has the highest cure rate in the market. It has no side effects and no recovery period. As a result, you can go about your daily activities right after the treatment. Also, it is not painful.
If you have any signs of nail fungus, call us at (800) 672-0625 or visit our website for more information on our doctors at one of our over 150 locations.
