The rate at which your nails grow can vary, but on average they grow around an inch and a half each year. The growth rate of your fingernails depends upon the nutritional status as well as how much blood reaches the growth center of your nail. Depending on whether you are right or left handed, the nails of the hand you favor tend to grow faster. Age too plays an important role in nail growth. The nails of people under the age of thirty generally grow a lot faster. It is said that your nails grow fastest between the ages of 10 to14. The weather also has a significant impact on your nail growth; it is believed that your nails grow faster during the warmer seasons such as the summer. Sometime the longer the finger the faster the nail grows. The nail on the little finger grows the slowest, followed by the thumbnail. Fingernails grow faster than toenails.
If you are concerned about making your nails grow faster, you need to keep a close watch on your nutritional habits, as extreme dieting and low protein diets would slow down the growth of your nails. You should have a balanced diet that provides you the required vitamins and minerals required to promote nail growth. So the best strategy to make fingernails grow faster is to make sure you’re getting enough protein and are practicing good eating habits daily. You need to keep a check on your general health as many underlying diseases could slow down nail growth and make them brittle and fragile. Diseases related to the kidneys, the thyroid, and a host of other medical conditions could contribute to slow nail growth. The last factor to consider is blood flow to the matrix of the nail. Get involved in activities that increase blood flow to the fingernails as this may help stimulate nail growth. Activities that may do this are typing, playing the piano, and any other similar activities where you need to use your fingers.
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