He’s asking why, after you cut your toenails, it gets pointy in the middle. It’s a fair question, I just think nobody likes to see a picture of toenails in their feed, it would have been better if that was omitted
Thank you for your backup. I was wondering more about the “inside” growth. Maybe it’s just me? It seems to m like the part closer to my center grows faster and would make a rainbow from my center
Nails - toe or finger - grow depending on several factors. One of them is the shape and direction of the nailbed: if it’s very curvy, you’ll get more rounded nails (and at the extreme end, ingrowing nails). if it points to a particular direction, the nail will tend to grow following that direction. Think of it as a pasta extruder: the shape of the pasta and the direction it takes when exiting the extruder depends on the hole’s geometry.
Of course, the shape of the bone underneath also guides them this or that way. Nails don’t grow in a vacuum: they’re attached to the digit underneath for most of their length.
After that, nails will shrink depending on how dry the environment is around them. That changes their shape also.
I wish I even understood the question.
He’s asking why, after you cut your toenails, it gets pointy in the middle. It’s a fair question, I just think nobody likes to see a picture of toenails in their feed, it would have been better if that was omitted
Thank you for your backup. I was wondering more about the “inside” growth. Maybe it’s just me? It seems to m like the part closer to my center grows faster and would make a rainbow from my center
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Do your nails grow even from side to side or do they favor a direction?like do they want to curve?
Nails - toe or finger - grow depending on several factors. One of them is the shape and direction of the nailbed: if it’s very curvy, you’ll get more rounded nails (and at the extreme end, ingrowing nails). if it points to a particular direction, the nail will tend to grow following that direction. Think of it as a pasta extruder: the shape of the pasta and the direction it takes when exiting the extruder depends on the hole’s geometry.
Of course, the shape of the bone underneath also guides them this or that way. Nails don’t grow in a vacuum: they’re attached to the digit underneath for most of their length.
After that, nails will shrink depending on how dry the environment is around them. That changes their shape also.