There are many interesting facts about nails, here are some of them.
- Nails grow faster in summer than in winter.
- Nails men grow faster than females (except during pregnancy and age, when growth is speeding up).
- The nails of the hand you write grow faster.
- The longer fingers are, the faster growing nails.
- After an illness nails begin to grow faster.
- Poor nutrition and diets harm the nails.
- Nail growth is affected by the condition of the body, hormonal balance and age.
- Diseases of the nails represent 10% of skin diseases.
- The condition and colour of your nails show overall health.
- Nails and hair are composed of the same thing - protein keratin.
- Nails are composed of dead cells and back of belief - they do not breathe. In contrast, the nail bed and cuticles are composed of living cells and need oxygen, vitamins and minerals.
- Nails grow by 0.1 millimetres per day, ie 1 cm in 100 days. To grow all they need from 4 to 6 months. For toenails this period is between 12 and 18 months.
- Toenails are two times thicker than those of the hands.
- The fastest growing nail on the middle fingers, the slowest - the thumbs.
- There is a superstition that you cut your nails after dark is bad luck. Indeed it may be caused by poor lighting, when to cut risk.
- Is a myth that hair and fingernails continue to grow day after death. The skin shrinks and thus look longer.
- If you run cut nails in the Coca-Cola, they will dissolve within 4 days, and its high corrosivity.
- Manicure is popular than 4000 years.
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