How fast do fingernails grow?

Healthy fingernails grow at a rate of approximately 0.8 inches or 2.0 centimeters per year. The middle fingernail grows fastest.





Did you know that the longer the finger, the faster its nail will grow? For the same reason, the fingernails grow about four times as fast as toenails. Fingernails are very important.





Fingernail growth, shape and color can be all associated with various medical conditions and diseases. They provide valuable clues for doctors diagnosing illnesses.How fast do fingernails grow?
It depends on the conditions... For instance, normally they grow as fast as the continental plates shift, quite slow right, but if you do the following thing often they grow faster:


-washing hands OFTEN


-doing dishes


-going swimming


-working with a company where you work with lots of water


-pretty much anything else where hands get submerged in water for a while.How fast do fingernails grow?
about 4x's faster then the toenail :]
one week at most
3 milimetres per month
20 mi/hr