Tag Archives: Fingernail
- August 9, 2007
- How do fingernails grow?– also tagged Nail
Fingernails are made of a special kind of hardened skin cell. They are also full of a protein called keratin. They grow from a root that is below your skin at the base of your nail. As new cells are added to the base, your nail is pushed upward toward your fingertip. But by the [...]
