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by Tonums on June 7th, 2005

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If they were never cut, how long would one's fingernails grow in a lifetime?

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  • by Dahdscear on June 7th, 2005

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    The rate fingernails grow depends greatly on the health and diet of a person and also on which finger (the longer the finger the faster the nail grows.)

    However, it is said that healthy fingernails grow an average of .5 millimeters per week. If you lived to, say, 85-years-old and never had a nail break you would have fingernails around 7 feet long.

    http://www.britannica.com/ebc/article?tocId=9372975&query=fingernail&ct=

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