• Question: If our nails are dead cells then why does it grow after it has been cut?

    Asked by khs1011livya to Dr D on 19 Jun 2013.
    • Photo: Andrew Devitt

      Andrew Devitt answered on 19 Jun 2013:

      There’s living bit of the nail that divides and pushes out the dead bit. This living bit is at the base of your nail

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