why doesn't it hurt when your fingernails grow?

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your nails are attched to your skin and it hurts like hell when you bend one back so why doesn't it hurt when they grow? god i'm bored!

2007-01-18 01:43:46 · 3 answers · asked by monkeynuts2006 4 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management

because those cells are dead. just like your hair, it doesnt hurt when it grows or when u cut it because those cells are dead.

2007-01-18 02:00:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

Maybe because it happens to slow you don't notice, there is a difference between ripping off a nail and it growing slowly

2007-01-18 09:51:39 · answer #2 · answered by Trac2100 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋

It can if you get ingrown nails. Otherwise, things move so slowly there is no pain nerve impact.

2007-01-18 09:49:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋