I really appreciate your response. I do appreciate the thought about how much stuff is in the middle. I have had to have surgery for an ingrown toenail. At least when I did . I do appreciate the thought about how much stuff is in the middle. I have had to have surgery for a ingrown toenail. At least when I did it, they actually had a straight cut through. Never again I guess my question Or observation would be that toenails seem to grow out from the body like a rainbow so the most inner part of each toenail grows out and now that I’m saying it out loud it seems like it makes sense, but I don’t know if anybody’s ever noticed that and I guess I was just like wow
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sbeak@sopuli.xyz 1 week ago
I think I understand what you’re saying. You are wondering why the middle of the toenail (not body, feet are clearly on the very end of that) grows a bit faster than the bits on the side, leading to a toenail that’s a bit pointy in the middle, which could be quite annoying to you.
I think it’s because, when you cut your toenails, you almost always cut from the corners, not straight on, leading to a toenail that is more pronounced in the centre, since you usually make the edges of the toenail shorter than the middle.
Another theory is that (pulling this from a hat, I didn’t take Biology), since toenails are essentially just dead stuff that’s growing from the corpses of alive stuff underneath the toenail, there was some evolutionary advantage to having extra alive stuff in the middle of your toenail. (perhaps to better protect that alive stuff, as it could be more vulnerable out near the edges or maybe to make the toenails sharper and pointier for better grip)
There is more alive stuff in the middle, I know this from experience that when cutting too far into the toenail, it’s far easier to touch the alive bits in the middle (it’s painful!) compared to the edges.
Willy@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
sbeak@sopuli.xyz 1 week ago
When I was little, I think I kicked something really hard and bent my left little toe (pinky toe? Why do people call the little finger a pinky anyways? It’s equally pink as the rest of the fingers…) where the toenail now grows way off to the right, it’s bent to the right permanently it seems, which is kind of interesting.
Willy@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Pic or it didn’t happen :-)
sbeak@sopuli.xyz 1 week ago
I don’t think anyone needs more toenail pictures
Willy@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
If you post ill hide mine from what is left from the main feed.