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How Long Does It Take for a Toenail to Grow Back?
Toenails may appear to have little purpose, but they play an important role. Made from keratin — the same protein that makes up your skin and hair — your nails protect the soft tissue beneath them and keep the tips of your toes safe.
Occasionally, due to trauma, infection, or other scenarios, you might lose a toenail (or fingernail). The good news is that nails grow back. It can take up to 6 months for fingernails to grow back and up to 18 months for toenails to regrow.
Here’s a look at the stages of nail regrowth, including next steps if you lose a nail.
Both toenails and fingernails grow slowly, with toenails taking longer to regrow.
On average, it can take up to 18 months for a toenail to completely regrow, and about 4 to 6 months for a fingernail to grow back.
The reason fingernails grow faster isn’t fully understood. But according to one theory, fingers receive more blood flow because they’re used more often, which likely contributes to faster fingernail growth.
Although it can take months for nails to grow back, the rate of regrowth can be faster or slower depending on the scenario, as shown in the following table.
| Scenario | Regrowth timeline (for fingernails and toenails) |
| after trauma | 6 months to 2 years |
| after fungus | 12 to 18 months |
| after medical removal | up to 18 months |
| after psoriasis | 6 months or longer |
After trauma
Stubbing your toe or dropping an item on your foot can damage your toenail.
Depending on the severity of the injury, your toenail might turn black and fall off.
Toenail regrowth tends to be slower after an injury or trauma, taking anywhere from 6 months to 2 years.
After fungus
Toenails are susceptible to fungal infections because fungus thrives in warm, wet environments. Shoes and socks provide the perfect condition for fungus to grow.
Toenail fungus is contagious, too, so it can transfer to your nail after visiting a nail salon or if you walk barefoot in a locker room.
Symptoms of toenail fungus include yellow or dark discoloration, brittleness, and thickening of nails. Over-the-counter (OTC) and prescription products can treat nail fungus, but it can take 12 to 18 months for the fungus to grow out.
After medical removal
Surgical removal of a nail might be necessary with severe fungus, recurrent ingrown toenails, or when a large section of a nail is diseased or damaged. After medical removal, it can take up to 18 months for a nail to fully regrow.
After psoriasis
Psoriasis is a condition that causes itchy, scaly patches on your skin — it can also affect your nails. Symptoms of nail psoriasis include:
- nail pits
- discoloration
- blood under your nails
- nail separation
Medications used to treat psoriasis (corticosteroids and biologics) and topical steroids might improve nail appearance. It can take 6 months or longer for your nail to grow out.
Other factors that affect regrowth
Other factors affect the speed of regrowth. For example, nails tend to grow slower in older adults and in colder climates. Nails grow faster in the summer.
In addition, nails on a dominant hand tend to grow faster than nails on a nondominant hand.
It’s also been noted that trauma or an injury increases the rate of regrowth, due to an increase of blood flow to the injured area.
Overall health also has an impact on growth. Nail growth can slow down if you’re sick or malnourished.
And since hormones affect regrowth, your toenails and fingernails might grow quicker during pregnancy.
Nails grow from underneath your skin at the matrix, which is the root of your nail.
New cells form in the matrix. And as these new cells grow, older cells move up and push through your skin. The cells on the surface die and harden, turning into nails.
Here are tips for how to care for a damaged nail, and speed the healing process:
- Apply a cold compress for up to 20 minutes to reduce swelling and inflammation. Wrap a cloth over an ice pack before applying to your skin.
- Keep your nail elevated. This reduces blood flow to the injury, which can decrease swelling and bruising.
- Take biotin supplements. These supplements promote cell growth, and help your body metabolize protein-building amino acids, thus contributing to faster nail growth.
- Keep the wound dry and covered. The skin underneath your toenail is sensitive. Clean and dry your nail bed daily and cover it with a bandage.
Change the bandage once a day. - Apply antibiotic ointment to the damaged nail to prevent infection.
- If it hasn’t already, try to keep the nail in place until it is ready to fall off. This provides extra protection to the nail bed underneath.
Change the bandage once a day.Nail trauma doesn’t always require medical attention. OTC anti-inflammatory drugs can relieve mild pain, and the nail will eventually grow back.
You should call a doctor for hard-to-treat nail fungus, nail psoriasis, and other symptoms of an infection. Symptoms of infection include:
- pain
- discoloration
- thickening of your nail
- oozing
- change in shape
Toenails and fingernails protect your skin, but you might lose a nail due to trauma, fungus, or other reasons.
Most nails grow back, although the rate of regrowth can vary from person to person. It might take several months or a year to grow back.
If you’ve recently lost a nail, keep it clean, dry, protected, and most importantly, be patient.
Beat off a toenail, it tears … horror!
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And when the pain stopped and grew back a little, I built it up on tips. They have special ones for legs.
I had it on my thumb. It will take a long time to grow back.
And it was on the hand – so it grew in 2.5 months. But also built up on top.
Only they won’t take it in the salon, you have to ask a home master.
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I’m really lucky that it was winter
don’t worry =)
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why do you walk the streets barefoot? I very often step on my feet in transport – it’s scary to imagine what would happen to my legs if I were a woman, and not a man in boots!
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don’t be sad.
toenails are not the most important thing in life :))
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In short, guys, I’m in the deepest shock!!! Six months ago, I crushed my big toenails with tight boots … in the summer I went with blue ones … they also cracked along the toe … a spectacle, let’s say, not quite aesthetic, BUT the good thing is that there is nail polish.
And today I was doing a pedicure and noticed that one nail is holding, excuse me, on snot.0005
Tell me, who went through a similar nightmare, is it very painful????))) Actually not funny)))
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Who knows why this might be? It seems that there were no special problems with the nails :((
I hope it grows back by summer 🙁
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I also have a similar problem (((I pressed my thumb nail with tight shoes in the fall (((he turned blue, but I didn’t pay any attention to him, but a couple of days ago I noticed that he partially exfoliated (in the center of tears, but on the sides and at the base it stays fine))) people, what would you advise? should I go to the doctor or not? and how will my poor nail grow back? or will I now have to paint my nails with bright varnishes for the rest of my life?: (((((
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There are also options with laser operations under anesthesia, but this is not the case in ordinary Moscow hospitals =)
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Not to be removed by the surgeon it hurts if this is your first such operation (after 5 operations, the leg twitches very strongly on its own, maybe out of fear), in principle you will have to be patient or ask for more freezing in advance, after the removal operation it will ache for several days and the entire bandage around the entire finger will be 0.
5 cm bloody crust, then you have to limp for a month and constantly go for dressings. A new one grows at different speeds – it depends on the size of the nail, because. there are large and small nails, if a large one is 2 cm long, then in a year it will grow and become normal with good constant care in a few months. The main thing here is not to let go and not be afraid to go to the surgeon – they know their business and during the operation they will distract you with their personal conversations with the nurses.
There are also options with laser operations under anesthesia, but there is no such thing in ordinary hospitals in Moscow =)
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90,000 tears of tears as a result of injury. Will be ugly?.
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all curled up from injury.
if the muscle tissue is also deformed, then it is possible.
if not, the nail will be the same. the main thing is not to do anything with it. take care of your fingers, and gradually grow the nail plate.
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but I think it all depends on the impact/injury. that’s why it’s different for everyone
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If the nail is bruised and the nail bed is not damaged, a normal one will grow.
If damaged – crooked. If frostbitten, it will grow rough and yellowish.
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If the nail is bruised and the nail bed is not damaged, a normal one will grow. If damaged – crooked. If frostbitten, it will grow rough and yellowish.
Nothing like that, I damaged the nail bed and I was told in trauma that the new one would be crooked – but no! grown up and very handsome) 5
he pierced with a needle, blood (exudate) came out. I did so too.
2 months have passed today she pulled her nails off her fingers. I think it needs to be done somehow??
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I’m afraid..it will be ugly! !
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what could have caused this.