Growing long finger nails can be a difficult thing to do if you are continually dieting. This is because your fingernail growth slows down; as your body is not getting the nutrients it needs to help give you strong fingernails.

If you include supplements A and D, and have a diet high in protein, this will help improve growth rate.

Vitamins for fingernails can certainly help make a difference to your nail strength and growth.

For women, your fingernails will grow quicker before menstruation and during pregnancy.

If you enjoy biting fingernails, you are actually helping increase your nail growth, as biting nails helps increase blood flow to the fingers, yet, biters will never get to enjoy their long nails. Other much more healthier ways to help increase blood flow to the fingernails, is to gently tap them on a hard surface, play the piano or typing.

Finger nails take at least 3 to 6 months to regrow completely, yet during the summer months they actually grow faster than during any other season.

Men’s finger nails grow faster than women’s, and younger people have a much faster growth rate.

Your finger nails grow faster than your toenails, and right handed persons nails will grow faster than their left hand, and a left handed persons nails will grow faster than their right hand.

The little fingernail is the slowest to grow, and the middle nail is the fastest to grow.

Over the age of 30, your nail growth slows down, and will slow down if you are stressed.

If you are going through menopause, this will also affect your finger nail growth.

Products such as gelatine and hair, skin and nail supplements won’t help strength or growth.

Long term use of nail products laden with chemicals will affect your fingernails health and strength.

For many women, wearing fake nails is the answer to hiding finger nails which don’t grow long and strong. In the long term these will damage your natural fingernails.

Try to increase your own nail growth, give your cuticles a massage with vitamin E, almond oil, or olive oil, buff your nails, use a natural hand cream every day, and put sunscreen on your nails as well as your hands before you go out.

Soak your nails in warm olive oil about 10 to 15 min a couple of times a week, to increase your strength and fingernail growth.

And help yourself grow long finger nails.