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What occurs if i cut my whole nail off?
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Probably grow back: If you simply remove the nail plate the nail would regrow. It takes about 6 months to regrow a new fingernail and one year for a toenail. If you removed the nai and also remove or injust the nail matrix ( the roor of nail seen as the half moon shape structure) then the nail may not regrow properly or maybe not at all.
Answered 11/10/2016
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