Do you nails grow from the bottom or the top?

like does the top bit of your nail grow or is it the bottom and pushes all the nail up?Do you nails grow from the bottom or the top?
omg ... i always wondered about this as a kid...it grows from the bottom and yes, it pushes the rest of the nail up...it is the same for hair -- both hair and nail are actually dead cells...the only living part of them is not really visible....for the hair, it grows from the root that you see when you pull one out...for the nail, it grows from the cuticle...that's why your nails and hair dont hurt when you cut them -- it's coz they're dead...=PDo you nails grow from the bottom or the top?
Fingernails and toenails grow from a point near the roots below the skin, at the base of the nail where the nail is very thin. White in color, and half-moon in shape, this semi-circle is appropriately named the ';lunula,'; and comprises a group of cells that manufacture keratin, a dead, hoof-like protein. The keratin like protein produced, gathers and merges with the nail plate, the dead armor that protects the soft and tender nail bed underneath, and pushes the entire nail up and out. Though the fingernails and toenails grow an average of two inches per year, their growth slows with age, and the average adult's fingernails grow only one inch over the course of eight months.
It pushes the nail up. your cuticle is where the nail grows from, along the base of your finger skin
its the BOTTOM!
i think its the top, u don't see ur cuticle growing. so i think its the top.





GOOD QUESTION! never thought of that one...
from the bottom
omg it grows from the bottom!!!!!
Bottom :)


So it all grows up..
i think its the top