Title: What Makes Your Hair & Nails Grow? | Healthfully
Headings: What Makes Your Hair & Nails Grow?
What Makes Your Hair & Nails Grow?
Significance
Types
Considerations
Misconceptions
Healthy Nails

Content: Vitamin B2 helps develop new tissue, and Vitamin B7, also known as biotin, helps develop stronger, smoother nails. Vitamin E, Vitamin D, iron, calcium and iodine also aid in the healthy development of hair and nails. Getting needed nutrients to your fingers and scalp through good blood flow is also necessary for your hair and nails to grow. Poor circulation generally results in thin, weak nails and brittle, stringy hair. Several types of nutrients support nail and hair growth 1. In addition, some of the amino acids necessary to produce keratin rely on having a sufficient amount of sulfur in the body. Considerations
Because your hormones fluctuate at different stages of life and your body may change with age, your hair and nail quality and growth rate may decrease with age. Seasonal changes also affect growth; your nails and hair grow faster and stronger when they get plenty of Vitamin D and stay moist. Thus, during summer months, they grow more than in cold and dry winter months.