Title: Your Nails (for Kids) - Nemours KidsHealth
Headings: Your Nails
Your Nails
Your Nails
Nail Care
Manicures and Pedicures
Common Nail Problems
What Your Nails Have to Say

Content: KAIR-uh-tin). This is the same substance your body uses to create hair and the top  layer of your skin. You had fingernails and toenails before you were even born. Where  do they come from? It may look like your fingernails and toenails start growing where your U-shaped cuticle (say: KYOO-tih-kul) begins. But there's more going on under  the surface. Nails start in the nail root, hidden under the cuticle. When cells at the root of the nail grow, the new nail cells push out the old nail  cells. These old cells flatten and harden, thanks to keratin, a protein made by these  cells.