How do fingernails and toenails work?

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Does the (raw?) skin that is attached to under the nail stay attached and move along with the nail as it grows out from the nail bed?

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I’m no expert, but the skin underneath does not follow as the nail grows. When I lost two toe nails, they dug in to the skin as they grew back, causing me to have to abraid away the top layers of skin every few days.

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