Editing Finger (section)

====Regrowth of the fingertips====
Fingertips, after having been torn off children, have been observed to regrow in less than 8 weeks.<ref name="Kids can regrow a fingertip. Why can’t adults?">{{cite web |last1=Siegel |first1=Jake |title=Kids can regrow a fingertip. Why can't adults? |url=https://newsroom.uw.edu/story/kids-can-regrow-fingertip-why-can%25E2%2580%2599t-adults |website=University of Washington Newsroom |publisher=University of Washington |access-date=1 November 2021 |archive-date=1 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211101225054/https://newsroom.uw.edu/story/kids-can-regrow-fingertip-why-can%25E2%2580%2599t-adults |url-status=dead }}</ref> However, these fingertips do not look the same, although they do look more appealing than a skin graft or a sewn fingertip. No healing occurs if the tear happens below the [[Nail (anatomy)|nail]]. This works because the [[Phalanx bones|distal phalanges]] are regenerative in youth, and [[stem cells]] in the nails create new tissue that ends up as the fingertip.<ref name="Chopped: How Amputated Fingertips Sometimes Grow Back">{{cite news |last1=Doucleff |first1=Michaeleen |title=Chopped: How Amputated Fingertips Sometimes Grow Back |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2013/06/10/190385484/chopped-how-amputated-fingertips-sometimes-grow-back |website=National Public Radio |date=12 June 2013 |access-date=1 November 2021}}</ref>