# How often do you cut your toenails? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 29, 2016, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-cut-your-toenails/750515 "2016-03-29T13:31:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2016, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-cut-your-toenails/750515/1 "2016-03-29T13:31:51Z")
I never marked the calendar before, but I recently cut them just before leaving on a month-long trip. I’ve been back for two weeks, and just cut them today, and they didn’t really need it all that bad, so I would say every two months is probably typical. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2016, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-cut-your-toenails/750515/2 "2016-03-29T13:47:59Z")
About once a month or a little longer; I have a couple problem nails that need the attention so I just do them all while I’m at it. I spend a lot of time on my feet and check them to some degree almost daily though. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2016, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-cut-your-toenails/750515/3 "2016-03-29T13:52:16Z")
I give myself a pedicure every 2-3 weeks. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2016, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-cut-your-toenails/750515/4 "2016-03-29T14:17:20Z")
I get a pedicure about once a month. ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2016, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-cut-your-toenails/750515/5 "2016-03-29T15:05:44Z")
Weekly, but I am a competitive tennis player. If I don’t they will break off and that’s bad. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2016, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-cut-your-toenails/750515/6 "2016-03-29T15:36:10Z")
Fingernails every 7 to 10 days; toenails about every 4 weeks. ---
**Author:** ![spamforbrains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@spamforbrains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spamforbrains)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-cut-your-toenails/750515/7 "2016-03-30T03:23:49Z")
Toenails- Never? they just seem to grow to a certain length and then stop. ---
**Author:** ![I.Dunno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9f8e36/32.png) [@I.Dunno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I.Dunno)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-cut-your-toenails/750515/8 "2016-03-30T05:23:07Z")
Every two and a half to eight weeks. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-cut-your-toenails/750515/9 "2016-03-30T06:20:20Z")
As seldom as possible. I get squicked out cutting toe nails. So I tend tyo put it off. I get squicked out cutting fingernails too, but I do those more often as people can see them. (Although, I do leave my thumbnail slightly longer, but not noticeably so, for utility purposes.) ---
**Author:** ![Dereknocue67](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6de8d8/32.png) [@Dereknocue67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dereknocue67)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-cut-your-toenails/750515/10 "2016-03-30T08:27:52Z")
My faithful dog is my alert system on trimming time. If I’m barefoot walking across the kitchen tile floor and my loud toenail clacking causes my dog to howl in terror, then it’s almost time. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-cut-your-toenails/750515/11 "2016-03-30T08:38:42Z")
I know I should cut my toenails, but I just can’t stop chewing them. It’s a tough habit to beak. ---
**Author:** ![OffByOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/45deac/32.png) [@OffByOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OffByOne)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-cut-your-toenails/750515/12 "2016-03-30T17:38:48Z")
About once every other week, I will check out the current crop. Usually, only three or four of them are ready, and I clip those. In a few weeks, I’ll get some of the rest of them. Since only the short survive, eventually, they all get trimmed.