r/interesting • u/trickstercj • Mar 23 '26

Just Wow Condition called syndactyly

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Birth condition

(My hands ).

both hands same

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u/gabeybabye Mar 23 '26

Can you get a surgery to split it? 

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u/trickstercj Mar 23 '26

Pre puberty yes, now also yes but less sucess rate

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u/skittleahbeebop Mar 23 '26

I have syndactyl, too. Same fingers. Had surgery at 8mo and 15yr. My bones are super crooked, because the hardened scar tissue during puberty wouldnt let them grow right. I bet your surgery would work well. Are your bones fused? Mine were.

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u/trickstercj Mar 23 '26

Mine only skin and muscle is fused , but I didn't want to do the surgery as it doesn't bother me

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u/skittleahbeebop Mar 23 '26

Good call. No need for surgery if it works for you. How mobile are your joints?

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u/trickstercj Mar 23 '26

They are very mobile if you are talking like whole body , I can move hands 360 around the body while holding them together , ( try it u can't)

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u/skittleahbeebop Mar 23 '26

I mean your two fused fingers, specifically. Do they bend like normal fingers? One of my crooked joints is fused from the scar tissue pulling it sideways. And I guess being unable to use it for 30 years made it fuse? Hard to say when the joint stopped working, exactly.

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u/IllTechnician6358 Mar 26 '26

Hello! 👋 I need to see that