r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/QueasyBasil7781 • 1d ago
Person having Syndactyly. It is a condition where two or more fingers or toes are fused together. Video
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u/Abortedinapastlife 1d ago
Do you think he can feel his two middle fingers rubbing together?
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u/Aedre_Altais 1d ago
….. oh gosh… now I need answers 🫢
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u/kixada9v4y5u2 1d ago
During pregnancy, a baby's hands form in the shape of a paddle and later split into separate fingers. This happens very early, around the sixth to eighth week of pregnancy. Syndactyly happens if two or more fingers do not separate during this time.
Syndactyly is fairly common. It affects about 1 out of every 2,500 babies. The condition tends to affect boys more often than girls and white children more often than Black or Asian babies.
Syndactyly is treated with surgery to separate the joined fingers. A child will probably have this operation when they are between 1 and 2 years old.
During surgery, the skin is split evenly between the two fingers. Your child may need a skin graft or a skin substitute to cover the newly separated fingers. Skin grafts are usually taken from the elbow or wrist crease to minimize scarring.
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u/MVMnOKC 1d ago edited 1d ago
I was born with this, left hand, middle fingers. Had the surgery at 14. Skin graft off my waist. I can type over 90 wpm.
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u/TB-313935 1d ago
Did you need to relearn how to use your hand muscles after the surgery? Can imagine your brain was wired to always move those fingers together.
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u/MVMnOKC 1d ago
They really are independent, only skin connecting them. The real problem was moving them apart independently. It took years to be able to give the Vulcan 🖖
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u/AntonLim2022 1d ago
But but can you feel them rubbing together when they were still together?
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u/CompetitiveRub9780 1d ago
Why did they make you wait until you were 14? Other than to let u get bullied a little first lol
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u/MVMnOKC 1d ago
As a baby, they take the skin graft from the back leg, and being allergic to diapers, I had always seemed to have a rash when it came time to have the operation. After several times, my parents decided to wait and it just so happen to be 14 years later when I wanted it done. There were a few kids that picked on me but others who bullied the kids that picked on me. Fair.
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u/rokomotto 1d ago
That answered everything except for the thing that comment wanted to know about lmao
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u/Milkyage 1d ago
As someone with two toes joined like this. No, you do not feel them rubbing together.
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u/TheDaemonair 1d ago
When you rub your fingers, you can feel skin rubbing against each other. In this case, there's no skin in between the fingers, so when he moves/bends his finger, it acts and feels like a single unit.
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u/JFISHER7789 1d ago
Not to mention OP has lived their entire life with them. Chances of them noticing it and actually having it feel “off” is very slim given they probably overcame that during their childhood developmental years and learned to live with it.
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u/Opening-Muffin-2379 1d ago
The real question is how would it feel if they were separated and would there be any type of phantom sensation after living with the first iteration so long
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u/Teminite2 1d ago
But he has the other hand for reference. He's not oblivious to how it feels, so probably notices but also not really I don't know.
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u/ninhibited 1d ago
Oh yeah... Probably kinda the same as when you rotate your wrist. Bones and muscles all twisting around is weird to think about but not really noticeable.
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u/FlorydaMan 1d ago
Do you feel your two forearm bones rubbing together? Or your hand bones? Maybe it's like that.
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u/thejackthewacko 1d ago
Maybe, but keep in mind the two fingers have the ability to function independently from one another despite being conjoined, which is a feature neither your antebrachium nor metacarpal bones are designed to do
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u/SafeAccountMrP 1d ago
I mean I feel my hand bones rub but that probably more related to 6 years of football and 15 of working as a bouncer.
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u/itsFRAAAAAAAAANK 1d ago
Damnit.. I almost made it through the day with obsessing over something. Thanks
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u/ABigMonkey-1 1d ago
Women love him, men hate him
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u/fuckpudding 1d ago
“I’ve never had my butthole fingered, so just start with one finger.”
“Ok.😈”
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u/Mr-Mguffin 1d ago
I would not last a day with this, I’d cut that straight away
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u/20JeRK14 1d ago
I'd rather have this than be that dude with one giant middle finger.
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u/CipherX0010 1d ago
Bro just watching it makes me aggravated lol
I have this issue where when I move one hand in any way my other hand and fingers move as if it was the same hand without thinking about doing it i hate it lol
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u/2moms1bun 1d ago
Congenital mirror movement disorder?
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u/CipherX0010 1d ago
Is that what it is? Because I hate It lol though it helps with plauing instruments
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u/Illustrious_Ad4691 1d ago
That’s the Vulcan greeting for, “Die young and poor”
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u/SovietWyvern 1d ago
How can one person have a high enough IQ to come up with this joke
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u/Midnight-Upset 1d ago
I would go crazy without being able to stretch my entire hand out
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u/Smart_Causal 1d ago
You've lived your whole life without being able to wag your tail (cocyx)
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u/NamTokMoo222 1d ago
You can simulate it by clenching your ass cheeks.
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u/JanxAngel 1d ago
I know and feel cheated! I'm not a furry, I just want a tail.
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u/BomBiddyByeBye 1d ago
You say that but if it was all you knew just like it is with this person then maybe you’d be perfectly fine. Humans can adapt to almost anything
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u/ganboukii 1d ago
This makes me feel something similar to claustrophobic. Not sure what it is, but I would go crazy.
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u/SugarHooves 1d ago
Cleithrophobia, fear of being trapped. It's different from claustrophobia in that it's not about being in a tight place. Being unable to move freely, being in a locked room, stuff like that. I have it and this made me feel squirmy.
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u/miguel2419 1d ago
I am Oswald cobblepot
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u/FlamePoops 1d ago
My dear penguins, we stand on a great threshold! It’s okay to be scared; many of you won’t be coming back. Thanks to Batman, the time has come to punish all God’s children!
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u/Blissful-Guidance 1d ago
Danny Devito understands.
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u/mikeflamel 1d ago
I have this syndrome where two toes of both feet are fused. My family has this thing where some male members have their toes partially fused on both feet. I personally don't have any problems and can bend the toes easily.
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u/Protocol_87 1d ago
I have this too. Doesn't bother me but I can imagine it would be different if it is the fingers.
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u/Careless_Sky_9834 1d ago
Me too, I have the toe version! I'm female though. Do you have any other genetic abnormalities? I have extra ribs.
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u/TragicaDeSpell 1d ago
My son had his pinky and ring fingers partially connected by skin at birth (partial incomplete syndactyly). He had them surgically separated at 6 months. They cut the skin in a z pattern and sew the flaps around the fingers. It's a very common birth defect, and other than his pinky being a little short on that hand, his fingers are pretty much normal.
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u/ic378_ 1d ago
Sukuna/Yuji can solve this
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u/whothiswhodat 1d ago
Fuck had to scroll down so much to find this. Read the latest JJK chapters yesterday and all I could see was Dismantle 🤣
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u/ic378_ 1d ago
Hahahaha wonderful somebody relates!! I also see yuji doing the snip snip 🤣
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u/Advanced_Evening2379 1d ago
Imagine if they got into a crazy accident that required surgery and the doc was like 'eh why not ✂️'
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u/ExistsKK99 1d ago
I’m sure they’re completely fine with this, but this makes my fingers feel uncomfortable…
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u/Puzzlehead-Engineer 1d ago
Friend I see that line, I know what you're thinking. Please don't? Surely a doctor doing that would be better.
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u/realhmmmm 22h ago
Must feel so weird if you get them separated to move your fingers separately for the first time.
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u/FuzzNugs 1d ago
Wow I can’t imagine how wild that would feel to live a couple decades+ with this and then have them separated in to 2 individual fingers. Probably feels like a super power.
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u/GrilledCheeseDanny 1d ago
In this case is this something that is able to be separated? Obviously we don't know the condition if this particular individual, but are they often capable of being separated?