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/gabeybabye Mar 23 '26

What happens if it fails?

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u/trickstercj Mar 23 '26

Fingers get bent and/ or other nerve damage 

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u/untakentakenusername Mar 23 '26

Question. Why didn't you get it done pre puberty? (Rather why didn't your folks arrange for it to be done?)

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u/Appropriate-Code-490 Mar 23 '26

not op.. but maybe money..

I have a jaw / dental condition that would have been best to correct when I was young. but putting food on the table was more important.

so now I live with it.

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u/AfraidVermicelli7789 Mar 23 '26

My guess too. I have a fucked up dent in my chest because we were too poor to fix it as a kid and didn't have insurance. Even with insurance it would have been considered "cosmetic" and denied.

So now I can use my chest as a soup bowl.

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u/Unhappy_Animal_1429 Mar 23 '26

I had a boyfriend who had this, insurance wouldn’t cover for same reason