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I'm sure the parents are proud of their baby but regardless, if he isn't able to wear shoes etc, I wouldn't be surprised if eventually they'd opt to have the extra toe on each foot removed.
Custom shoes are a better option. Can you imagine walking with deep scar tissue on each foot? You'd be setting this child up for a lifetime of painful walking.
"It's merely an interesting and beautiful variation rather than a worrisome thing," said Treece. "Imagine what sort of a pianist a 12-fingered person would be" or flamenco guitarist or typist, he said.
I'm curious as to how much damage that did to the baby's feet. Did it leave scar tissue that will be difficult for the child to walk on later?
At the hospital I asked if they were similar to dew claws on dogs and he said yes and they normally don't have bone through them so its a easy procedure. ...usually.
I don't know a thing beyond that. I didn't look into it or ask.
We are not with that pedi anymore so I can't ask. Sorry.
He's going to have a hard time walking. That extra digit is off--it's not a little toe. It's bigger than the little toe and goes slightly off to the side.
He'll definitely need custom made shoes too. That's a huge expense that most families couldn't afford. Not to mention that the child would be teased for having ugly shoes.
maybe we are evolving and children will start to all be born with extra fingers and toes! i mean who is to say that we have stopped evolving as we are?
Well, I don't say it's due to evolving. It's a birth defect that runs in the father's family. The wiki on polydactyly is interesting.
Check out this cricket player who cut them off himself as a child!
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Garfield Sobers, West Indian cricketer, had an extra finger on each hand which he removed himself during childhood "with the aid of catgut and a sharp knife".
I had a sixth toe amputated when I was a year old. It wasn't so I would "look like everyone else" but because it was not growing the same way the other toes were and was going to cause problems for me walking and with shoes. In fact, my foot looks really weird now because plastic surgery wasn't very good 50 years ago. Some people would hide it but it's just part of me and I don't care. Nobody ever noticed unless I pointed it out to them.
Custom shoes are a better option. Can you imagine walking with deep scar tissue on each foot? You'd be setting this child up for a lifetime of painful walking.
It wasn't a problem for me. There really is no deep scar tissue or pain, just an weird looking part of my foot. Thank goodness I didn't have to go the "custom shoe" route my whole life. The toe can cause more problems than a scar can. Eveyone is different though.
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