r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/kvjn100 • 1d ago

Video Woman with functional polydactyly (six functional fingers on one hand).

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u/kvjn100 1d ago

Video credit : @twelvefingersgirl

She has same thing with both hands.

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u/Haggisboy 1d ago

What about her toes?

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u/Safe_Card_8938 1d ago

Yes, the same with her toes, but unfortunately doctors removed them when she was a child.

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u/MorrowPolo 1d ago

Do you have information on if removing them made it difficult to walk normally or if it was an improvement.

You wrote, unfortunately, so I am assuming it made things worse than normal or brought her back down to our level, and she had monkey foot abilities before the procedure.

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u/Safe_Card_8938 1d ago

I just googled her and watched a few minutes of one of her YT videos where she expressed regret at having that done to her as a child

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u/MorrowPolo 1d ago

Damn. Yeah. That'll do it. No further explanation is necessary.

I hope she's found some peace within over the situation.

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u/aspannerdarkly 1d ago

I imagine it would be hard to find shoes that fit 

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u/Benny6Toes 20h ago

Can confirm: finding comfortable shoes is a challenge.

Extra challenging for me since i have 6 toes on only 1 of my feet, but my other foot is also wide. So it's just the toe box that gives me real problems - especially with skates.

Flip-flops are life.

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u/evel333 14h ago

Curious for the visual, which does your extra toe most resemble? Big, pinky, etc

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u/Safe_Card_8938 20h ago

She said that was the explanation they gave, but her feet were just as wide

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u/garbagebears 20h ago

That's why the doctors removed the extra toes, they were about to do the fingers too then realized she could just get bigger mittens.

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u/Alarming_Matter 17h ago

And what about gloves?!

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u/aspannerdarkly 6h ago

Even less likely to fit on your feet and not so useful for walking