After my previous comment about my webbed toes, several people have found my site while searching for pictures of webbed toes. I aim to please, so I’m hoping to get some pictures of my feet up on the site over the weekend.
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I beg your pardon! We are not mutants! Our webbed toes do not hinder us in any of our activites. they look just like feet, and do not stir up that much attention. I dont know about you, but im proud of my uni-toes!
i too was born with my second and third toes joined all the way up minus a small space inbetween . As a kid it drove me crazy and was extremely embaressed by it so I eventualy had them surgically seperated but now that
I am older and realizedhw ridiculous my thinking was I really do wish I had not seperated them. Actually I now feel like more of a freak because it looks so strange to be like everyone else. I’m actually considering having them put back together believe it or not. Granit they look totally normal now without even any evident scarring it still just doesn’t feel right even after all of the years of wishing I could feel between them; Sounds so crazy but in reality it’s cool being different in that respect aand my girlfriend loves it lol. Her toes (2nd and 3rd) on both feet are also joined partially so accordi to her she just looks at my toes as a type of body modification like tongue splitting or something so she loves feeling between them so considering that fact i convinced her to pierce between her webs versus cutting them and by doing so she now kinda knows what it feels like to have something between them and she loves it as do i. Plus there isn’t the risks involved like i took and it looks cute as hell with her little diamobd studs inbetween since a toe ring wasn’t exactly an option. So if you are considering surgery I urge you to think twice about it cuz Ive had to have three corrective surgeries to get it just right and it really wasnt worth it but do know piercing between the toes is definitely ann option to cure the curioudsity of what it feels like to have something between them plus it’s cute as hell an definely unque te jewlery, just bereaive and yes we will post photosfor you all o. By th way she is lso a professional model and actress, keep your eyes peeled, chances aryou alread knw who sheis. Take care and remember its good to be different!!!!
Why do my Webbed Toes Itch so bad?
I don’t think that it is Athletes foot but at this
point in my old age and suffering i’m not sure what it is.
Yes, we are mutants. There’s nothing wrong with that. I didn’t say we were handicapped. That would be an insult to people who suffer from real handicaps. I’m proud of my toes, too. My wife and kids think they’re pretty neat
I think it’s a shame that some people out there have felt some kind of need to have their webbed toes separated. But if you’ve already had it done, then it seems like an awful lot of trouble to go through to have them rejoined. Personally, I wouldn’t do that.
And as far as itchiness goes, I can’t say that my webbed toes have ever itched any more than any of my other toes. Can’t help you there
i also have my 2&3 toe 0n both feet web about 3\4 away
Was born with them and still have them 14 years later. Now I have a grandchild with them. No problem. Ignore it.
oops! I meant 74 years later.
My twenty three year old son has his second and third toes connected on both feet. I don’t know anybody else who has it in our family.
I went searching for more info on webbed toes after I just had my 2nd child to be born with webbed toes. My 2nd & 3rd kids have the 2nd & 3rd toes on both feet, webbed right up to the nail. My oldest child does not have webbed toes. My toes are not webbed but my husband are, but not nearly as severe. Also, both of the grandma’s have webbed toes. At first I thought I wanted to have them seperated, I would hate to have the kids teased for them while growing up. However, now we all call them “special toes” and will leave the decision to seperate them up to our kids when they get older. My husband thinks they are cool. When our last baby was born on 9/20/03, it was the first thing that my husband and mom looked for when the baby came out of me….no one cared about the gender, they just wanted to see if it had webbed toes! LOL!
I just had a baby boy 10/7/03 and after him being 10 days old noticed that his 2nd and 3rd toes are connected, no one in the hospital even noticed. I have never seen this before and don’t know if they should be seperated or even if that is possible when a child is young? So anyone with knowledge please let me know, thanks.
I still don’t understand why somebody would be concered with separating the toes. It’s an extremely minor cosmetic difference from “the norm”.
But if it bothers you, ask your doctor about it. Most likely he/she will tell you that they *can* separate them, but that there is no real reason to do so. So you would probably just be subjecting your baby to
unnecessary discomfort.
I would let a child decide for him/herself if they wanted the toes separated. In the early years of my life, my focus was so narrow that when I finally looked around at other people’s toes at the poolside, I thought they were the ones with the strange toes!
I never had any self esteem issues about my toes, my family thought they were cool and I therefore felt the same way. Since nobody ever considered it a “problem” that needed “correcting” I simply considered it part of my uniqueness.
I am yet another born with my 2nd and 3rd toes joined. Mine only go half way up so it looks like I have really short toes there. I say “so what, they get me where I’m going.”
The 2nd @ 3rd toe’s on both my feet are webbed half way up as were my Dad’s I think they look rather good and it has never bothered me in the slightest except when I have knocked them and then it’s “OUCH” We may all be genetically linked in some way!!!!!!! “FEET RULE” O.K
I got my 2nd and 3rd toes fully webbed and all my others partially. It runs in my family(obviously) from my Dad’s side. My aunt has it too, but her fingers are partially webbed and her rings cant go on all the way. I think it is cool and I know some other people with the same trait. There is no reason to get them seperated, the way I see it is they are meant to be like that. Ive read some stories and such about Plato’s Atlantis and the people there had webbed digits, so maybe all of us have a bit of heritage from a “lost race” of webbed people. I know the “webbed gene” is dominate but I do not know and havent heard of any couples with the webbed gene that have made babies. My guess is their child would be more webbed than the parents. If I have a child that is webbed there is no way I would let doctors cut the webbing, I would him or her make that decision for themselves.
I HAVE WEB TOES AND IT IS SO F****** IMBARRISING AND IM SO PISED OFF AND I WANT THEM SEPARATED I HATE WEARING SANDALS AND TAKING OFF MY SHOES. I TRY TO ALWAYS HIDE MY FEET SO NO1 CAN SEE THEM. I HATE IT SO MUCH! THEY PISS ME OFF G******
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We are all not clones. Our uniqueness is what makes us special. Let your baby decide when it is grown what to do with its body. Use it as a learning opportunity to appreciate and value people who are different.We love people for who they are and not what they look like.
I asked my three year old son why are you so cute? And he said because God made me that way. He has webbed toes. I try to do my best to build his confidence so he won’t have to worry about what others think. That he will build his life with integrity. He will be a stronger person because he is different. He will be able to relate to people in a way his non webbed brother can not. We try and talk openly about it to educate people/children who have never seen webbed toes. We never hide it away. He wears little open toed sandels all the time. When he is 18 if he wants to have them separated that will be his choice. I hope he does not. That is part of what makes him who he is. I just found out his Great Uncle and Great Grandmother have the same. My Uncle said that when he was in 7-8th grade he did research on it and traced it over seas back to a place up in the mountains? It was so long ago he does not remember…I wish I had that information. Family history interests me.
For those of you searching for more scientific information about this, try this link describing syndactyly, a joining of the fingers and/or toes.
Again, for simple joined toes like mine, I wouldn’t be concerned. It’s just a little extra skin, it’s not hurting anything, and nobody has ever noticed my toes unless I went out of the way to point them out anyhow (which I don’t mind doing, because, I think they’re interesting). But for more serious conditions such as joined fingers, you probably want to consult a physician.
I know two girls and one guy with webbed toes. The girls have the 2nd & 3rd toes webbed, the guy has 2nd , 3rd & 4th webbed on his left foot, and 2ne & 3rd on his right foot. One of the girls has her 2nd & 3rd completely webbed. He is very shy about showing his feet, and is SOOO tired of being asked if he is a good swimmer. the girls are cool with showing their toes and even let me take pictures of their feet.
Sorry my toes are not webbed, but I do have funny pinky toes that overlap my 4th toes. I leave 4 toe prints with each foot when I walk in the wet sand a the beach
I have Webbed toes and think that us few that have this trait are very special. I also think that we are messengers of GOD. I am not a very religious person. But I feel that I have been on this planet for a reason. And though everyone is different. We are different in a different way. We may not be mutants but all ANGELS.
my friend has webbed toes. if i pull my second and third toe apart a
piece of skin apears half way up but i dont think its webbed.
Like many here my 2nd & 3rd toes on each foot are webbed 3/4 the way up. As far as we new I was the only person in my family history that had ever had that trait. With in a year after my birth a first cousin of mine was born that had his toes webbed the same way. Neither of us has had them seperated and doctors advised at birth that there would be more medical complications from seperating them than if they were left alone. I can’t underdstand why anyone would want them seperated, I think they look healthier than skinny boney toes. I do however get tired of being asked if I can swim fast. I tend to show off my toes to try and freak people out that have never seen toes like mine before and everyone thinks my toes are very weird and cool and I’m pround of it. I hope my kids have webbed toes.
i have webbing between my 2nd and third like most but it is more obvious on the right foot than the left. my left foot looks almost normal if i don’t part the toes to show the slight webbing. but i’m thinking of surgically separating the webbings on the right foot so both feet look similar. i don’t wear slippers or sandals out and when i go to beaches i always hide my right foot in the sand. i haven’t learnt how to deal with it yet. the only thing stopping me from separating them is the possible scarring and obvious splitting that the plastic surgeon has warned me about. if anyone has gone thru splitting of the toes could u tell me if the scarring is obvious?
Marcus,
I read your message and could relate to you. I have webbed 2nd &
3rd toes on both feet. My one foot is more webbed than the other. My
right foot has 2nd & 3rd toes completely connected to the tips of my
toes, with my toe nails almost touching. My left foot has the webbing
only going up to below the toe nails of my 2nd & 3rd toes. It is not as
notciable but still bothers me when people notice it. I too never wear
sandals, or worse yet flip flops. I am a proud member of the “bury our
feet in the sand” club, when i go to the beach.
I would recommend against surgery on your toes. I was told by a
doctorr I spoke with that you could have nerves or blood vessels between the
toes and that you run the riskof losing circulation or feeling in one
or both toes. If you lose circualtion, it could result in amputatio of
a toe. i think I would rather keep all ten of my toes.
Tell me more about how self-conscious you are of your toes. You
probably had similar childhood and teen year memories as me. If I had a
dollar for every person who said I must be a great swimmer, I would be a
rich!
Keep in touch,
Connie
Wow, i can’t believe there are people like me! I too have the miracle of two toes joined freakishly together! I marvel at them every morning as i shower! I now feel accepted and part of this crazy world like never before. Thanks guys for enabling me to feel wanted again! xx
I’m at school right now, in the library, and there’s this dude over there with 6 toes. It’s scary… I wanna go ask him if he really has 6 toes, but nah…i’d be i\embarrassed:) laterz..
I have the second and third toes webbed on both feet. The left is ~90% webbed, the right ~40% webbed. I’ve never been embarassed by them, they were just always part of my life. My father had webbed toes, as did his father.
I’m with Connie — I can’t remember how many people have asked if I’m a good swimmer. Ironically, I can’t swim…
The other odd question I was frequently asked in school was “Gee, doesn’t that feel weird?” to which I would retort “Gee, doesn’t it feel weird to have all of that space between your toes?” ;^).
Hey all! Wow this page has givin me a lot of insight on this subject. I’m 16 and I just recently had my 2nd and 3rd toes on both feet seperated about 5 days ago. I am going through the healing process and oh my gosh i’ll tell you its not easy! I wish i would have known more before i went ahead with the surgery, like about the risks and recovery process. There’s really no use complaining about it though, theres nothing i can do to turn back time and re-join them! Is there anyone who has had this surgery also that can tell me how it turned out or what the outcome was? When i saw my new toes for the first time the other day, it was a big nasty mess ( obviously because i just had surgery) but im sad and i feel like they’re never going to look normal again! I was perfectly fine before but i was really self concious about them and couldn’t wear sandals or anything because i was embarrased. I should have just excepted the way i was. Oh well…Hopefully everything will turn out okay because i have wanted this done for many years. If any one has any advice or support that would be wonderfull! Thanks alot!
My webbed toes has never bothered me until this year. I want to get something done since I am working long shifts and my toes hurt real bad and causing me to walk funny on my feet. It hurts so bad I can’t hardly walk the next day after 10 hour shifts. If anyone has had similair problems please let me know and tell me how the problem was corrected. I’m tired of them hurting and its not my shoes. thanks
Noone, I tried emailing you but your address didn’t work. Please email me, I’d like to chat with someone whose toes are webbed exactly like mine!
It’s so interesting to read about experiences which I thought were unique to me! My second and third toes on both feet are joined up to just below the nail. My parents were advised against seperating them, and between the ages of about 11 and 14, I was greatly embarrassed by them. Then I got over it. I, too, bought special sandals, hid my toes in the sand, and was asked if I was a good swimmer. Has anyone sung “Be Kind to Your Wed-footed Friends” to any of you? How rude! I’m glad my toes weren’t seperated, though I was also somewhat relieved that my children were born with regular toes.
Brooke
I’m 33 yrs old & have always wondered how many of “us” there were. Both of my feet have 2nd & 3rd toes joined all the way to the middle of the nails. When I was little - I didn’t know any better, teen - embarrassed, late teen - had a lot of fun with other people’s ignorance (can trace my heritage back to the Royal Family with these), early adult - it became a badge of honor, conversation, and (not a few times) an in with the ladies… now I don’t think about them much anymore but my wife does… she was worried that our children would have “it” also… My daughter’s are but only about 10-15% and my son’s feet look “normal”. I’m glad I never had the operation. It has made me a stronger person and also more in tune with physical differences in others. It has allowed me to see differences without offending or drawing attention to them… just seeing people for who they are inside (if I may be so blatantly P. C.)
Have any others heard of them referred to as “Indian Toes”? My family has some Native American Bloodlines and I was always under the impression that that may have been where they came from.
I also can’t swim but would be rich as well, even if it was only a penny per time. I have a very good friend that is missing most toes and some fingers from his left side - dithalidimide I think… we were friends first & then became best friends thru our “abnormal digits” Oh, BTW, he’s a good swimmer.
For those of you who may read this & are just starting to become aware / self-conscience of your toes, I won’t insult you by saying “don’t think about it” or “ignore them” but I will say this - have fun with it, if they’re so curious, let them prove your parents weren’t part of some super secret nuclear program - or you can be aloof to it all with the knowledge that normal is boring and eventually there will be rewarding moments in being different. But be warned that playing “This little piggy” with your kids may need some revision.
WOW! I never realised how many others have ‘unique’ webbed toes like me. When ever I see a person with revealing shoes or no shoes at all, I look and say to myself “Nope, there feet are normal.” lol. Only one time, in my 18 years of living I saw a person with webbed toes and I was shocked out of my mind. In fact it was a teacher from my past high school that I crossed in a store. In my head I was like “No way”, but yep their was his completely webbed toes staring me in the face. Mines also are like Connie’s (No. 25-11/26/03, above) my left feet are completely webbed, but my BEST LOOKING foot, the right, is only 3/4 webbed. It is so wierd because I DO wear revealing shoes, I LOVE HEELS, but if I am going out in the day I will use a black pen to draw a line so it is not as noticable. Crazy I know!
I have always been so embarrased by my toes. My 2nd and 3rd are also webbed. My left isn’t as bad as the right foot. I won’t wear open toed shoes out unless it’s around certain people. The only guys I’ve ever let notice are ones that I was serious with (over a year). I decided to seperate them, so I started with the right foot since it was more severe. My mom’s doctor that she works for did it, although he’d never performed the operation before. They wouldn’t heal and I had to take the bandages off to allow them to heal. I tried to put a bandage between them during the day, but it wouldn’t stay. Needless to say, it grew back up. Now I have a scar. The surgery wasn’t that bad, but trying to walk later almost killed me. All that pressure on that foot! Anyway, my sister now picks on me (hers are worse than mine) because she says the scars look like tree branches! I would still love to have the seperated (by someone who’s done it before). What kind of doctor should I look for? It’s more difficult for a female to have this problem, especiallly when guys love feet and open toed shoes are so popular now. I would do anything to feel comfortable enough to wear them all summer long. I go to great lengths to hide them at the beach etc. My sister doesn’t care as much as I do. I try to buy sandals that cover up until near the very top of my toes or about 3/4 the way up. When guys see me with those type shoes on they say, “you look like you have beautiful feet”. I think to myself,”yeah, if they weren’t webbed”! Do you think it would really freak most guys out? I even go around the house with socks or shoes on!
Kristy, you should not be self-concious of your toes. Everybody has something different about them. Nobody is perfect. Your toes would never freak me out. I have pinky toes that overlap my 4th toes, on both feet. I think that is much more noticable than webbed toes, and i don’t let it bother me. It used to bother me when I was younger, but I’ve learned to deal with it. If someone can’t accept you for who you are, they’re not worth it.
Please feel free to email me if you would like to discuss this further in a more discreet setting than this posting board. Click on my underlined initials and my email address will appear.
My 16 month old son was born with simple bilateral syndactyly of 2nd and 3rd toes on both feet. As far as we can tell there is no family history on either side. After his birth noone noticed the “condition” for the first 3 days. From the start we knew we would like to get his toes seperated to spare him the future ridicule and embarrassement that he might have encountered in school later on. The plastic surgeon we consulted informed us that we would have to wait till our son was at least a year old, at that time we scheduled the surgery time. The surgery finally took place this September. I am not very happy with the results. The toes on the left foot had grown back together half way up. The other foot looks better, however there is scarring on both feet, he has these white almost blister like scars. He did require skin grafts. The plastic surgeon keeps telling us that his toes will heal and the scarring will go away, and that the foot that has grown together will be a very simple procedure to reseperate. Does anyone out there know if his scarring is likely to go away or is the good Dr. just feeding us what we want to hear? Also, since my son doesn’t speak yet, how long do the toes hurt for after surgery and how bad is the pain?
Hey Joanna, since i just had this surgery i can tell you a little bit about it! Before i had the surgery my mom felt bad because she thought she should have had my toes seperated when i was a baby, but after talking to my doctor he said that its actually better to wait until your older and your toes are more developed and grown. I guess that would be why your son’s toes have grown partially back together. Well after surgery my toes only hurt for about 4 or 5 days and I would just take pain killers to help it. After that I didn’t need medicine anymore and they didn’t really hurt. The pain wasn’t ever excruciating(sp?) either. During surgery however there was a complication and the blood wouldn’t come back to one of my toes, and i almost lost my toe. Because of this, the proccess has been much longer than expected, but im heading in the right direction now! Skin graft’s are a possibility in the future if my toes don’t completely heal correctly, but everything looking like it will be ok. It’s been so hard for me though because im a dancer and i haven’t been able to do anything, and i dont know when i’ll be able to get back to dancing. I have to go through some physical therapy for my toes after everything is better. The reason i had the surgery in the first place was because i was so self concious about my toes, and i wanted to be able to wear open toed shoes and go to the beach without being embarresed of someone seeing my toes. If i had a chance to go back i probably wouldn’t have done the surgery, because its been such a long and hard proccess, not really worth it! HOwever, i still think i’ll be happy when they’re all healed and hopefully everything will be okay! If anyone has any other questions about the procedure feel free to ask and I would be happy to tell you!
Also Joanna to answer your other question, Im sure over time scarring will eventually go away. The more your son grows and develops, the more the scarring will blend in with the normal skin and dissapear. Overall there could be slight noticable scars but nothing to worry about! Hope this helps!
Lauren,
Yes it does, thank you for the info.
Oh, and by the way, our plastic surgeon recommended to go ahead with surgery now. He said that the second toe tends to be longer than the third and if toes are attached it can cause a bending of the second toe. I don’t know if there is any truth to that but that was one of the deciding factors to go ahead with surgery.
I was born 23 years ago with my second and third toes mostly webbed together on both feet, and it has been a great source of comfort to me knowing that I am unique from most people out there. My toes are not bent and have had no problems whatsoever because of the webbing. I think I’d rather have my little toe cut off than have my webbing cut. But if anyone else for whatever reason (whether it is a psychological need to feel like they are “normal”; or because a plastic surgeon wants to make money) wants to cut their webbing, go right ahead. That way I can be more of a minority and more unique. I love my webbed toes!
When I was a teen, I met another girl who had large, square scars on her thigh. I asked her about them, and she said, wearily, that she was a Siamese twin, and they were her separation scars. She was joking, of course, because she was asked about the scars all the time. It turns out that her webbed toes had been separated when she was an infant, and the skin grafts were taken from her thigh. I showed her my webbed toes. I have to think that webbed toes are much less disfiguring than skin graft scars. I’m glad my parents chose to leave well enough alone.
In any event, good luck to the young woman and infant who are healing. I’ll be interested to find out what the results are in the long run.
Wow, what a wonderful website!Ihave-shortened webbed toes on my left foot, and shortened fingers on my left hand.The latter were once webbed, but were separted in my teens.I’ve always been conscious of my toes,but have actually come to love ‘em.However,they do get very painful and wearing comfy shoes is quite hard.Does anyone have any suggestions?Many thanks,suzannax
Its amazing after reading all these posts how many of us are out there!! I have never seenanyone with a toes like mine… only my left foot is webbed on the second and third toes….but mine is webbed all the way to the top and and the bones of each toe, I was told when I was a kid is fused at the top, with one nail covering both toenail area….not that many of us are webbed to the top including the nail…I too spent my childhood hiding my foot and dreaded if anyone would find out….at the beach, I always buried my foot in the sand….never wore open toe shoes….well, I turn 40 this year and for the first time, I could care less what people think about it!! It is what it is!!
Its really great to know there is support and so many others out there.My son is now three years old and doing great.I am the one who noticed his webbed toe.Hate to say it wasn’t until he was seven days old!Its on his left foot.The second and third toe are completely fused all the way up to the toe nail.Looks very similar to one big toe when veiwed from under the foot.I must say…I was very upset when I first discovered it.I took him to several plastic surgeon’s in hopes to get it fixed VERY SOON.They all said he would have to be at least a year old.My husband was totally against this, and said his toe was perfect,just leave it alone.As time went by,it made perfect since.Why put my child through surgery,skin grafts,and pain that isn’t nessary.His toe is beautiful and we just love it! Only thing is,recently Im not sure if he has just discovered it but,he keeps asking me about his toe.He tries pulling them apart and says”Look mom, there stuck”.He then says”Doctors gonna fix it”.I dont regret my decision but,often wonder if when he gets older he may wished we would have had it repaired.Anyone with comments on this please let me know.Thanks,this means more than you know.
i am a teenager and i have wanted to get my webbed toes (they are 2/3 of the way up on both feet) separated. I have looked at some things on the internet about webbed toes and surgery to fix it, its really embarassing to me and i want to be able to wear flip flops and open toed shoes again without worrying if anyone is looking at my feet, but the only complications i heard about were nerve damage and me not being able to feel my two toes anymore. Now, im totaly fine with that, its not that big of a deal to me, but i don’t rellay know anything else about the surgery process. Is it really possible that your toes or toe could fall off if the blood doesn’t flow back in there ( and if so, why wouldn’t blood be able to flow back through your toes) and second of all, do you seriously need to have a skin graft? it seems like there should be enough skin connecting the two toes to pull back down and stitch together. My third question is: How much does it hurt during and afterwards? I know that the numbing shot stings when its injected ( ive had a mole removed before) but during that surgery it didn’t hurt after at all, there was just a little tension on the skin. Will i need a wheelchair or crutches to take the pressure off the toes, or to have one foot done at a time, or will i be able to walk around as long as i have pain killers? Anyone whose had surgery before, successful or not, i would appreciate your feedback and the answers to any, and hopefully all, of my numerous questions. Thanks.
also, for anyone who has ever had the surgery before, how much did it cost, because my parents don’t want to pay for it because they know it will be expensive. I just hope i can convince them so i can ask my doctor about the process and the healing time and pain and things like that. Thanks
I just had my webbed toes separated about three weeks ago. It was the 2nd and 3rd toes of each foot, about 3/4 the way up. I had been putting this off for years–the fear of exposing my toes seemed to grow more every year. I was sick of not feeling free to go to the beach or pool. Plus, after a lot of walking, the webbing actually ached. So I went to a podiatrist, who said, “yeah, no problem.” So I went to an outpatient surgery clinic to have the doc do it. I was put under, and an hour later I had huge bandages on my feet and had to wear those big surgery sandals for a week. The pain wasn’t so bad, especially with the pain pills. The skin grafts came from the tops of my feet, but they didn’t really take very well. So for a few more weeks I have to put sterile pads between my toes and tape them up until they heal. It’s like having open blisters between the toes, and they are slowly healing (and itching). But it feels awesome to be able to spread my toes for the first time. I’ll feel free to walk around barefoot if I want to (even when alone, I would wear socks, because the webbing never ceased to freak me out). As far as cost, my insurance covers most of it (it’s usually covered, as corrective surgery for a congenital deformity, as they define it). About $4000 total–the biggest fee is for the use of the surgical clinic. Even if insurance did not cover it, it would still be worth it to me. I realize that a lot of web-toed people couldn’t care less about their feet, but I feel like a burden has been lifted, like I no longer have to keep some dreadful secret. No one knew about it except my parents and the serious girlfriends I’ve had–not even my best friends. I know this secrecy is irrational, but it’s always been a very big deal to me. I wish my parents had had it done when I was a baby, but not being webbies themselves, they had no idea how much grief it could cause me. Any recovering patients out there? How long did it take to heal up?
I’m glad to be in good company. I’m also glad to be the 50th comment on this website, since I am 50 yrs. old. I,too, have been very self conscious about my toes. I am fortunate enough to only have it up to the first joint on both feet. I have occasionally thought of surgery but now after reading your comments, I am now embarassed that I ever gave it a thought. Really ashamed at myself, actually. I’m proud to be part of this elite group.
the second comment on this page was about someone whose girlfriend got her toes pierced, and they said that they would include pictures. How would i find those? Does anybody know? Help me please because i think it would look cute, but i want to make sure the picture in my mind matches the real thing before i go and get it done. Thanks
Laura, I think one of my friends had it done. Let me see if she would be willing to take a picutre of it. I too have webbed toes, but have no desire to get any piercing done to the webbing. I want to draw as little attention as possible to my toes. Laura drop me an email I’d like to chat about what you heard about surgery. Click on my name for my email address
Since this conversation is threatening to swallow up my entire blog, which is intended to mainly be about technical web stuff, I am seriously thinking about spinning off an entire new website devoted to information about syndactly (webbed fingers/toes).
However, I probably don’t have the day-to-day time to devote to managing the site (posting new material, vetting out junk comments, etc.). So, if you are reading this, and you think that you might be interested in contributing your time and effort as a site manager, story submitter, or whatever, please contact me and let me know.
I don’t expect it would take very much effort. I just need somebody who is willing to post some new material occassionally, and help keep the site’s comments on-track. Of course, it wouldn’t pay any money, but you would get to have your name up in lights, so to speak.
can any one give me any pix of webbed toes?
I had posted here about a week after i had the surgery performed. Now it’s been about 2 months and im almost totally healed. The only thing left is scabs between my toes on the left foot, and on the right foot where the complications took place there is a bigger skin area healing. I’ve read numerous questions from everyone on here and i just wanted to let you know that you can Email me and ask me any questions you have and i will answer you directly. Seeing that i just had this surgery i can hopefully answer everyones questions accurately. I’m finally in regular shoes now after being in the huge surgical shoes, and using a wheel chair to get around! It feels great. After surgery i totally regreted getting it done because i thought to myself, why did i have to go and change something so minor on my body that didn’t even matter! i was thinking this way because the whole process was so hard to go through, and painfull, etc. Now i am pretty happy i did it, mostly because thats all over with and i have 5 pretty un-joined toes not to be self concious about anymore! Well anyways, PLease Email me with anything you would like to know because i’d be more than happy to tell you any information i can!
I find this very interesting, as my wife has webbing between her toes, but not completely joined. I wondered if there were any of you that would post pictures of your webbed toes? Thanks.
I have a pic in another post here on this site.
can someone give me a pic if u can just im me Boss070989
Would love to see the webbed toes Andrea describes as fused all the way to the end with one toe nail. So actually it appears as though you have 4 toes? Cool.
I have always (for about 50 years) been very self conscious about my conjoined toes (2nd & 3rd on both feet). I don’t see what’s so good about having them. I think it’s great though if other people are not bothered by theirs. I wish I felt that way. I’m very surprised to find out this is as common as this site makes it appear to be. I am going to see about having mine separated. Anybody got info on that?
OK, two weeks after post #49: I no longer need bandages. The toes are almost completely healed, just some scabs and swelling. I was surprised to read that Lauren needed a wheelchair to get around. I walked out of the surgery clinic with my big surgery sandals, which I only wore for a week, and then Birkenstocks with socks for another week. Walking was a bit painful for a total of about three weeks, but now everything is back to normal. So, yes, it was totally worth it, and relatively easy. I look forward to doing new things, like going to the beach, taking a yoga class, and whatever else I shied away from all these years. If your doctor says it’s unnecessary, go to another one. Only web-toed people understand the stress of having webbed toes. Ten years ago, a podiatrist told me that as a male it shouldn’t bother me (implying that only women have body issues, I guess, and that guys are above such nonsense), so I left the doctor’s office ashamed of having gone. Well, it did bother me very much–until I had the operation ten years later (by a more open-minded podiatrist). I hope this helps anybody who is thinking about having the surgery or has already had it.
Hey guys. I’ve been reading several of the posts here on this site and just to let you know, there is a pretty kewl yahoo group dedicated to you all and your kewl toes. Here is the URL. It has lots of pictures on there too for those of you who want to see.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/webtoedpeopleclub/
I just wanted to say “I love my webbed toes” and would never think of having them separated. I love to go to the beach. Having webbed toes will never keep me from going. Once in awhile I feel uncomfortable showing off my feet but really, most of the time it doesn’t bother me. Like Ajun wrote, there is a cool group on yahoo and I’ve posted pics. If anyone would like to talk webbed toes, please email me.
hey, i got an answer from one person who had the surgery, jason, and he said that the cost of his surgery was covered under something like corrective surgery of a congenital deformity. I just want to know from anyone else who had the surgery if it was covered by their insurance. Also, painwise, how bad was it? Could you walk around normally with just a little bit of lingering pain after a week or two, or does it hurt for longer, and how badly? Thanks
It’s so nice to find other people with the same issue! My 2nd and 3rd toes are also webbed. 2/3 up on my left foot and 1/3 up on my right. I’ve felt embarassed by them for quite some time. I don’t remember ever feeling this way as a kid. But when I was in my teens and even now, in my early 20’s, I’ve been more self-concious. The sandle issue is a biggie for me. I try to buy a sandle with a strap that will cover the webbing. I have thought on and off again about surgery, and even consulted a plastic surgeon a couple of years ago. But with the thought of being incapacitated for a week and having more scars from the skin grafting, I was turned off of surgery. I try to remind myself that they’re just toes. Who cares, right? Finding other people with this same problem helps. It doesn’t make me feel so unusual after all. I like to joke with my close friends that I have alien toes.
hey everyone. i have webbed toes and so did my cousin, but he got his removed when he was a baby, as his were much worse than mine. I never cared much about them until i was about 12 years old, now 17, i have major issues with them.I wish my parents would have decided on getting the surgery as a baby, because now i wouldnt have to have these bad feelings about my body. Only my family and close friends know, and they all say theyre not bad… theres webbing about 1/2 way up and i am just so embarrased of them. I even wear socks at home because the sight of them is just a reminder of not being able to do the things i want to do. I dont own a pair of sandals and hardly ever going swimming in the summer. I HATE my feet, and go through SO much to hide them. I love the summer and the way thong sandals look with everyone’s cute outfits.. i wish that i wear them too. My friends who know make fun of me for wearing closed toe shoes to dances and kicks to the pool, but im way too self-concious of my feet, and the feeling of being “weird” is overwhelming at times. I feel like they are holding me back of having complete self-confidence. I dont understand how people can not care and be proud of their webbed toes, but i wish i could feel the same way. I really want surgery, but after reading these postings im very scared of the after affects. If anyone has any information about surgery or ways to work around having them, please reply!:?::!:
Anne, Your’s was the first post I read when I found this site. I feel the same way you do. Its good to know I’m not the only one to feel this way. I’ve gotten use to burying my feet in the sand at the beach. Its pools that I stay away from. No place to hide you feet. Hopefully no one tries to pull your shoes or socks off at dances. That happened to me once when my “friends” thought they were being funny. Nothing like a bunch of people all staring at your bare foot at once to make you even more self-concious.
Click on my name to get my email address. Drop me email if you want to talk more privately
i love my stuck toes:mrgreen:, i just want to know more about them:idea:! I am 16:lol:! Does anyone know how they are joined and what caused it in the womb?:?::?::?:
Ashton:cool:
I hate:evil: it when a grain of sand gets stuck imbetween the little gap between 2 conjoined toes, its so uncomfortable!:mad::roll:
Wesley:razz:
i was wondering what the toes look like under them could i get a picture of them?
I too have webbed toes. The second and third on my left foot are connected. My toes are really short on both feet so you have to look kind of close, but all through high school people noticed. I never use to wear flip flops because I didn’t want to be made fun of, not I wear them all the time. The only thing anyone ever says is “OMG your toes are soooooo cute!” I still wish I could get them separated, but I probably wont, my dad and uncle has them. My dad died and it just seems like I would be getting rid of something he gave me. So I think I’ll keep my minor problem and be happy I’m different
Ohhh-I am so glad that my son and I arent’t the only ones.
We are the only ones in my family. I told him that only very smart people have them. Does any of my fellow webbed toed people know why we have them?
:shock:hey man
I too am the proud owner of a pair of webbed toes, much to the shocked delight of my beautiful fiance. I really couldn’t care less, and I believe it is a gift that will one day save the world,or unite us with aliens, or suchlike. Great conversation starter though, it’s a difficult party trick to top.The only downer is on a cold day we can’t wear toe socks.Never mind.
I have webbed toes too and im 15. i HATE THEM! it’s so embarrasing taking my shoes of, going swimming, and wearing sandals. I especially hate when people ask me if im a good swimmer…..yea…i HATE THAT! im not a f***ing duck OK! im getting them separated as soon as possible!
:smile:Hi.This is to Elizabeth D—–.Please send email address so I can get back with you in response to you’re email about my son’s webbed toes.Rita
yeah…i asked this a little whil ago, and nobody really answered. If anyone else, besides jason, who already answered me, has had the surgery, i was just wondering if it was covered by insurance? i know that for jason it was, but i am just checking. Also, about the skin grafts, are the scars that bad? about how big are they, and are they reall obvious, or do they heal and blend in with the rest of the skin? Thanks
My 3 brothers and one sister have our 2nd and 3rd toe halfway webbed.
Did you know pygmy chimps have this trait also………….
Not pushing evolution but it makes you think
my name is chris and i have my second and third toe on my left foot webbed, i am very imbarissed about them and don’t lik wearind open shoes. i want them seperated but don’t know where, and i have heard sometimes they re-join. my toes have ruined my life and u hate them so much.:evil:
I have a question for Jason who last posted #63. How do your toes look now? Are the scars noticeable? My son has webbed toes and I was told by two plastic surgeons that there would be no aesthetic improvement to having the surgery done because skin grafts on the feet tend to darken, get swollen, look puffy, and are quite noticeable. They said the skin grafts would come from the groin area. Interesting that yours came from the top of your feet. Do you have scars on top of your feet now?
hey i have webbed toes on my 2nd and 3rd on both feet all the way to the top but i have seperate nails, and all through my life i have covered them. i’m now 21 and want them seperated. i don’t know much about it and wondered if anyone could help me. cost, how pianful it is, scaring. this problem has held me back for years. but i want the surgery done immediatley.
can anyone help..i would appreciat any advise, from people that have already had it.
thanks
Liz, the scars are tiny (thin and about half an inch long) and are already beginning to lighten up and blend in with the rest of my skin. Still, I’d rather have scars than webbed toes. I’m certainly not embarrassed of scars. In fact, not even two months after surgery, I’ve been swimming several times already, and for the first time ever I am not self-conscious at the pool. If you’re really worried about scars, then go to a plastic surgeon instead of a podiatrist. I honestly didn’t care about scars, and I knew my insurance company would not question the services of a podiatrist. Sure, I’ll probably always have a little scarring, but to me that is not embarrassing or freakish at all, compared to what I grew up with.
hey, i was born with my 2 and 3 toes combined upto the nail on both feet. I am 16 years old and i find them the coolest damn thing and my friends get a real kick out of it. I find no reason to be ashamed of the way God made me and i also think of it as an family heirloom. every other geneation in my family has webbed toes. i would never get my toes seperated, i find no problem in being unique. Hell, i take my shoes and socks off at school and walk up to people i really dont even know and show them my toes. Of course they find it a little weird, but they also find them interesting. i’ve only been criticized once and that was by my brother. so its no big deal to me. thought that i should share this for some reason.
Good for you Cody. It needs to be said. I too love my webbed toes (both feet, up to the nails, on my second and third toes). I get a kick out of showing them off. At one time I thought of having them separated but glad I didn’t. I like being a little different and everyone that notices them thinks there cool. It’s no big thing. But if people want to get there toes separated, that’s cool too. It’s a personal choice. Myself, I’m fine with my webbed toes and will continue to show them off.
Yeah, splitting your toes is a personal decision and i think people should put more thought into it, before they do it. If you were meant to have toes like everyone else, then you would have them. Be proud of the fact that you are somewhat different then the person standing next to you. Don’t le your toes upset you or embarass you. i always joke around with my friends and tell them i have 8 toes. Enjoy what has been given o you.
i understand what you guys are saying buti still definately want it done..i think its based on personality about how you feel about them.. me personally definately want it done. jason could you tell me how much it costs with or without insurance, also how long did yours heal, and was there any complications at all? i would told you could have blood vessals between and could cut the circulation off…? am not sure. let me know how you went about doing it. thankyou
I accidentally ran into this site an it just so happens i have webbed toes on my second and third ! not to worry girls, the guys at my school think it’s cute. most of them are in my math class . I dont mind wearng heels or revealing shoes. Its a meager case of webbing. but youd have to be tols that i have it to notice. If you got it like i do, on the second and third, then i suggest that maybe you shouldnt care whut ppl think and be your SELF! :roll::lol:now you know … some on ewho is gonna b a famouse environmentalist with webbed toes!
It’s good to hear from the ladies that it is ok to have webbed toes. Heck, Trish Helfer, a supermodel has webbed toes and just recently on the Wayne Brady Show, showed them off in front of everyone to see. She’s come to terms with them. If you still want to get your toes separated, get it done. You probably won’t be happy until they’re separated. Try this first. Take a couple of bobby pins and cut them to the length of your webbing. Slide them over the webbing and leave them. After awhile, the skin or webbing will stretch and it will leave the appearance of having separate toes, at least from a distance. I tried it and it works.
can anyone please tell me how much it could cost for surgery to seperate the 2nd a nd 3rd on both feet. just an estimate will do. thanks
Post #49 should answer this question. But I have no idea if this is standard. My insurance covered most of it.
I have my 2nd and 3rd toes webbed on both feet, the left slightly more webbed than the right. Basically on both feet the gap stops at the first knuckle.
I always think ‘normal’ toes look really weird. One of my two brothers has the same thing, and he managed to convince credulous classmates it made him run faster! I never had any problems with it; I wear sandals sometimes. The only thing I do avoid is those peeptoe court shoes, because those’d show off all the wrong bits. That said, I don’t like the style much anyway, so I’m not missing much!
I have a couple of other congenital abnormalities too, the most significant of which is that the bones in my left middle ear are malformed, so I’m partially deaf. I always thought these things were because I was born prematurely. Anyone else have any idea why this happens?
Webbed toes run in my family too. My uncle had then up to the nails and also his 2nd & 3rd fingers webbed. He joined the Navy in 1942 and all didgits were separated.
As a kid, I thought webbed toes would be an asset in the Navy. Mine are so very noticible. But now as I am having lots of problems with my feet (stress fractures, webbed toes on one foot getting closer, the other foot, they have spread out. In both cases it is painful, so I’m considering asking for the surgery?
:cry:My 2nd and 3rd toes are webbed on both feet and my mate Brian calls me alien toes, monster munch feet, reptile toes, call the men in black, freaky feet, the list goes on! i think it’s quite funny really, i told him i’m going to make a plaster of paris model of my feet for him to use as a doorstop. either that or i’ll use it to kick him up the arse with if he carries on!
All of us “webbies” are missing a gene in our DNA. Simply put, this gene tells the body when we were in the womb to have the skin between the digits to die off and separate away. Ours didn’t.
i was born with my 2nd & 3rd toes on both feet webbed together all the way.
my older brothers 2nd & 3rd toes are webbed half way on both feet.my older sisters 2nd & 3rd toes are webbed 1/2 only on her left foot.i use to charge kids 25cents to see my toes when i was in school. lol i now have kids but none of thier toes are webbed . WEBBED TOES RULE lol i have made money from mine and its one less set of toes you have to wash between.lol
Its now been almost 3 months since my surgery to have my toes seperated. Im back to normal now, swimming, wearing open toed shoes, and everything i want! One toe is still swollen due to the Complications during surgery, and could take up to a year to be regular again, but oh well! The scarring is still pink and the new skin hasn’t blended in with my natural color of skin yet. Well if anyone has any questions you can Email me!
do you think i could get something for my toes on ebay? maybe the black market? you never know. anybody know how much it will cost? if it hurts? how long was it before your back walking in trainers after surgery? e amil me and let me know. much apprecieated
Hey Lauren. I tried to email you with some questions about your experience with the surgery but my email got kicked back. I plan to have surgery in the next few months and I would love any info you can give me.
:?:Hey guys!All this talk about webbed toes is great.The only thing is we really need to get some pictures posted so we see them for ourselves.I will try my hardest to get one posted today.:mrgreen::idea:
I am 33 and have both the 2nd and 3rd toes on each foot joined 3/4 of the way up. And I like a few others have been very self conscious about this since I realized that not everyone has toes like that. I am the only person in my family to have webbed feet and I have never met or seen anyone else with webbed toes. I am glad to know that there are those who can appreciate their differences. While I don’t go out barefoot I do wear sandals (never flip flops) and as I get older I seem to care less about who knows. I recently got a large tattoo on the top of my foot and now that seems to generate more conversations than the toes. I would never consider getting them seperated but I can understand why someone would. My boyfriend doesn’t care and considering it took me 2 years to tell him it seems quite silly to me now 13 years later. Who knows, maybe after reading more of these posts I may become a carefree soul wandering around in flip flops. It does help to know that there are other people that share this same feeling. I like the idea that pygmy chimps have this trait too. Something else that crosses species boundries.
Hey Everyone! Wow.. so weird! I just came on to get some information on gettin webbed toes serperated and how much it would cost etc, and I arrived to this website! I didnt know so many people had toes just like mine! The 2nd and 3rd ones on both my feet are 3/4 webbed! Well I have been thinking about gettin them seperated also. I am not OVERLY self concious about them, but I think i would be much happier if they were seperated because I would feel more comfortable wearing sandels etc. I have a few basic questions that I would like to ask and if anyone could reply it would be great! … How much is the procedure? How long does it take usually for it to completely heal — summers coming soon I want to know if they’d be healed for then! Thanks alot guys! hope to hear from anyone
I must say its really hard to believe how many people out there are ashamed and try hiding those beautiful toes!Why would you ever want to fix something that is soo unusual and diffrent?I read someone’s comment about getting them pierced.Now that’s an idea!Please don’t be ashamed and try to hide them,instead show them off.It really is hard to understand why some people would want to have unessary surgery.Skin graphs?Kick those shoes off and show em’ off!!!:cool: