#Webbed foot skin

Some studies show a pregnant woman’s nutritional intake during early gestation and smoking during pregnancy can also contribute to deformities such as webbed toes. Some used to speculate that it was inherited, since family members often share the condition, but it is also common for only one member of a family to have webbed toes. The exact cause of webbed toes is still unknown. No studies have been conducted to determine statistically whether males or females are more susceptible to webbed toes, but studies show the male-to-female ratio is 2:1 for webbed fingers.

Persons with webbed toes may experience embarrassment or low self-esteem. Although this condition does not impair one’s ability to walk, run, jump, or swim, there are some disadvantages. Webbed toes may also be called duck toes, twin toes, or tiger toes. Polysyndactyly: there is an extra digit webbed to an adjacent digit.

#Webbed foot skin

Fenestrated: the skin is joined for most of the digit, but there is a gap in the middle of the joined skin.Incomplete: the skin is joined partially up the digit, usually to the first joint.Complete: the skin is joined the entire length of the digits.Complex: the bones of adjacent fingers or toes are fused together (this is extremely rare).Simple: adjacent fingers or toes are joined by soft tissue and skin only.

There are six types of webbed digits: simple, complex, complete, incomplete, fenestrated, and polysyndactyly. The toes most commonly webbed together are the second and third. Webbed toes are said to occur in approximately one out of every 2,000 live births. At six to eight weeks, however, apoptosis takes place and an enzyme dissolves the tissue between the digits, causing the webbing to disappear. During early fetal development, all our toes and fingers are webbed together.