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Question by troubled: Can ectrodactyly be corrected with plastic surgery?
Like, either when the baby is born, or later in life, can ectrodactyly be corrected with the use of plastic surgery? And if it’s corrected when you are a baby, will your fingers/toes continue to grow normally, or will there be problems that you run in to that you have to fix as you grow up. Such as continued visits to a plastic surgeon? Or, if it’s able to be corrected at birth, will your fingers grow as if you never had the deformity in the first place?
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Answer by “Concerned”
It depends on the severity of the case for treatment to be an option.
Currently there are several treatments, which can normalize the appearance of the hands, yet they will NOT function precisely the same way as regularly formed hands.
Some people with ectrodactyly use prosthetic hands to avoid the rude stares of others. Ectrodactyly can be treated surgically to better role and show. Early physical and occupational therapy can help those with ectrodactyly adapt, and learn to write, pick things up, and be fully functional.
The fingers will no grow as if there was no deformity in the first place.
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