Celebrity Ashton Kutcher is no stranger to a good sense of humor. Ashton has publically announced having been born with webbed toes! He has been so confident and unashamed as to Show the public this deformity on numerous occasions, even on the Oprah Winfrey show!
Ashton was born with a condition called Syndactyly. Syndactyly is a condition in which two or more digits (fingers OR toes), are fused together. Instead of functioning individually, they function as one unit because the skin between the digits is fused. There is no visible separation between the affected digits, and the digits may resemble a “webbed foot” or a “webbed toe.”
Surprisingly, in normal fetal development, all toes and fingers are webbed! The separation of the digits occurs naturally during development at approximately 16 weeks. In the case of Mr. Funny himself, Ashton Kutcher, he was born without the enzyme that dissolves the skin between his two toes.
Syndactyly usually is not a symptomatic condition, rather, a cosmetic concern. There are surgical options available to reconstruct webbed toes in some cases. Ironically, there are other cases in which surgeons purposely Syndactylize digits!!
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