As a baby I was born with a pituitary issue which meant my hands and feet were abnormally small. They never grew that large at all. I can run and walk fine and they're not deformed or anything, just tiny. I might have some weird world record for smallest hands and feet on a fully grown adult!

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[–] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 23 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I just don't get how all of your other bones grew while your hands and feet didn't. Your pituitary just outputs growth hormone (among other things), and then your liver converts that to the more active form, igf1. Seems like there must have been some lowered expression of igf1 in the bones of your hands and feet somehow which would be neat

When you shake people's hands, does it ever throw people off?

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[–] Leggomylego@lemmings.world [S] 26 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Yes that's essentially what's happened. And yes, definitely throws people off. Everyone's hands inevitably swallow mine during handshakes.

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[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

An old friend of mine was born with two fingers and a thumb on his right hand. Instead of awkward left hand handshakes he just owns it and freaks people out.

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[–] Ceedoestrees@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

A friend of a friend was born without arms and he does the same thing. His is up there on my list of most fascinating handshakes. He doesn't pay bus fare either.

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