It aint no raptor claw, it’s brachymetatarsia
I am talking about my little toe, ofcourse.
You remember it, don’t you, no, let me refresh your memory.
That is the toe that makes the women weak at their knees.
Well apparently the reason for its beauty is simple, I have brachymetatarsia.
It means one of the bones in my foot is too short, causing this stunningly sexy toe.
Brachymetatarsia is genetic, but I had already guessed that as my cousin, father and grandpa also have this devilish style icon.
I was always told by my parents that I could have had my toe reset as a child, but checking out the info on brachymetatarsia that really isn’t how it works. As lengthining a babies toe is not really that easy, although surgery can be used in some cases.
Even famous people have brachymetatarsia, Jennifer Garner has a shocking case of it, way less sexy than mine.
thanks to TMZ for that fucking disturbing vision
Jen and my genetic freaks are rare amongst people who suffer brachymetatarsia, as generally it is the 4th toe, and not the 5th that suffer.
These people lose out big time as they don’t even get the cool raptor claw effect, even if Jen’s raptor claw seems to be eating the other toes, where mine is more riding the 4th from behind.
A common case of brachymetatarsia looks like this.
See the lack of raptor claw action here, it is like one toe is being smothered to death by the rest of them.
So now we all know a little more about brachymetatarsia, and we have JB, who commented on the TK Maxx post, to thank.
If you too have brachymetatarsia, feel free to send your photos in.
And if you are a wiki person, please give brachymetatarsia its own page.
Feel free to use my picture as an example of how stylish this genetic condition can be.
Thanks to Dave there is now a poem about my toe.
Jarrod has this cool little toe
The little sod just does not grow
Now he’s older and rough
He’s just brave enough
To stick it on twitter for show.
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Pretty carpet in the first picture though.
I think the carpet is a little rucked up.
i think i have an extreme case of raptor claw toe!!!
omg
I had my toe amputated and it was the best thing I could have ever done! My foot looks normal! and you can’t even tell that it was ever there~!
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I am a 63 year old male who has it on both 4th toes. It causes me some problems as it rides up over the others and the toe nail rubs or catches on the inside of my shoes. Because of the constant rubbing with the other toes and moist conditions, it gets painful in the summer. It is a constant battle with raw skin and infections. I would like to hear more about amputation which seems by far the fastest recovery.
I have the same thing on my feet……. I don’t have insurance or money to get it fix……. I so hate hiding my feet all the time. My husband did not know for years until my sis told him, he couldn’t believe that I hid them for five years.. I mean we showered together and all…. lol
Hide it? No, be proud. You have a raptor claw, you’re part Dinosaur.
ha!, I hid mine from my wife as well for awhile until my brother told her. It’s funny because her grandmother has it too and being that it is genetic, we’re probably going to have at least one kid with it. (And no, i did not marry my first cousin)
If you married your cousin I’d hope the would have known about it before.
Its soo weird how good we get over the years at hiding our toe. Only one guy that I’ve been with has seen my toe. None of my friends have ever seen it. You learn different tricks to hide it if ur going bearfoot or on the beach. Cause its constantly on ur mind on whether or not someone will see it.
haha well im 14 and just discovered other people had it.. hmm it is a VERY embarrassing during summer, like hiding my feet at the beach, i cant wear thongs or open shoes, i cant have fun at the pools with friends. You should see some of the looks i get when i’ve gone to the beach.. i wanna get it fixed but i dont think they know actually how much i hate it. :( haha but this mmakes me feel better. mines not as short as the picture you had as the “common” case but yeah still pretty bad.. amputated? then you would only have 4 toes! thats weirder isnt it?? hmmm. but pleasee comment :)
Nat, in my whole life I have never worried about it. I am sure people have stared, but now if i had normal toes i would feel let down. Everyone else has the boring toe, yours kicks ass. Fuck them and their boring assed toes.
There is actually a pretty good fix for brachymet. A skilled surgeon can put an external fixator on the foot bone and you turn the crank 4 times a day for about 2 or 3 weeks (supposedly not painful as bones don’t have nerves) and toe will be normal length. also go to brachymetblogspot to see the actual procedure done on one brave woman who shares her story. It is not always congenital especially if only on one foot. Can be a childhood injury to growth plate in foot. No need to suffer the embarrassment anymore. Insurance pays for the correction. I urge anyone who has this to check it out. Don’t do the one stage correction procedure that you see online. Opt for an external fixator. Much less risk and better results. I am having procedure done here in Des Moines Iowa with Dr Kevin Smith in June. Have it on one foot.
My sister has this also and visits this blog called thatshorttoe.blogpot.com. The person recently had the surgery done.
lmao yeaa but you kinda just wanna be normal in a way. im just embarrassed about what people think i guess. ohhhh well thats the way we were made hahaha. wooot.
I have the same exact toe problem, & I feel the exact same as you. I hate it cause you see everyone in school & around with cute sandals & walking on the beach bare foot, pools & juss not worrying about people staring at them.I want to be able to walk in a shoe store & have the lady be able to stand there while i try on a pair of heels without worrying. My whole family say “it’s cute” and even my boyfriend tells me that. I wear socks everywhere i go. i NEVER take them off in public cause i don’t want people looking at my toes. Then people say no one will notice but its because they don’t know how it feels not being able to be bare foot & having a small toe that is very noticeable. I get foot cramps frequently and my shoes all get very worn down on the ball of my foot because i walk mostly on that part of my foot.Im 18 & I feel traped in my shoes cause i juss want to wear sandals one day & feel confident.
hello everyone, i too suffer from this condition. I’ve been hiding my toes for ever. I thought i was the only person suffering from this. It wasnt untill i went to cancun with the wife and son that i got fed up with hiding my toes while in the pool, the beach, tours, etc. I was so upset that everyone seemed to be happy wearing sandals or being barefoot. I was on a nice vacation but all i worried about was my toes. I got home and searched short toe and realized there was a name for it. i was lucky enough to find a podiatrist that has pioneered a wonderful procedure that corrects brachy with no pain, no pins, and little recovery time. i had my left toe done and walked out of his office feeling great(its healed in approx 3 weeks and im back in the gym) Im getting my right toe done this week and a local tv program is filming it. Im a little nervous about it. Ive worked so hard hiding my toes for 25 years and now everyone will know. by the way my left foot looks great.
I have this condition and I want to get surgery because it is painful! I am 31, and I feel like I can’t stand for very long, I’m starting to get corns on my toes, and I’m tired of taping my toes so they can lie flat! Yes, I tape my toes with first-aid tape. This makes me feel normal…sometimes. Although I still don’t feel normal when my “taped” toe now looks even shorter next to my super long toes!
At the end, it’s not about the toes, it’s about fitting in.
If you can’t stand you shold get it fixed, but fuck fitting in.
i have brachy on my 4th toe, just like that photo you have on your website. i find it very embarrassing too but i am seeking help to overcome it psychologically. i live in Australia but it doesn’t seem like there’s many surgeons willing to do the surgery here so i figured i should just learn to live with it.
Live with it, get someone to lick it. Everything will turn out great.
samee!! im from sydney lol. especially trying shoes on n stuff. i like try and hide and beach with friends? i can never go i swear. its lame!
Go to the beach, show off the claw. The world needs more claw.
yea i know, my bestfriend invited me to her birthday party at thee beach & i couldn’t go. I even try wearing water shoes but people wonder why i wear them. So i juss don’t go in the water.
I live in San Diego. :]
It is lame, im going to the doctors this week to talk about it cause not even my doctor know :/
Melissa: please see my earlier comment. It is fixable! I have spent dozens of hours researching the risks of having it corrected using an external fixator and the risks are very small. It would be so worth it. I suffered for 40 years until I saw someone at the mall with the same thing (I have a tendency to look at feet since I hate mine so much). I did some online research and found there is a pretty simple fix. You will be on crutches for about 2 months but that was a no brainer for me. Google “use of external fixator to correct brachymetatarsia” and “callous distraction to correct brachymetatarsia”. You will be amazed at how correctable it is. Look at the before and after pictures shown on brachymet.blogspot.com. It will amaze you.
I am from Egypt and I want to I can get treatment as the cost of this case brachymetatarsia and how you travel there in Egypt and in many cases such
A raptor claw in Egypt, if you touch the pyramids with it you get special powers.
Knowing people have this too makes me feel loads better i’ve hid my feet all the time and hardly go to beach even though i love it or wear sexy heels. I have had surgery on my left foot when i was 12 and it was xtremely painful and it did work a little, it actually grew a little but we didn’t finish it because i was going back to school so we took it off and i wasn’t able to do it again. If only there was a easier way to accept it but there’s hope my brachy comrades
There is nothing like sand through the raptor claw.
Corrective surgery is not recommended until at least 16 years of age since you are still growing.
Well, I had it on my 4th toes…both feet and have had the callus distraction surgery. Its fucking hard to be off your foot for 4 months! The weird device that lengthened my toe is still in but my toe is longer now…great news…I get to do the same thing all over again next year for the other foot…but I’m like, hm, then I’ll have no more brachy…I’ve had it all my life so Ill miss my little smothered toe! I dunno, we shall see…if you want before and after pics, email me!
Don’t give up the raptor claw, you need one, everyone should have one, at least.
Hey, please email me the before and after pictures. I have brachymetatarsia in both of my fourth toes. It’s the most embarrassing aspect of my life. I wish it wasn’t like, but it is. I went to an orthapedic surgeon, and a podiatrist…neither one is willing to help.
No before and after pictures here, just before, I’m all about the before.
how were you albe to get it done ?
I want to get it done sooo bad but i don’t think my insurance will cover thee cost.
Was it considered cosmetic..
I would apprciate it if you sent me pictures.
Thanks. :]
Hi I was reading your comments on the website. I have my fourth toe shorter than my firth. it said if anyone would like to see the before and after pics then email. so i am emailing you for them!
my doc said that the only thing they can do is cut of my toe as it cosmetic.she has not lived my life and live with this horrible foot for 37 years of her life! how can she judge me!
thanks ranj
i need supportive people around me as i spend most of my night crying i wishing i was someone else who didnt have this!
I have the same thing…but…it’s my second toe…my second metatarsal is shorter..and its only in the right foot…its becoming extremely painful…UGH.I have also developed a large varicose vein directly on the back side of the short toe. Yeah so I finally went to see the doc…gonna get things rolling. I should seeing how I am almost 40.
With veins I allow a doctors appointment. You know what they say, 40 is the new foetus.
I have it on my fourth toe and I hate it! I cant wear some heels because the band hits it. I hide it too. My toes were normal until I was four years old. I’m never barefoot and the doctor said if i got it fixed it would be hard to walk when I’m older. Any suggestions aside from living with it????
Your toes were boring till you were 4, now they are supercool.
i have branchymetatarsia and today i found out what it is called and i am so glad i am not the only one :))had it all my life,i`m 24 now but i am male:))and i am so sick and tired of people looking like i`m a mutant and asking stupid questions or laughing :))but hell,now i now i`m not the only one.
if u want to share stories about this contact me i wrote my e-mail adress….take care and stay away from the flypflops:))
Dude, I only wear flip flops. People need to fell the power of the raptor claw.
Well, I am so glad as well, that I’m not the only one with this kind of toe. I am 43 yrs old and have been embarrassed by it all my life as well. I am married and when I told my husband (fiance) at that time he just looked at it and it made me feel unsecure, he said it didn’t bother him, but i knew it did. I also wear socks all the time or sandals that cover my toes, never do i reveal them, anywhere. Even if i’m home with family, socks are always on. As i was growing up i wanted to go swimming, to the beach or just run around barefeet,but couldnt. When i was in high school, i was in PE and we had to take showers, I would stand on my left foot so i wouldn’t reveal my right foot at all. Its just embarrassing & i can’t wear some shoes because it hurts so much where it rubs on the toe.
hahahahaha saaamee i only realised what it was… pretty funny aye. LOL well im 15 IMAGINEEE THAATTTTT.
argh hate it. from australiaaaa :)
Don’t hate it, love it.
I am so turned on right now it’s unbelievable. Can we get some more pic’s please.
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OMG!!!! ur awesome….tks for sharing ur story….@ 33yrs was tryna find out what I had. Mine is exactly like yours except on my left foot, my sis has them on both her feet!!! Bless u, this has made my day!!!!
I’m not Awesome, Neesh, we’re awesome, because of the toes.
i have the same problem
i really want surgery im 18 yrs old and i dnt like to wear sandles.. i cry somtimes.. alot of ppl make fun of me
i really just want to get surgery
yess.. i no exactly how you feel.. we all do. but i think if u were to get surgery u mite regret it.
This is how we were born. so i guess that means something to me. i dont no if it means anything to you though.
and im only 15?
my feet where ‘normal” til like 15 then i noticed my fourth toe next to my pinky wasnt growing like the rest.after going to the river and public pools u get some stupid questions and for a while it was embarrassing,but my uncle had it..on both feet,yo.so after a year or so i was like F#$% it! i dont care wat other ppl think.so i started wearin sandals to the river and after a while no-one said anything.but it wasnt hard hiding it from g/f’s.but after i told them they never really cared.they were just “curios” about it..some even thought it was cute.lol…now im 21…all my friends have seen it..and i ocassionaly get some burns for it from them..but as far as surgery…lol fu%% that…im happy with my toes and its good to know other ppl felt like me at some point…i wish i would have seen this when i was 15 i never knew it was this “common”.
Hey I wish i could let my friends know about my toe. I wish i had the courage you did. I’m 43 yrs old and still embarrassed to let my husband see it.
Show them, rub it on their faces, then they’ll love you forever.
I have brachymetatarsia on my fourth toe on my left foot for as long as i can remember. No one else in my family has it. I used to be really embarrassed when i was younger but i started showing some people and they thought it looked weird but cute. I’m 21 years old and i’m proud to say i’m not embarrassed by it anymore. this is the first time i heard of anybody else having the same thing and i’m glad my fiancée told me to look it up. I think everybody with this should be happy with their toes and not be scared to show it of.
Hi, My son has brachymettatarsia of the fourth toe. We have been to see two doctors about it. One went yeuck, that’s congenital, you were born with that, it’s just a freaky foot live with it! Needless to say he wasn’t born with it and we only noticed it a few years ago, he thinks he dropped a brick on the offending toe. The next doctor openly laughed said it was a F.L.L (Funny Looking Foot) that you can’t lenthen toes so just live with it and be proud and show off you FLF. At 16 my son is very embarrassed and won’t wear sandals etc. and reckons he falls over a lot too. Do I now send articles to the doctors to show there is something that can be done or do we just live with it?
Camilla, Being that I am frightfully unqualified to answer this, let me say this, if it affects his balance (which mine doesn’t) you should get it fixed, if not, it is just a toe. And a cool raptor claw toe at that.
have you ever seen Basket Case? you might have your very own Belial. He is definatly a cool raptor toe.
I too have a raptor toe on both my feet. I am 28 and have lived in Florida right by the beach for most of my life and I hate not being able to go bare. I am the only person who wears shoes all year long and I hate it. I am starting to have problems with sharp pain on my other toes. I now walk funny because a can not put weight on my toes. My doctor tells me their is nothing wrong and it is only cosmetic so he cant do anything for me. I have never known it had a name till today. THank you. My doctor is going to hear it from me!
I have this same problem with my left foot, my 4th toe is a little toe and I hate it! I hate wearing sandals and I hide my feet in the sand if I ever go to the beach. Now I just got surgery to do a callus distraction on it. Its been 2 weeks and my bone has moved 5 mm so far, another 9 or so to go. I dont see my toe moving just yet but the x rays show that the bone has lengthen. I hope I do see some visible improvement soon because I cant bear to live like this any longer. I know its only a small part of my body but it really is disturbing and embarrassing. The pain isn’t as bad as I thought it would be..Its more uncomfortable and I can bear some weight on my foot. I think in the long run it will help if all goes well.
Everyone hare seem to only have one fourth toe that is in dysfunction. Well, I have THREE, fourth toe on left and my second and fourth toe on the right. !!! Yes, I do. I is the most embarrassing thing ever. I have been hiding them all my life. Only my mother, husband and kids know they exist. I feel like a freak and hate the summer. I thought about surgery but I don’t hear much about the results let alone people like me. This website is a first.
everyone, look up beverly hills foot surgery. the doctor has pioneered a great procedure for brachy with no pins, about a 3 week full recovery time. I have done my left toe and about to fix my right toe. He’s a great doc
Hi,
You know I have been searching for the name of this for the longest time and was starting to believe I was the only one who had it. Thanks for sharing.
Any suggestion where to get treatment in the uk?
Hi Everyone,
I am also from Australia and desperately wanted to know if there is anyone in Australia willing to do the Surgery for my forth toe Brachymettatarsia :( 29yrs , help please!
Hello fellow brachymets…I just wanted to let all of you know that there is a doctor in the U.S. who specializes in a one-step non external fixator procedure. It is outpatient surgery. His name is Dr. Lee of Lee Podiatry in Arizona. He is renowned for his technique, so if you want to get it fixed, he’s your guy. I will be having my surgery later this year. :D
http://www.cosmeticfootsurgery.com/
yeah sophia when i was researching doctors i did come across dr lee. he does seem like a good doc. dr sadrieh (beverly hills foot surgery) has pioneered a procedure that works wonderfully. i fixed my left toe. i walked out of the office the same day (with a boot). i was out of the boot and in sneakers in two weeks. and in four weeks i have been released from light duty.
How much was the surgery I need to know because, no one will tell me!
Wow. I mean, wow. You guys are so lucky. I have spanner toe (the full scientific term, of course) but that just means I have slightly longer than usual toes and can pick things up with them or even use them to pinch people. But raptor toe! Wow.
If it doesn’t hurt, leave it alone. I’d find a woman with a raptor toe extra specially sexy. If she was sexy to start with of course. I’d find an unsexy woman a little bit sexier if she had raptor toe.
On consideration, it would add a tiny bit of phfwoar to the extra specially sexy bit, not much more. But still, I’d be thinking – there are dipshits who wouldn’t like raptor toe so I’d have less competition for a sexy woman who had one because the stupid dipshits would be out of the competition. And I don’t even have a foot fetish or anything. I can totally understand the husband who didn’t notice his wife’s raptor toe because that’s not where I look when getting my frisk on. As I said, I’m not a foot fetishist. My girlfriend has an extra toe (which is sexy in it’s own way) and I didn’t notice for months and months. I just thought I must have been drunk or something whenever I counted her toes. Which wasn’t very often, as you can probably guess. Me not being a foot fetishist and all.
I’m 25. I have brachymetatarsia in my right foot, 4th toe. When I was 8 years old, I noticed the toe wasn’t keeping up with the others. I guess I must’ve been subconsciously embarrassed about it when I was younger because in all old photos, my ‘bad foot’ is hidden by my ‘good foot’ by the way I was standing! I never had any pain from it, so I never felt pessimistic about this condition; everyone has physical flaws and I’m glad mine is something so miniscule. Feet aren’t so appealing anyway. My Mom used to say, “So you’ll never be a foot model, who cares?” I’ve always thought it was odd that my identical twin sister doesn’t have a ‘little toe’. When we were 18, we both had foot pain so went to the podiatrist together (I had an unrelated fracture, she had constant pain in her right foot, 2nd toe). The doctor pointed to my ‘little toe’ and said ‘Brachymetatarsia!’ and looked at her foot and labeled it ‘Frieberg’s Infarction… they’re related… both genetic’… I was intrigued to learn my little toe had a name, and that there may be a genetic link to the two conditions. I haven’t been able to find further studies on the possible genetic factors involved here.
The only way I’m affected by this is that I don’t get pedicures for my fear of breaking out into a laughter fit after seeing how uncomfortable the manicurist might look.
I have a small toe 2! I had no idea that it had a name! I thought I was the only person in the world who had it. My doctor said it was a short bone and there was nothing to do ro fix it. I wear flip flops all the time! Its my 4th toe on my left foot. I once wore sandles to school and noo one said anything about about my toe (thats probably because i hid it every chance i got) Now i dont feel so odd and im going to wear sandles and flip flops everywhere! and why do some of you people try to hide your toes 24/7? Be proud you have a short toe! Dont try to hide it! And dont get it fix unless it hurts or you cant stand it! Show off your feet! Let the world see them! :D
I have brachymetatarsia on both feet with the 4th metatarsal (most common and obviously genetic). I too hid my toes for years. Now that I’m older (not real old, just older — 45), I wear Ecco sandals with a strap that covers the short toes and is very comfortable. And, once in awhile I will go barefoot (rarely) — because people do notice, and I always feel like I have to explain. I know that you can have an external fixator to lengthen the toes, but I have had an external fixator on my first metatarsal to fix a bunion surgery gone wrong (where the cut bone died and shortened), and I would never, ever do it again. Mind you, I have not had a good experience with foot surgery (possibly rare); but to me, unless you are in severe pain — learn to live with it. For me, the bunions cause more pain (wish the surgery for bunions that I had worked). For my 1st metatarsal, the external fixator was improperly working and I had to have another put on. Then, in the end, the bone/gap is not filling in/healing and I have to use the Exogen ultrasound bone stimulator. I could not drive/walk/do much for 6 months with the fixator on. I had to use a rollabout scooter that has now affected my hip and I have pain there. This has been endless, and I wasn’t even correcting my brachymetatarsia, just a bunion! So, surgery for my brachy short toes is out of the question!
Basically, there are worse things in life. I know it can be a pain, a hassle, an embarrassment. I’m resigned to the fact that I can’t wear most shoes (also because of bunions and of which because surgery made worse), I know my feet are not beautiful. I have learned that having really good shoes makes a huge difference. In addition I have very flat feet, so believe me that shoe quality is of utmost importance. I DO wear sandals — they are generally more practical, not stylish, and cover the toes (those muliti-strapped sandals are the worse as my toes stick through or are irritated by them).
Although none of this is ideal, I’d be glad if this was all the angst in life that I would have to deal with…
I have brachymetatarsia on both feet with the 4th metatarsal (most common and obviously genetic). I too hid my toes for years. Now that I’m older (not real old, just older — 45), I wear Ecco sandals with a strap that covers the short toes and is very comfortable. And, once in awhile I will go barefoot (rarely) — because people do notice, and I always feel like I have to explain (also because going barefoot is just more physically painful). I know that you can have an external fixator to lengthen the toes, but I have had an external fixator on my first metatarsal to fix a bunion surgery gone wrong (where the cut bone died and shortened), and I would never, ever do it again. Mind you, I have not had a good experience with foot surgery (possibly rare); but to me, unless you are in severe pain — learn to live with it. For me, the bunions cause more pain (wish the surgery for bunions that I had worked). For my 1st metatarsal, the external fixator was improperly working and I had to have another put on. Then, in the end, the bone/gap is not filling in/healing and I have to use the Exogen ultrasound bone stimulator. I could not drive/walk/do much for 6 months with the fixator on. I had to use a rollabout scooter that has now affected my hip and I have pain there. This has been endless, and I wasn’t even correcting my brachymetatarsia, just a bunion! So, surgery for my brachy short toes is out of the question!
Basically, there are worse things in life. I know it can be a pain, a hassle, an embarrassment. I’m resigned to the fact that I can’t wear most shoes (also because of bunions and of which because surgery made worse), I know my feet are not beautiful. I have learned that having really good shoes makes a huge difference. In addition I have very flat feet, so believe me that shoe quality is of utmost importance. I DO wear sandals — they are generally more practical, not stylish, and cover the toes (those muliti-strapped sandals are the worse as my toes stick through or are irritated by them).
Although none of this is ideal, I’d be glad if this was all the angst in life that I would have to deal with…
I’ve had brachymetatarsia for as long as I can remember. And I have always hidden it. It’s so embarrassing going out to the beach or anywhere. I love shoes and heels but it’s so hard to find some that won’t cut off your toe and it can hurt so I put a band aid Over it so it stays down and won’t come out.
I’ve been doing research an I want to get the one step procedure which seems easier and less painful than the external fixiator. Does anyone have any idea to how much it would cost and of any doctors located in southern California?
I’m 18, female, and I have the small 4th toe only on my right foot. All my life I’ve been self-conscious of my feet. I can’t wear flip flops because people stare at me like I’m a freak, my toe sits higher and wearing heels becomes painful… my family, though playfully, has taken to calling me “Stumpy” from time to time. I just hate it so much. I’m glad I’m not alone, and maybe I’ll feel better when I need to wear flip flops, but this really sucks. Still, I don’t want surgery, at least not yet. Why should I have to change? It’s a passed down trait, my uncle has it too. I was born with it. It’s my toe. It hasn’t caused me too much pain yet, so I think I’ll keep it right now. I just want to say to all the other short-toed people… don’t worry, you’re not alone. And you’re not ugly.
I am a 42 year old female. I recently had the surgery to correct this. I have been haunted by this short toe for as long as I can remember. Last Summer while getting a pedicure (2nd in my life although I get my nails done bi-weekly), an older lady inquired about my short toe and asked if I ever wanted to do something about it. She gave me the name of a doc and I went home and immediatly emailed his office. The next day I had my first appt. I had surgery four months later this past Nov. I have the external fixator on my foot presently. I am looking at another four weeks (give or take). BUt I must say the pain was minimal with two or three short exceptions. The hardest part is the waiting. I thank God for the miracle to fix the length of my fourth toe. I too didn’t learn to swim, shy away from beaches, die to wear sandals, etc. I look so forward to a sexy left foot to match my right.
Hi Pam-
I too have this on one foot, fourth toe, and like most of us, have been terribly embarrassed by it my whole life (I’m 48). Could you let me know how you are doing? I want to have surgery to correct it, but am not sure which way to go, with either the external fixator or the one stage. I did contact the doctor in the Beverly Hills area that Kidd mentioned above, but due to the extensive follow up required, they don’t offer this new type of surgery to anyone that resides outside of California, and I’m in Texas. Are you pleased with your outcome? Was your surgery covered by insurance? Hope you are well.
………………. i have had this toes dince i was a little girl and the only people who know about it is my family and 2 college friends. ny boyfriend and i have been dating for a yr and he doesnt know. i want to tell him but idk how, plus i had some one react really crudely wheen i tols/showed them. but hey Tiny Tim ( it’s what i call the little toe on my left foot) is here to stay.
Thanks for all the comments. I never knew about Brachymetarsia until a year or so ago. On one hand i would like the surgery (the one stage) but on the other hand I want to love my toe so much (4th toe on left foot) that I won’t want the surgery. Plus there are many shoes and sandals these days with peep toes, etc. I think if more of us showed our toes people wouldn’t be so surprised. P.S. none of my grown kids have it and I don’t know of any of my relatives (probably hiding too lol!). God bless you all!