What to do if your child has six fingers? These methods can help you!

Some babies are born with an extra finger and have six fingers on one hand. Parents will be anxious when they see this because it will seriously affect the child's image. In fact, this is not too serious. Just choose the correct surgical treatment in the early stage.

1. Timing of treatment of polydactyly. Simple polydactyly, especially ulnar simple polydactyly, without metacarpal bone and metacarpophalangeal joint hyperplasia, should be treated with corrective surgery within 3-6 months of infant. For compound polydactyly, such as radial compound polydactyly and central polydactyly, the corrective surgery can be postponed, but it should still be completed before the age of 2 years so that parents can get psychological comfort as soon as possible and the child will not have psychological disorders.

2. Corrective surgical methods for the treatment of polydactyly. Simple polydactyly is treated by polydactyly and local skin plastic surgery. In addition to polydactyly, compound polydactyly also requires total or partial excision of the redundant metacarpal bones. The amount of metacarpal bone resection depends on the morphology of the affected hand and the requirements for functional reconstruction. When multiple fingers are removed, joint and bone deformity correction, joint ligament repair, and skin plastic surgery are sometimes required.

3. Have it done quickly, while the child is still young, because after the operation, the remaining finger needs to be straightened. Now the child's bones are soft, so it is easier to straighten it. If you wait until the child grows up and his bones are hard, it will not be so easy to straighten it. I have a cousin who is like this. She also has six fingers. When she was young, my aunt was reluctant to have the operation done for her and kept putting it off. Now she is in college and is very beautiful, but she has low self-esteem. Even when she is having a meal with our relatives, she always hides her hands under the table and dares not take them out. So mothers should make a decision as soon as possible.