Webbed hand
So, has anyone ever thought about doing that?
I've seen one guy do it with no success (he had no medical knowledge so he just transplanted his ass skin inbetween 2 fingers without any blood flow or nerves conected to it, so the skin died after a while) - http://i.imgur.com/3oIFd3p.jpg - his image (posted on FB). Do you think it would be possible to do this without these results?
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I feel like there might be some stretching method that could work in stages, like those neck rings people use in Africa to extend their necks. Or those penis lengtheners that rely on weight and gravity (which may or may not be real, saw it in a movie).
http://www.amazon.com/Darkfin-Webbed-Power-Gloves-L/dp/B00AHHKY2U/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1427048138&sr=8-3&keywords=webbed+swimming+gloves
When I was researching all the magnet implant stuff, I read a number of texts on hand surgery/plastic surgery. There are some very cool skin flap techniques and such that could be performed to get this effect. I would probably try some kind of flap thing before I'd do a graft.
Take a look at page 29 of this slideshare at the axial flag flap.
http://www.slideshare.net/drpouriamoradi/flaps-inthehand
The donor tissue from the other finger retains vasculature etc. After healing, the connection between the fingers is paired away. So basically, one would do a similar flag flap but at the proximal phalanx and rather than pulling it to the other site... just folding over the flag flag and suturing the edges into a web shape.