
For her, it looks like it's just a cosmetic deficit. We all know Megan Fox has some pretty unique features, but did you know that her thumbs are actually quite special Thats right, Megan Foxs thumbs have a. "In Megan Fox's case, it appears that only the last bone of the thumb is affected and that it does not involve the joint. "You need it to be able to touch the other fingers and it is important for pinching," he says. Richard Kim, director of congenital hand surgery at Hackensack Medical Center, notes that the thumb is the most important finger of all. About 1 in 1,000 people has the condition, Beldner says.ĭr. If for only a second, you stop staring at what we both know youre staring at, youll notice that theres something strange about Megan Foxs thumb in that. "Although it could also have been caused by frostbite, or it could have been an injury to the growth plate in childhood." Though it's much less noticeable when a child is young, the condition becomes more visible during growth and maturity. "It is usually hereditary," Beldner explains. ZOOMED IN AFTER JUMP Who needs a nip-slip when you have a thumb-slip. The defect affects just her thumbs giving them a stubbier, flatter look different from the rest of her fingers or most people’s thumbs. "The nail of the thumb in this condition is often very short and wide." Though the thumb is certainly not what most people are looking at when they look at Fox, it's worth noting that her condition is often inherited, doctors say. Megan’s case is medically called brachydactyly type D. Steven Bendner, a hand surgeon at Beth Israel Medical Center. Proof that one, though so hot and seemingly perfect, may not be as perfect as one may have once thought. Megan Fox's hands gain some negative attention from time to time, but the star still eludes confidence and has never let her unique hands get in. This is a condition where bone dysostosis causes limb malformations thus, fingers and toes are disproportionately short compared to the others. "Literally, what it means is short finger," says Dr. Megan Fox's thumb condition has a name, Brachydactyly. The medical term for Megan Fox's ever so slightly misshapen thumb is brachydactyly, which is basically a fancy word for a clubbed thumb, according to local hand surgeons.
