#Webbed foot skin

Taking the example of a family where a mother has webbed feet but the father doesn’t, these patterns of inheritance can be scientifically explained. There are certain patterns of inheritance associated with webbed feet. The most common factor associated with webbed toes is genetic predisposition with numerous demonstrations of the fact that webbed feet tend to run in families. It may occur in a healthy child without any family history of webbed feet. The exact cause of webbed toes is unknown, and it appears to occur randomly without any obvious predisposing factors. Webbed feet can be extremely mild where there may be no apparent webbing on visual inspection, but there may be noticeable changes in the creases of the toes. They can also be asymmetrical for instance, webbing between the first two digits in the left foot and between the second and the third digits in the right foot. For example, webbing between the first two toes in each foot. They may be unilateral or bilateral, meaning they can affect one foot or be present in both feet. They may be partial – where the webbing between the digits covers only a part of the space between the adjacent digits or complete – where the webbing between the digits covers the entire area between the adjacent digits. Complex webbed feet involve other tissues, like bones, blood vessels and even nerves. Bony webbed feet are one of the forms of complex webbed feet.

#Webbed foot skin

These involve only the skin between two toes.

Cutaneous webbed feet are frequently referred to as ‘simple webbed feet’. They may be cutaneous or they may be bony.