As a baby I was born with a pituitary issue which meant my hands and feet were abnormally small. They never grew that large at all. I can run and walk fine and they’re not deformed or anything, just tiny. I might have some weird world record for smallest hands and feet on a fully grown adult!
I must have stolen your hand and foot growth. I’m 5’3 (160 cm) and wear a women’s size 12 (euro 42).
I must have got some of it as well.
1.67cm and wear a men’s size 43 shoes.
Haha bro. Give my feet back.
I just don’t get how all of your other bones grew while your hands and feet didn’t. Your pituitary just outputs growth hormone (among other things), and then your liver converts that to the more active form, igf1. Seems like there must have been some lowered expression of igf1 in the bones of your hands and feet somehow which would be neat
When you shake people’s hands, does it ever throw people off?
Yes that’s essentially what’s happened. And yes, definitely throws people off. Everyone’s hands inevitably swallow mine during handshakes.
We need more pics of your feet and had next to other people’s ones… or bananas for scale.
Here’s a photo of my foot next to my friend’s size 11 foot…
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This actually gave me a much better perspective, cause I couldn’t really tell from the original photo. And holy crow, that’s kinda wild! I would absolutely be wearing the coolest kids shoes
Does it cause you any issues with gait/balance? Or anything else most people wouldn’t think about?
Not as many issues as you might think. Of course, I have a smaller foot surface area to work with so not as steady on my toes but I have strong foot and calf muscles to compensate I think and keep me relatively stable. I can run fine but kid’s shoes are not designed for a 6’1" 170 lb man to be running in them so I go through shoes like crazy. Mostly it’s just social issues - my feet and hands are quite noticeably small so I get comments from strangers a lot. But I just try to laugh it off and be good humored about it.
You know what they say about guys with tiny feet…
They have a helluva time finding shoes that fit right.
Indeed. Have to buy online. Shoe stores are too awkward.
Upside: the variety of light up shoes you can buy must be much higher than the average adult!
And superhero themed Velcro sandals!
If I were you, I’d find a cordwainer to make custom leather shoes.
Yes thinking about this as a treat for my birthday coming up. I have a few pairs of kid’s dress shoes but they’re pretty clunky - mostly designed for kids to wear at church. Near impossible to find something more stylish.
So relatable! Love this show.
I showed this to my fiance; she’s 5’ and has the same exact shoe size.
Haha nice! Small feet united.
