different finger lengths

[darkoshi]

I just noticed that my fingers aren't the same length on each hand. How can I have never noticed that before?

If I hold my hands flat with the fingers together, then:
I can touch my right middle finger to my left pointer finger at the same time as touching my
right ring finger to my left middle finger.
But if I touch my left middle finger to my right pointer, there's at least half a centimeter gap between my left ring finger and right middle finger.

And when I put my hands in a typical prayer position, I can now see that the left middle finger is slightly longer than the right middle finger, and the right pointer is slightly longer than the left pointer. Before I would have only assumed that I wasn't holding my hands exactly even.

Comments

[randomdreams]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digit_ratio
A lot of people have spent a lot of time studying exactly this.

[darkoshi]

There are a lot of articles like that one about how the ratio of index vs middle or ring finger is supposed to indicate something about your testosterone levels or personality. I've always been rather skeptical of those. And I always find it hard to measure/compare my finger lengths anyway, as the location of the bottom crease is very indistinct (where exactly does the finger start?).

But I'm talking about the lengths of the same fingers on both hands being different. I couldn't find any real articles about that yesterday, only 2 pages where other people had asked about it.

I almost wonder if my fingers have grown/changed length recently, as it seems so obvious now when I look at them that both hands don't match.

I'll see if I can take a photo to show what I mean (and to document it for myself!), but it's sort of hard as I can't hold the camera and take a photo of both hands at the same time. Will need to use the timer option. And it makes my hands very achy to hold them in that position for very long.