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Is There Any Surgery Which Can Be Done to Reduce the Size of Your Hands - or Even Just to Shorten Your Fingers?

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newbie123Apr 7, 2012

Is there any surgery to reduce hand size or shorten my fingers?

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Dr. Ramon Navarro, MD
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