Should the big toe be taller than the second toe???
By smints8985
@smints8985 (1594)
United States
July 6, 2007 10:39am CST
My cousin and I cannot stop laughing whenever we notice our toes, she has a big feet, and her big toe is really long as long as her thumb! So her big toe is the tallest among the five toes and they go in a descending level starting from the big toe.
When I first saw it I felt weird because mine isn't that long, and my second toe is taller than the big one.
So we were wondering which one is the normal one... but I guess as I have been checking out people's toes, it comes both ways, but I still feel like the big toe should not be longer than the second toe.. haha!
So how are your toes? Is your big toe taller than the second one or vice versa?
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4 responses
@jmicy1029 (197)
• China
7 Jul 07
HAHA ,it is not weird that the second toe is taller than the big toe.
I have a lot of friends whose second toe is longer.
and it is only funny,isnt it?Maybe you have some special functions to some something special.
@smints8985 (1594)
• United States
17 Jul 07
We have the same kind of toes then.. yes the big toe is more powerful.. haha
@skydancer (2101)
• United States
20 Jul 07
My second toe is my longest. I think it's called "Morton's Toe" or "Greek foot" in anatomic terms. Although it was once described as a disorder (mostly because there is more pressure on the second toe due to its being longer), it is considered a normal foot shape, but apparently only 10% of people world wide have this type (although I read in a dance article it's the most common type in North America).
I believe of the three basic foot shapes, the least common is that in which the first two or three toes are the same length. I've heard that referred to as the "Peasant's foot."
http://www.dancer.com/foottype.php
@smints8985 (1594)
• United States
21 Jul 07
I happen to have the same type of foot as yours, second toe longer.
Really? Only 10%. I have always thought that that was the natural shape and majority of the people have the second toe longer.
@dalhousiesteve (568)
• Canada
6 Jul 07
toes grow the way they do for our balance if they were the same size we would have a hard time to syand opr walk
@sunkissed (4330)
• United States
23 Jul 07
Well I have beautiful feet. They are very even in proportion. The big toe is slightly longer, and they just graguly slope down, each toe is a little shorter than the next. I am very proud of how my tioes are shaped. But I was always told that the toe next to the big toe was supposed to be longer than the big toe, So I do not know.
