# Stuck fingers.....

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuck-fingers/52693>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 1, 2001, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuck-fingers/52693 "2001-02-01T07:09:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![cegan523](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/fbc32d/32.png) [@cegan523](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cegan523)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2001, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuck-fingers/52693/1 "2001-02-01T07:09:02Z")

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Weird and useless one…

If I held two fingers together - say, tip of thumb and index finger in a classic “OK” fashion - for a REALLY long time, would they eventually grow together?

If so, approx. how long would this take?

I’ve seen trees grow toegether…

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**Author:** ![AquaPura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@AquaPura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AquaPura)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2001, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuck-fingers/52693/2 "2001-02-01T07:45:00Z")

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To answer your first question… no. That won’t work.  
But it would if you sufficently abraded these two fingertips and THEN held them together for a really long time.