Science Your fingers wrinkle the same way every time they’re in water The quest to understand wrinkly fingers could have applications in forensics. Laura Baisas May 12, 2025 1:33 PM EDT ...

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A 19-year-old college student developed sepsis and lost his legs and fingers after eating leftover Chinese takeout food in what a doctor described as a “perfect storm” of events.

It wasn’t until 2003 that a study identified how the sympathetic nervous system made fingers wrinkle. Here, researchers looked at how blood flow to the hands changed after water immersion.