Dimple
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Dimples are small facial kinks in between the corners of our mouths and edges of our cheeks. They aren't visible unless the mouth turns upwards (as in laughing). Some people have dimples on only one of their cheeks. Dimples are the expression of a dominant gene. Image:Dimples.png Some people have a dimple on their chins, known as cleft chin. Like cheek dimples, chin dimples are inheritable and have a varying degree of prominence. For example, while Kirk Douglas has a very conspicuous cleft chin, his son, Michael Douglas has a much less visible cleft chin. The majority of females do not have cleft chins [1]. The groove of the cleft chin is not just skin-deep, but also on the jawbone, as a groove in the vertical midline of symphysis menti and the soft tissue above it. It is probably the result of incomplete fusion between the left and right halves lower jaw during embryologic development [2].
Other celebrities with dimples:
- Ben Affleck (Chin)
- Victoria Beckham (Cheek)
- Alexis Bledel (Chin)
- Kurt Cobain (Chin)
- Kirsten Dunst (Cheeks)
- Congressman Lane Evans (Chin)
- Hallie Kate Eisenberg (Cheeks)
- Tom Fletcher (Cheek)
- Jennifer Garner (Cheek)
- Camille Guaty (Cheeks)
- Mark Hamill (Chin)
- Michael Jackson (Chin)
- Kristin Kreuk (Cheeks)
- Jerry Lewis (Chin)
- Kristanna Loken (Chin)
- Mario López (Cheeks)
- Constantine Maroulis (Chin)
- Heather Matarazzo (Cheeks)
- Melissa McCarthy (Cheeks)
- Robert Mitchum (Chin)
- Sean Penn (Chin)
- Jackson Pollock (Chin)
- Henry Rollins (Chin)
- Jessica Simpson (Chin and Cheeks)
- John Travolta (Chin)
- Ted Turner (Chin)
- Gabrielle Union (Cheeks)
- Jesse Ventura (Chin)
Trivia
- Dimples are considered a determinant of female beauty according to the Physical attractiveness article.
- Females with dimples are stereotyped as being very innocent due to their cute appearance.
- Males with dimples tend to look very feminine, which is why some of them become drag queens.
