Seal: Lupus Scars and Butterfly Rash
Seals famed facial scars are the result of discoid lupus, an autoimmune disease that mostly affects the head and neck. It typically occurs in people 20 to 40 years old. About half of those with discoid lupus have a telltale butterfly rash over the cheeks and bridge of the nose like Seal does.
Karolina Kurkova: No Belly ButtonVictoria’s Secret model Kurkova caused quite a stir when she walked the runway in 2008 during a Victoria’s Secret fashion show in Miami exposing a belly button-less midriff. But admirers noticed a perfect belly button in her photos – the result of clever retouching. "She had an operation when she was an infant," her rep told the NY Daily News. It's likely that her childhood surgery was for an umbilica hernia, which can distort the appearance of the belly button.
Joaquin Phoenix: Cleft Lip
Joaquin Phoenix’s unique lips aren’t as mysterious as some might think. Their unusual shape is due to a cleft lip, which occurs when the two sides of a baby’s upper lip do not fuse properly during the fifth or sixth week of pregnancy. The condition is very common and occurs in one or two of every 1,000 babies born in the United States each year , accordong to KidsHealth.org .
Other stars born with a cleft lip or cleft palate include Peyton Manning and Jesse Jackson.
Andy Garcia: Conjoined Twin
Actor Andy Garcia was born with an undeveloped conjoined twin attached to his shoulder, according to IMDB.com . The very rare condition known as heteropagus twinning occurs when a well-formed twin (called the autosite) has an incomplete twin (called the parasite) attached.
Garcia’s conjoined twin (roughly the size of a softball) was surgically removed shortly after birth.
Vince Vaughn: Missing Thumb TipAfter a car accident when he was 17,movie star Vaughn lost the tip of one thumb. At the time, he was a passionate water polo player. But after the accident, doctors advised him to give up the sport. With water polo out of the equation because of the deformity, Vaughn invested more of his time in another passion — theater. This body quirk was a lucky turn of events for fans of great comedy, like Vaughn's box office hit Wedding Crashers.
Carrie Underwood: Extra Nipple
During her American Idol audition in 2004, Carrie Underwood confessed that she’d had a third nipple removed, and that it was nothing to be grossed out by. "It just looked like a mole," the country singer told the judges. Also known as polythelia, having a supernumerary (extra) nipple is fairly common. Other celebrities who were born with one nipple include singer actor Mark Wahlberg.
Lily Allen: A Third Nipple
Pop singer Lily Allen's cheeky public persona may differ from Carrie Underwood's girl-next-door image, but these two artists do share one trait: a third nipple. As many as 1 in 18 people ,have at least one supernumerary nipple , although some people wrongly assume the small marks are a freckle or a mole. And perhaps unsurprisingly to fans, Allen likes to show off her extra nipple to anyone who's interested, pulling her shirt up without hesitation.
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