16 People Shared Photos of Their Unusual Body Features and Made Us Gasp in Amazement

We are all unique, but some people stand out from the crowd. Some are unaware of their features and only realize they’re unique if someone points them out. The power of genetics can amaze us at times, and these people below are living proof of it.

1. “I can bend my toes back to my foot.”

• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome causes the skin, blood vessels, and joints to be overly flexible.

2. “Forgot to take my dermatographia medicine yesterday, so I drew this on my arm for fun.”

• Dermatographia, commonly known as skin writing, is a disorder. When people with dermatographia softly scratch their skin, it turns red and stays like that for up to 30 minutes.

3. “Extra finger”

• Polydactyly is when someone has one extra finger at birth. It is a rare disorder that is typically inherited. Extra fingers are often little and unusually developed.

4. “Heterochromia: I’ve had 2 different colored eyes my whole life.”

• Heterochromia occurs when a person’s eyes are varying colors or have more than one hue. Most of the time, there aren’t any negative consequences that accompany the condition.
  

5. “I have distichiasis.”

• Distichiasis is the growth of an additional row of eyelashes. You may have a whole additional set or 1, 2, or more extra lashes.

6. “A hand with vitiligo spots that have been traced”

• Vitiligo is an autoimmune disorder that makes the skin lose its pigment or color because the skin cells that produce the pigment are attacked and destroyed, which causes the skin to turn milky-white.

7. “Recently came down with hand, foot, and mouth disease. The rashes on my fingers follow my fingerprints.”

• Hand-foot-and-mouth disease is an illness caused by a coxsackievirus, which mainly affects young children. Sores in the mouth and a rash on the hands and feet are symptoms.

8. “I have a rare condition called hyperhidrosis in which I sweat profusely from my hands and feet.”

• Excessive sweating or hyperhidrosis that is not caused by heat or exertion. Sweating can sometimes be so intense that it will soak through clothes or drip off hands.

9. “My brother has a condition where his iris leaks into his pupil (doesn’t affect his vision).”

• A coloboma of the eye is a hole or imperfection in the eye’s iris. The majority of colobomas are present at birth.

10. “My thick thumbs and other fingers are affected by brachydactyly.”

• Brachydactyly is a hereditary disorder that causes your toes and fingers to be shorter than the rest of your body parts.

11. “A mother and child with poliosis”

• Poliosis is a condition when a person is born with a patch of white or gray hair, and the rest of the hair is a regular color. Both children and adults can be affected.

12. “Someone commented on my double crown today, which was a first. I’ve only just seen how it looked.”

• The highest point on top of your head is often referred to as your vertex or crown. Most people only have one crown, but some are lucky enough to possess 2.

13. “I have bilateral preauricular pits. 1 in every 12,500 people is born with this birth defect, even less with one on each side.”

• The preauricular pit is an unnatural sinus tract that runs beneath the skin. It’s identified by a little entrance to the tract directly in front of the ear and above the ear canal.

14. “Known as Raynaud’s syndrome, the cold or stress causes blood vessels to spasm and temporarily restrict blood flow.”

• Raynaud’s syndrome causes specific body parts, like the fingers and toes, to become numb and chilly due to low temperatures or stress.

15. “My hand”

• Ectrodactyly is an absence or deformity of one or more fingers or toes. The most affected areas are the toes and fingers. In some cases, entire hands and feet are affected by this condition.

16. “My conjoined toe”

• Syndactyl is a disease characterized by conjoined fingers at birth. Syndactyly typically affects the fingers, but it can sometimes affect the toes.

Bonus: fissured tongue

Fissured tongue is a painless condition that causes the tongue to have grooves.

• “My tongue. I have something called a ’fissured tongue,’ which basically makes my tongue look like the Grand Canyon. Freaks out anyone I show it to.” © mikebra93 / Reddit

Do you have any unique physical features? Or do you know someone that does? Tell us in the comments.

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