Scientist called people with dimples “mutants” (3 photos + 1 video)

Experts from the Institute of Human Anatomy (IOHA) shared an interesting fact: people with dimples are “mutants.” It's all about the structural features of the muscle responsible for smiling.





The Institute of Human Anatomy (IOHA), USA, shared an interesting video in which a specialist explained why some people have dimples on their cheeks and others do not. He called people with dimples "mutants."

"Some of you are mutants. Because of a certain position of the muscle called Zygomaticus major, which is responsible for smiling. In ordinary people, this muscle is connected to the corners of the lips, and therefore, when it contracts when smiling, it seems to “turn up” the lips upward But if you have this mutation, this muscle is literally divided in two - when it contracts, a dimple is formed,” the specialist explained in the video.



According to the scientist, those people who have dimples on their cheeks should be proud of this fact. Such dimples are considered a symbol of good luck, “marks of happiness” and just a cute feature, but in reality they are really the result of a mutation. The bundle of the zygomatic muscle grows to the cheek or fuses with the subcutaneous layer, as a result of which depressions appear during a smile.