They may look perfect on screen but they're not

Oct 15, 2014 10:33 GMT  ·  By
Megan Fox's weirdly shaped thumb is a result of a condition she was born with
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   Megan Fox's weirdly shaped thumb is a result of a condition she was born with

For most of us, looking in a beauty or fashion magazine is an unpleasant experience, since the people depicted there seem to be anatomically perfect and visually pleasing, and even if we know that the photos are often retouched and modified to a point they no longer represent reality, we still feel bad about ourselves.

This article is meant to correct that, or at least tilt the balance in your favor for a little while. This is going to be your guilty pleasure of the day, the place you go to feel good about yourself because at least you don't have any weirdly shaped body part, or even worse, an extra-body part.

Let's check out the most common and the most embarrassing physical defects or quirks that celebrities out there have.

The dreaded third nipple, or even the fourth

The most common physical defect seen in celebrities out there has to be the presence of another nipple or even two. Several celebs have gone on the record to admit that they have more than the usual two on their body, and most of them choose to live with it or ignore the issue altogether. Among those with three nipples are Lily Allen and Mark Wahlberg, while a select few amazingly have four, like Harry Styles and Zac Efron.

The wonky finger

We can all agree that Megan Fox is a sheer image of feminine beauty, an ideal most women aspire to become and one that men drool over. But there is one thing about Megan that might not be so appealing to her fans – her weirdly shaped thumb which can be described as a clubbed thumb.

The condition is known as “brachydactyly” and it's something you're born with, meaning that you have misshapen or slightly clubbed thumbs. Megan has spoken about her condition and claimed that she hates her thumbs.

Oh, and while you're at it, you can also add Vince Vaughn to the list of people with weird thumbs, but in his case, it looks like he has the top of his thumb missing. He later revealed that he lost that part of his finger in a car accident when he was 17.

For Denzel Washington, the wonky finger is not a condition he was born with, but the result of a childhood injury while playing baseball. The actor broke the little finger on his right hand and it was never set right, which has caused it to sit at a funny angle today, though you might have missed that in his movies.

Also a result of a childhood accident is Matthew Perry's missing tip of his middle finger on his right hand. The “Friends” actor is said to have caught it in a door when he was a kid and now he has one less fingernail to trim during his manicure routine.

The extra finger or toe

Having a finger or a toe missing has to be better than having an extra one, doesn't it? Among those who were born with extra digits but had them removed are Gemma Arterton and Taye Diggs. Kate Hudson and Halle Berry are also rumored to have had an extra toe. It kind of gives new meaning to the phrase “having an extra pair of hands.”

Ashton Kutcher never really hid his webbed toes
Ashton Kutcher never really hid his webbed toes

The webbed foot

This is a condition that's easy to hide in our normal society, so people who have it can often go for years before being exposed. The most famous people with webbed feet that came forward in the media are comedic actor Dan Aykroyd, who has even made a funny video about it, calling himself a mutant, and actor Ashton Kutcher.

Jennifer Garner, the lovely actress known for her dimpled cheeks and lovely smile, also has a dark secret. Though her toes aren't webbed, they are overlapped. Whenever she goes out in flip-flops, the actress is photographed with her overlapping pinky toe. It is caused by a condition called brachymetatarsia in which one of the five long bones on the foot is shorter than the others, and this causes a shorter toe.

The “what is that?”

Finally, there are those weird defects that just can't be categorized and leave you with an open mouth when you hear about them. Things like Kesha's vestigial tail which doctors removed at birth, or Andy Garcia’s conjoined twin attached to his shoulder, which was also removed at birth.

This seemed to be the perfect story to tell you today, with Halloween just around the corner. Now, enjoy the photos in the gallery with some of the physical defects described above.

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