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Dec 20, 2023 · Certain individuals may desire dimples and seek surgical interventions to create artificial dimples. By understanding the genetic basis of dimples, researchers may be able to explore safer and more effective ways to create artificial dimples without resorting to surgery.
May 1, 2018 · For our study, we sought to determine the most natural location of dimples based on the individual’s facial shape to provide guidance to surgeons for achieving optimal outcomes by creating more natural and thus more aesthetically pleasing dimples in their patients seeking dimpleplasty.
- Hayaat F Almaary, Ramakrishnan Karthik, Cynthia Scott
- 2018/05
- 2018
Discover the intriguing biology and mysterious science behind dimples in this article.
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Dimples—indentations on the cheeks—tend to occur in families, and this trait is assumed to be inherited. Dimples are usually considered a dominant genetic trait, which means that one copy of the altered gene in each cell is sufficient to cause dimples. However, some researchers say that there is no proof that dimples are inherited. Little research has been done to explore the genetics of dimples and it is not known which gene or genes may be involved.
A dimple is an anomaly of the muscle that causes a dent in the cheek, especially when the individual smiles. Some people have dimples in both cheeks, others in just one cheek. Babies are likely to have dimples caused by baby fat in their cheeks. When they lose their baby fat as they get older, their dimples disappear. Other children do not have them at birth but may develop them later in childhood. In some people, dimples last only until adolescence or young adulthood, while in others they are a lifetime trait.
OMIM: Dimples, Facial (126100)
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Sep 15, 2020 · Dimples that are visible when smiling are inherited as an autosomal dominant trait, which is present on chromosome 16 for cheek dimples and chromosome 5 for chin dimples. Dimple formation may be affected by environmental and other factors .
- Jae Min Chung, Joo Hyuk Park, Jeong Su Shim
- 10.5999/aps.2020.00661
- 2020
- Arch Plast Surg. 2020 Sep; 47(5): 467-472.
Our study features that not all the dimples coincide with the KBC point and the mean variation is 9.86 mm anterior to KBC point. Our study anticipates helping the surgeon in better creation of dimples resembling naturally occurring dimples.
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Sep 3, 2023 · There is scientific evidence to suggest that facial dimples may indeed be determined by genetics. Studies have shown that dimples are caused by a variation in the facial muscles, specifically the zygomaticus major muscle. This muscle is responsible for the formation of dimples when a person smiles.
