Celebrities physical deformties - Are these all real? Some seem over the top

[Broomstick]

@Ellis_Aponte_Jr

It’s not really a deformity, but Donny Osmond has a condition called Situs inversus which means his internal organs are on the opposite side of the body from where they’re normally found, i.e. the heart is on the right side, etc. I’ve long been fascinated by this bit of trivia. The actress Catherine O’Hara has the condition too. It must be pretty rare, though.

Actually, while not common, it’s probably not as rare as people might think. Situs Inversus doesn’t cause any sort of life threatening problems (there is one conditions that can lead to it that causes relatively minor problems, but in many cases it “just happens” without that condition). It is entirely possible to live a long, healthy life and never ever be aware that one has situs inversus, and sometimes the first indication of the condition is during an autopsy where the person is opened up and gee, everything is revered. So there are probably quite a few people walking around with this quirk who are entirely unaware of having it.

Apparently, it happens with higher frequency in identical twins than in the general population as well, though as Osmond and O’Hara show it can happen with singletons, too.

[Horatio_Hellpop]

@irishgirl

RE: lack of belly button.

Being born by c-section won’t cause a lack of umbilicus- the cord is cut and the stump will fall off to leave a normal bellybutton just like at any other birth.

I didn’t explain this well. My ex-girlfriends gave birth via c-section, and the sewn-up incision resulted in no navel.

[Horatio_Hellpop]

Matthew Perry, “Chandler” from Friends, is missing part of a finger. Ironically, the character is missing a toe and had a third nipple removed–but has a full set of fingers.

[randwill]

@Broomstick

It is entirely possible to live a long, healthy life and never ever be aware that one has situs inversus, and sometimes the first indication of the condition is during an autopsy where the person is opened up and gee, everything is revered. So there are probably quite a few people walking around with this quirk who are entirely unaware of having it.

Wouldn’t any doctor who put a stethoscope to a baby’s chest to listen to its heart notice this immediately?

[Northern_Piper]

@Broomstick

Actually, while not common, it’s probably not as rare as people might think. Situs Inversus doesn’t cause any sort of life threatening problems (there is one conditions that can lead to it that causes relatively minor problems, but in many cases it “just happens” without that condition). It is entirely possible to live a long, healthy life and never ever be aware that one has situs inversus, and sometimes the first indication of the condition is during an autopsy where the person is opened up and gee, everything is revered. So there are probably quite a few people walking around with this quirk who are entirely unaware of having it.

Apparently, it happens with higher frequency in identical twins than in the general population as well, though as Osmond and O’Hara show it can happen with singletons, too.

Dorothy L. Sayers used the situs inversus condition as a plot point in one of her short stories, “The Image in the Mirror.”

[dangermom]

@Ellis_Aponte_Jr

It’s not really a deformity, but Donny Osmond has a condition called Situs inversus which means his internal organs are on the opposite side of the body from where they’re normally found, i.e. the heart is on the right side, etc. I’ve long been fascinated by this bit of trivia. The actress Catherine O’Hara has the condition too. It must be pretty rare, though.

My grandmother had it.

[Broomstick]

@randwill

Wouldn’t any doctor who put a stethoscope to a baby’s chest to listen to its heart notice this immediately?

Not sure, but even if the doctor did notice he or she might not bother to mention it. It’s really not a big deal, medically.

[Ellis_Aponte_Jr]

For situs inversus, I’ve just read the figure 1 in 8,500 people has it. And apparently, Donny Osmond discovered he had it when on tour of the UK with his family, so he must have been about 14 already.

[Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension]

@John_DiFool

James Doohan (“Scotty”) also had a couple of missing fingers (thanks to D-Day: yes he was part of the first Canadian wave hitting the beaches).

Yet another reason to be grateful for the existence of James Doohan.

[Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension]

@randwill

Wouldn’t any doctor who put a stethoscope to a baby’s chest to listen to its heart notice this immediately?

Yes, if they’re paying attention. It’s also distinctive on a chest X-ray.

@Freudian_Slit

Marky Mark’s third nipple looks more like a mole to me.

Third nipple is the witch mark.. Burn him.

[Rrose_Selavy]

The Irish comedian Dave Allen had a missng half finger (the top half not the bottom half:D)

Dave Allen (comedian)

[Cat_Whisperer]

@Spoke

Grace Park also seems to have the pectus excavatum thing going on.<snip>

It looks like both of them have a serious case of concentration camp victim going on.

[irishgirl]

Have you ever listened to a baby’s chest? The chest is so small you hear heart sounds all over. Situs inversus is much easier to detect in adults than infants.
In cases which affect singletons there is a real possibility that they are the survivor of a pair of identical twins where the other twin died early in the pregnancy.

[Ferret_Herder]

@irishgirl

Have you ever listened to a baby’s chest? The chest is so small you hear heart sounds all over. Situs inversus is much easier to detect in adults than infants.
In cases which affect singletons there is a real possibility that they are the survivor of a pair of identical twins where the other twin died early in the pregnancy.

Plus everyone thinks the heart is fully on the left side of the chest when it’s not, it’s in the middle but more of the heart is on the left of the midline.

[Hakuna_Matata]

@Antigen

For something like Denzel’s pinky, why not get it fixed? I’d think that having a finger jutting out at a funny angle makes it more likely you’ll injure that finger.

And I wouldn’t call different colored eyes a “physical defect”. I think it’s kind of neat! what do you put down for eye color on your driver’s license?

I broke my pinky playing basketball too and didn’t realize it until after it had healed. It isn’t bent out, but more bent downward. I have pretty much full mobility with it, but I just can’t straighten it out completely. When I saw a doctor she said she could rebreak it (!) but she couldn’t guarantee that I would have full or even any mobility. I opted to not get it done and you just adjust. Which is what I assume Denzel did as well.

[Isamu]

Looks like BS to me. Have a look at the Vince Vaughn photos. The site claims he has a stubby thumb as a result of a car accident when he was 17. The top set of photos shows his right hand, the bottom set of photos shows his left hand.

So unless he has stubby thumbs on both hands (as the result of a car accident when he was 17), then I call bullshit.

[MrDibble]

@Ellis_Aponte_Jr

It’s not really a deformity, but Donny Osmond has a condition called Situs inversus which means his internal organs are on the opposite side of the body from where they’re normally found, i.e. the heart is on the right side, etc. I’ve long been fascinated by this bit of trivia. The actress Catherine O’Hara has the condition too. It must be pretty rare, though.

It means they’re from Counter-Earth!

[Batsinma_Belfry]

@Isamu

Looks like BS to me. Have a look at the Vince Vaughn photos. The site claims he has a stubby thumb as a result of a car accident when he was 17. The top set of photos shows his right hand, the bottom set of photos shows his left hand.

So unless he has stubby thumbs on both hands (as the result of a car accident when he was 17), then I call bullshit.

But the left hand is normal. I assume the bottom set is there for comparison.

[CalMeacham]

Jane Seymour’s different colored eyes and Seal’s facial scars are ones I’d heard about before. I’m not familiar with the others.

Dan Aykroyd has webbed toes. Not only has he admitted it several times, he showed off the webbing on Mr. Mike’s Mondo Video back around 1980, pushing a screwdriver into the webboing on-camera, during a routine called – what else? – Celebrity Deformities

[Kobal2]

@Half_Man_Half_Wit

Childhood surgery gone wrong? Nice coverstory, but everybody knows that there are only two explanations for a missing belly button: clone or pod person!

Based on the rest of her, I’m inclined to offer a third alternative : angel.