# Medical Question: No Buttcrack? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 12, 2003, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-question-no-buttcrack/160793 "2003-03-12T10:13:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DougC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@DougC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougC)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-question-no-buttcrack/160793/1 "2003-03-12T10:13:19Z")
- - - Another board I go to has members who collect x-rated amateur webcam photos of people with unusual physical features, and post them under the general heading of “WTF?”. Somebody posted a picture of a rear of a person (gender not clear) showing their butt, and they didn’t appear to have a buttcrack. It looked like possibly scar tissue was flat across the rear, or it could have been a good photoshop. The person appeared normal in other respects, no visible tattoos or piercings common to the BME-zine crowd. … -I suppose any injury is possible (though some are rather dreadful to even imagine) but is there any medical condition where this type of scarring is or was a common outcome? ~ ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-question-no-buttcrack/160793/2 "2003-03-13T21:28:40Z")
There was a woman in my district whose asshole got elected to public office. Maybe it’s a picture of her. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-question-no-buttcrack/160793/3 "2003-03-14T06:13:14Z")
Let me get this straight: No crack between the cheeks? Someone surgically removed his/her “taint”, leaving him/her with a single, fused mono-cheek? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-question-no-buttcrack/160793/4 "2003-03-14T06:42:41Z")
Sort of like Beldar Conehead? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-question-no-buttcrack/160793/5 "2003-03-14T13:13:35Z")
Theuy can do amazing things with Photoshop and other photo manipulators these days. I know – I’ve seen it on other sites. As I pointed out in this thread: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=169529](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=169529) you need a butt to keep you upright. You need independent buttocks if you want to work your legs independently. That means a Gluteal Cleft (I hate the word “buttcrack”) unless you want one leg pulling the other one. ---
**Author:** ![DougC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@DougC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougC)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-question-no-buttcrack/160793/6 "2003-03-14T18:31:57Z")
> [@](#): > > Let me get this straight: No crack between the cheeks? > Someone surgically removed his/her “taint”, leaving him/her with a single, fused mono-cheek? - - - Not entirely, but mostly. It looks like scar tissue around the edges of the extra part, which was why I asked. ~ ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-question-no-buttcrack/160793/7 "2003-03-14T20:11:48Z")
Well, my uncle doesn’t have an anus. It was sewed up and fused shut after he got his colostomy bag. But he still has two cheeks.