# What's the ugliest part of your body?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 24, 2001, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-ugliest-part-of-your-body/77972 "2001-08-24T19:44:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-ugliest-part-of-your-body/77972/21 "2001-08-24T20:56:34Z")

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I have too much hair.

Also my claws could use a makeover.

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-ugliest-part-of-your-body/77972/22 "2001-08-24T21:03:20Z")

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I could most definitely do without my buttcrack.

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**Author:** ![Tabithina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f04885/32.png) [@Tabithina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabithina)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-ugliest-part-of-your-body/77972/23 "2001-08-24T21:19:06Z")

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I have enormous feet (size eleven) and long, skinny toes. On the rare occasions that I find a pair of really cute open-toed sandals in my size, they invariably highlight the excessive length of my toes.

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**Author:** ![daffodil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@daffodil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/daffodil)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-ugliest-part-of-your-body/77972/24 "2001-08-24T21:26:43Z")

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My nose. Looks like a strawberry.

I’m not fond of my toes either. On both feet my second and third toe are partly grown together. Which is a strange sight.

I can swim very well though. 😛

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**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-ugliest-part-of-your-body/77972/25 "2001-08-24T21:44:38Z")

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I am not particularly found of the outside, although supposedly, it’s what’s inside that counts.

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**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-ugliest-part-of-your-body/77972/26 "2001-08-24T21:58:11Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Manservant Hecubus \*  
> \*\*I am not particularly found of the outside, although supposedly, it’s what’s inside that counts. \*\*

Dammit, **Hecubus** , I’d have to say the ugliest part of your body is that damned t-shirt I sent you. Oh, and your black heart for making me take that damn bet . . .

Tripler  
I feel so violated.

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**Author:** ![Nen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Nen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nen)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-ugliest-part-of-your-body/77972/27 "2001-08-24T22:00:49Z")

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Well, leaving out internal body parts like my pancreas, appendix and hypothalamus, I’m going to have to opt for the scrotum. Aesthetically, scrotes just aren’t that attractive. Sure, it’s functional and my own personal bundle of joy, but who ever takes a look at one and exclaims, “Damn, what fine looking scrotum you’ve got there!”?

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**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-ugliest-part-of-your-body/77972/28 "2001-08-24T22:07:10Z")

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My great toes toenails. Damaged by injury…thick, mishapen…I make love with my socks on.

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**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-ugliest-part-of-your-body/77972/29 "2001-08-24T22:08:00Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Nen \*  
> \*\*Aesthetically, scrotes just aren’t that attractive. Sure, it’s functional and my own personal bundle of joy, but who ever takes a look at one and exclaims, “Damn, what fine looking scrotum you’ve got there!”? \*\*

This is a gross generalisation. Speak for yourself.

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**Author:** ![bughunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@bughunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bughunter)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-ugliest-part-of-your-body/77972/30 "2001-08-24T22:08:37Z")

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Well, I’m well past the midpoint of my 4th decade, and my liver’s gotta be lookin pretty ugly by now. My lungs can’t be very easy on the eyes, either.

But if it’s gotta be something you can see without slicing me open or jamming tubes in my orifices, then I’d have to say my feet. I’ve got big, hairy topped, long toed, ingrown-nailed, scaly, varicose veined, stinky cheese feet. I keep socks on them at nearly all times just 'cause they’re so ugly.

PS. And **Ginger** , some of us men _like_ stretch marks… don’t treat 'em like they’re ugly. They’re a mark of accomplishment.

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**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-ugliest-part-of-your-body/77972/31 "2001-08-24T22:40:44Z")

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> \*Originally posted by missdavis102 \*  
> \*_I too have ugly littlest toes, but they are nothing to the 1/140,000_ scale map of Antarctica I carry on my ass disguised as a birthmark. Right buttock. Even has the small islands off the coast. And yes, I’m very sensitive about it.
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> \*I made that ratio up. I’m just saying, in case some smart alec comes in to say that a 1/140,000 scale replica would cover 4 square miles or something. No, my ass isn’t **that** big. \*\*

Well, I’m always willing to be the smarass.

The land mass of Antarctica is about 14,000,000 square miles. We need to know the longest dimension to determine mapsize, so let’s assume that Antarctica is a perfect circle for simplicity.

14 million square miles works out to a circle with a radius of (area = pi_r_r) 2,111.5 miles. A diameter of 4,223 miles or 267,569,280 inches. If the scale is 1 inch = 140,000 inches, this gives a birthmark around 1,911 inches across, or 159 feet. It’s a good thing your ass isn’t that big.

Assuming your birthmark is of decent size (say 3"), you probably want something more on the scale of 1:100,000,000.

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**Author:** ![Kbean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Kbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kbean)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-ugliest-part-of-your-body/77972/32 "2001-08-24T22:58:51Z")

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The only part I do not like about my body are my hips. They’re too big for my body. Then again, I’ve kind of grown to like them so I guess I shouldn’t say their ugly, just a bit of an annoyance when I want to buy pants. It’s hard to find the right size.

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**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2001, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-ugliest-part-of-your-body/77972/33 "2001-08-25T03:18:26Z")

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Right at this moment, the ugliest part of my body is my left knee. This is not only because there are currently two big ugly scabs on it from when I tripped over my own feet and fell on the sidewalk and scraped the skin off (strangely, with no damage to my pants), but also because whenever I fall down somewhere, that’s where any injury occurs.

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**Author:** ![gorewonfla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/da6949/32.png) [@gorewonfla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gorewonfla)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2001, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-ugliest-part-of-your-body/77972/34 "2001-08-25T03:22:02Z")

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My right pinky is immobile and that side of my hand is kind of weird looking because i haven’t used it in 30-some-odd years and there’s a plastic bone in there. I say the right side of my right hand isn’t pretty.

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**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2001, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-ugliest-part-of-your-body/77972/35 "2001-08-25T03:33:36Z")

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Since I can’t say my entire body - my face.

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**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2001, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-ugliest-part-of-your-body/77972/36 "2001-08-25T03:48:46Z")

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My stretch marks are pretty scary, too. I also have the odd little toes, but I think they’re interesting.

I hate to say this, but I always thought the outer labia (inner too) weren’t anything to look at. On me, for sure, but also on most other naked women I’ve seen in a compromising position. I think naked bodies of all sizes and shapes are amazing, beautiful works of art, but extreme closeups of female genitalia don’t thrill me.

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**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2001, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-ugliest-part-of-your-body/77972/37 "2001-08-25T03:56:06Z")

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> _Originally posted by Totoro_  
> My torso. I have an unfortunate case of body acne. The acne on my face is mostly gone, but it still likes to dwell on my chest. I’d go naked SO much more often if it wasn’t there. I hate it, but once it’s gone, it’s naked time.

Hmmm… **Totoro** , how you doin’? Let me know when that clears up, mmmkay? 😃

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> _Originally posted by Munch_  
> I could most definitely do without my buttcrack.

I forsee problems in the future should this be changed…

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> _Originally posted by Nen_  
> Aesthetically, scrotes just aren’t that attractive. Sure, it’s functional and my own personal bundle of joy, but who ever takes a look at one and exclaims, “Damn, what fine looking scrotum you’ve got there!”?

I should say that to **foxboy** just once, to boost his self esteem for the _rest of his life_. Think it would work?

Personally, I’d like my stomach to be a little more toned, but I just am too lazy to do anything about this. I have rather broad shoulders, (thanks mom), and even though I think my butt is too big **foxboy** thinks it is so sexy. He has a fascination with my butt, constantly pinching me and slapping me. I have to walk away from him facing him just so he won’t grab my ass. So I’ve gotten over the “I have a big ass” thing and now I think it’s just fine.  
Other than that, I’m happy with my dimensions. Nothing really ugly about this body, except for a little bit of acne on my upper back, right below my neck and between my shoulder blades. Ick. It’s going away though, so looks like there will be more Naked Time[sup]TM[/sup] for me _and_ Totoro. 😃  
I have some light stretch marks on the outside of both my breasts, my inner thighs, and on my hips. They don’t bother me much.

I agree with **Cranky** about the labia not being aesthetically pleasing. I think that women’s bodies, no matter what they think is wrong with them, are beautiful works of art. But this isn’t exactly the most beautiful part of the female anatomy, so…yeah.

I’m done here, I think.

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**Author:** ![Doobieous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Doobieous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doobieous)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2001, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-ugliest-part-of-your-body/77972/38 "2001-08-25T06:12:01Z")

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My big toes. The nails seem to be prone to flaking towards the inner edges, and on my left foot where the nail got lasered to correct an ingrown toenail, about 1/4th of it from the inner edge out always flakes off. It’s annoying, and ugly.

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**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2001, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-ugliest-part-of-your-body/77972/39 "2001-08-25T06:29:34Z")

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I was hoping I could be the first to do the Zappa thing.

My vote goes to the back of my heel. It is covered in blisters from wearing wet roller skates.

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**Author:** ![Jenny\_Taylor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/90db22/32.png) [@Jenny\_Taylor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenny_Taylor)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2001, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-ugliest-part-of-your-body/77972/40 "2001-08-25T11:02:20Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Mudshark2911 \*  
> \*\*I was hoping I could be the first to do the Zappa thing.
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> \*\*

Sorry ,but you may have tp wait until the water turns Green

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