DIMPLES

DIMPLES

A dimple is a small natural indentation in the flesh on a part of the human body, most notably in the cheek. It 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.

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.

Having no dimples is a Recessive trait.