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Mongolian spot (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/wikipedia

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They occur in around 80% of Asians, and 80% to 85% of Native American infants. Approximately 90% of Polynesians and Micronesians are born with slate grey nevus, as are about 46% of children in Latin America, where they are associated with non-European descent. These spots also appear on 5–10% of babies of full Caucasian descent. African American babies have slate grey nevus at a frequencies of 90% to 96%.

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[–] Nuke_the_whales 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

What's wild is us humans are stripped and spotted, like cows, but you can only see it in ultraviolet.

They're called Blaschko's lines and they're invisible to our eyes.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Wtf i want a checker pattern, is there a way to tell which one you got without giving yourself skin cancer?

[–] M137 2 points 1 week ago

It's not true, it took 10 seconds to make that obvious with a quick search.

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