I was listening to John legend’s new song for the first time last week and I loved it at first listen, it is everything recent love songs lack. It is well-written and well-sung. I purchased it on Google play right after because I had to have that song in my WestLife and Plain White Ts playlist.

Apart from buying the song because it was good, it also got me thinking about a few things science has acknowledged as imperfections but society sees as just beautiful. I have always known two of the 5 things I am about to discuss are imperfections but I found three more interesting ones.

Freckles: I think freckles are beautiful imperfections , and I know by looking at people like Olivia Munn who can’t hide her freckles under heavy make up and Gisele Bundchen who has better luck at hiding her freckles, society agrees that freckles can be beautiful imperfections. They actually are little brown spots on the skin that are caused by the sun. We all have pigment-producing cells in our skin called melanocytes. These melanocytes produce melanin pigment and feed it to keratinocytes, the normal skin cells that form the outer barrier of our skin.This barrier protects us from the insults of nature, and importantly, from the sun. This pigment prevents us from being damaged by the sun’s powerful rays. When our melanocytes become damaged by the sun, we produce freckles, which are simply abnormal collections of melanin pigment in the skin.

Tooth gap (or Diastema): Science says it happens when there is an unequal relationship between the jaw and the size of the teeth. I say it is beautiful. Though it can be ‘fixed’, I think it is unique and if not causing any problems to an individual, it should be left alone. In certain countries like Ghana, it  is regarded as being attractive and a sign of fertility, in France they are called “lucky teeth” (dents du bonheur), and in Australia, gapped front teeth in children are said to be a predictor of future wealth. If you have a tooth gap and are worried about it, think about about Georgia Jagger, Zac Efron or even Madonna and know that it is a beautiful imperfection and you are lucky to have it.

Beauty Marks(facial moles): Marilyn Monroe, duh! Cindy Crawford anyone? She revived fashion with that mole. One in every 100 kids are born with facial moles. Medically, such beauty marks are generally melanocytic nevus, more specifically the compound variant. Melanocytic nevus is a type of lesion that contains nevus cells. The cause is not clearly understood, but is thought to be caused by a defect in embryologic development. The defect is thought to cause a proliferation of melanocytes. This means melanocytes, the cells in your body in charge of normal skin color, are being produced at an extremely fast rate. Need more examples of how moles definitely deserve to be on this list? Blake Lively, Eva Mendes, Angelina Jolie, Mariah Carey, Goldie Hawn…….etc

Frontal Bossing(or Big Forehead): Yes, this is a deformity. This symptom is the main marker of many conditions, including many issues that affect a person’s hormones, bones, and/or stature. It is typically identified in infancy or early childhood. The known cause is acromegaly, a chronic disorder that leads to an overproduction of growth hormone. There is no known treatment for frontal bossing. Tyra Banks, Rihanna.  Deformity? what? (HealthLine)

Dimples: I saved the best for last! If you know me at all, you’d know how obsessed I am with dimples; I live for them. And yes, you find dimples on this list because they are in fact an imperfection. They are facial muscle deformities. The most common cause of dimples is a shortened muscle, which explains why they are not always apparent when a person is at rest, since this is when the muscles are typically in their shortened state. In the face, shorter face muscles pull at the skin, especially when someone smiles, creating a classic dimple. Well, when I look at Miranda Kerr or Cheryl Cole or my little sister, I don’t see deformity, I see perfection.

There are a few other beautiful imperfections, like red head. I find them absolutely beautiful. Know any man that is a red head, has dimples, a few freckles and maybe a tooth gap? What are you waiting for? Give them my number!!

Thanks for reading. I hope you starting calling you flaws ‘beautiful imperfections’ and look at them as if they are the best thing that ever happened to you.