Women Are Finding A 'Magical Freckle' On Their Body & You Might Have It Too
By Dave Basner
February 15, 2021
A Twitter user might have just inadvertently stumbled upon a strange phenomenon. Aaryn Whitley tweeted out a series of four photos - all of them of arms with a freckle in the center of the wrist. The arms belonged to four different people which led Aaryn to ask, "Ladies... u got a freckle on the middle of ur wrist or is this a myth lmao." Well the tweet went viral and for good reason - over 8,000 women have responded saying that they did indeed have a freckle in that exact spot. What was otherwise an overlooked mark for many, now seems to be something shared by thousands across the globe.
ladies..... u got a freckle on the middle of ur wrist or is this a myth lmao pic.twitter.com/VpwkkeWKTj
— aaryn ✰ (@aarynwhitley) May 22, 2019
The amount of pictures of other people with the freckle is astounding.
WTF pic.twitter.com/lVHyf7pHp1
— LTP (@lenatheplug) May 26, 2019
Yeah this is wild pic.twitter.com/j5zTjS2nvk
— mal ✨ (@malwestie) May 26, 2019
Low key freaking out pic.twitter.com/GlGGlKVWPZ
— Frey (@Freyyx) May 25, 2019
WHAT. THE.F? Both arms! pic.twitter.com/YWQI5fU5X4
— Caroline Hirons (@CarolineHirons) May 26, 2019
WHAT pic.twitter.com/QyslJeCpUJ
— dodie (@doddleoddle) May 26, 2019
I was like “nah” but apparently I keep my wrist freckle under my watch pic.twitter.com/wC6nTyMkdx
— b 💕 (@_brrandi99) May 27, 2019
What pic.twitter.com/DxouHDqV7k
— local mean girl (@syrencove) May 26, 2019
If you didn't know, freckles are caused by a pigment called melanin. They form as a brown spot on the skin when there is a lot of melanin in one area. They get darker in the sun and since wrists see a lot of sun, they are a common location for freckles. However even with the explanation, it still seems like a shocking number of people with the wrist freckle, a mark one twitter user described as "magical."
Photo: Getty Images, Twitter