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Meet Jari “Bull” Mentula, a bodybuilder from Finland who looks a lot
like the Marvel superhero The Thing, of the Fantastic Four. Not only is
he muscular enough to fit the bill, but his head gets so abnormally
wrinkly when he flexes his muscles that the resemblance becomes uncanny.
Jari has been a familiar face on the IFBB (International Federation
of BodyBuilders) tour during the last 15 years, making a name for
himself in competitions and even winning the European Bench Press
Championships in 2002, 2004 and 2008. But he only became known to the
general public last year, when a photo of him working out was posted on
popular news sharing network Reddit. The image was captioned “I guess
that’s the brain popping out, isn’t it?” And indeed, the bodybuilder’s
head looked so incredibly wrinkly that it looked like his brain was
about to burst through his scalp.
Obviously, the comparisons to The Thing
started pouring in, along with other hilarious comments, but there were
those who offered a possible explanation for his bizarre look. A rich
vascularity in the scalp was one of the possible causes, but the most
plausible one is that Jari Mentula must be suffering from an incurable
condition known as Cutis Verticis Gyrata, usually associated with the
thickening of the scalp. According to Wikipedia “sufferers show visible
folds, ridges or creases on the surface of the top of the scalp. The
number of folds can vary from 2 to roughly 10 and are typically soft
and spongy. These folds cannot be corrected with pressure. The condition
typically affects the central and rear regions of the scalp, but
sometimes can involve the entire scalp.”
One thing’s for sure though, Jari Mentula looks
so damn muscular that he appears to have muscles on top of his head as
well. He definitely has the most impressive scalp vascularity I’ve ever
seen on a bodybuilder.
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