For a few months, likely due to the higher magnifying power of my new reading glasses, I've been noticing the skin on my arms resembles a mosaic with tiny images not unlike the Indian mosaics pictured below, except of course, not in colors.
I just looked it up and it's real!
For doubters and naysayers
Maybe you'll believe THIS
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Genetic mosaicism is the presence of DNA alterations in only some of the body's cells. A person with mosaicism has a mixture of normal and mosaic DNA in the same type of cells (most of the samples tested in GWAS came from blood or cheek cells). Like a mosaic piece of art, mosaicism in humans is varied and complex. - Feb 13, 2017
In other words, for some people, not all their cells carry the exact same DNA. Which means not all cells of a given type express the same proteins. It can cause anything from (some) port wine stains on the skin to intersex genitalia. It may also be invisible in most cases.
@Mamapolo2016 It can mean hermaphrodite or partial hermaphrodite.
BTW, I assume you were kidding, but if you were serious, just because our aging skin starts to look like mosaics, it doesn't mean a diagnosis of mosaicism.
