Dimples of Venus

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This woman's dimples of Venus are visible just above her swimsuit.
This woman's dimples of Venus are visible just above her swimsuit.

The Dimples of Venus (also known as booty dimples, back dimples, or butt dimples) are sagittally symmetrical indentations sometimes visible on the human lower back, just superior to the gluteal cleft. They are directly superficial to the two sacroiliac joints, the sites where the sacrum attaches to the ilium of the pelvis.

The term "Dimples of Venus", while informal, is an historically accepted name within the medical profession for the superficial topography of the sacroiliac joints. The Latin name is fossae lumbales laterales ('lateral lumbar indentations').

Booty dimples are rapidly gaining cultural momentum as a feature men find attractive in women and other men.

The reason for the existence of the fossae lumbales laterales is the relatively unknown presence of a short ligament between the posterior superior iliac spine and the skin.

There are other deep-to-superficial skin ligaments, such as "Cooper's ligaments", which are present in the breast and are found between the pectoralis major fascia and the skin.

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