American actor. There seems to be some debate as to whether or not Joaquin was born with a cleft - some reports say the scar is due to a childhood accident.
From what I've read, Joaquin Phoenix has a 'microform', which was a cleft lip defect that healed itself in utero, but left a small scar. My daughter and my niece both had such defects.
on behalf of myself, my lovely partiner daniel and my baby girl Emelia, we would like to give a HUGE thanks to everyone at Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH), for all the help and support we have recieved in the past 6 months in our cleft lip journey. Dr Timathy Hewiett, who did the lip repair on Emelia at 3 months old, (i more to go at 9 months). Wilma McBrian in the claft pallet unit. Read The Rest »
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Joaquin Phoenix - Cleft
From what I've read, Joaquin Phoenix has a 'microform', which was a cleft lip defect that healed itself in utero, but left a small scar. My daughter and my niece both had such defects.