Published on: 2026-07-16
Weird Inventions and Technology
Which of these bizarrely functional inventions from the Victorian era was actually patented to help people achieve a perfect dimple on their cheeks?
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The Dimple Maker was a real, albeit strange, apparatus patented in 1936 by Isabella Gilbert. It consisted of a spring-loaded contraption that pressed against the cheeks to create permanent dimples. The other names are just playful inventions of the imagination, not historical gadgets. While you might wish there was a magic helmet, mask, or press to reshape your face, only this specific spring-loaded device actually tried to force the universe to give you a smile like a movie star.