Harlequin Fetus is a disease. I'm not even going to go into it much, just know that it's TERRIBLE. No, I am not shitting you or pulling your ball sack on this one. I'm talking TERRIBLE TERRIBLE. Terrible to be born with and even worse to live with.

I'm also not going to tell you not to Google search it, that's your own dumbass decision to make, but let me tell you now, those images are very, very scary. Want a description? Babies born with Harlequin Fetus look like aliens or mutated babies with burnt, cracked skin and red globular eyes. SOLID red eyes. I would like to say that plenty people have survived it, but many haven't. THIS IS NOT A DAMN JOKE. IT IS NOT FUNNY. IT IS PAINFUL, IT IS LIFE THREATENING, AND ANYONE WHO STILL BELIEVES IT'S KINDA FUNNY CAN GO LOOK UP THOSE IMAGES NOW.

A 14 year old girl, Hunter Steinitz, was born with Harlequin Ichthyosis. Everything about her is perfectly normal, except for her skin, which is bright red and very, very thick. She's lucky she was born alive.

Using Harlequin Fetus as a shock image to laugh at is cruel and disgusting, the work of idiots. Whoever actually did laugh at it can go shove a stick up their butt.

Harlequin Fetus by The Pizza Delivery Girl January 28, 2013

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harlequin

A conventional buffoon of the commedia dell'arte, traditionally presented in a mask and parti-colored tights

So testosterone boys and harlequin girls

Panic! At the Disco--lying is the most fun a girl can have without taking her clothes off

harlequin by emilybeth October 10, 2005

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Harlequin Fetus

A poor, misunderstood soul often linked to by inconsiderate people in attempt to scare others. These people do not understand pain and that children born with such a disease are nothing to be made fun of and are humans just like them. Of course, the disease is upsetting to many, however, the agony that a harlequin fetus is cursed with is far worse than the shock anyone could receive from viewing an image of their suffering.

A harlequin fetus wouldn't want to scare you; it was born that way. You don't have control over the fact that you are born without a skin disease, so why should people blame it for that?

Harlequin Fetus by Johno Bono September 6, 2005

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Harlequin Fetus

Also known as the Harlequin type ichthyosis, the most severe form of congenital ichthyosis.

The Harlequin Fetus is a baby born with unusually hardened keratin layer in fetal skin. This creates diamond shape scales instead of skin. The eyes, ears, mouth, and other appendages are also horribly contracted and deformed.

The scales limet the poor child's movement, and cracks where the skin folds. This takes away the skins main fuction; protection. Bacteria get into the skin, causing infections.

The term harlequin comes from both the baby's facial expression and the diamond-shaped pattern of the scales, which are caused by severe hyperkeratosis. 17th century entertainers known as jesters, or harlequins, wore costumes with diamond patterns on them, as well as a particular style of face paint. The features of the harlequin fetus mimic this stylized makeup, and their faces are often pulled tight into grim parodies of a clown's smile.

Survival is normally only hours.

The Harlequin Fetus is a very sad being. It makes me sad to see internet assholes posting its pictures in hoping to get frightened reactions from people.

There are plenty of goatse, tubgirl, and lemon party pics on the internet.

Harlequin Fetus by Jimmithy October 19, 2004

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