Do facial scars on women ever add character?

I have a scar on my nose from a childhood accident. I don’t believe that it adds character or takes anything away, but it certainly is a story piece. Most people don’t even notice it even though its almost an inch long.

No, but it does not have to harm her appearance either.

Tina Fey’s facial scar – a result of childhood trauma which she doesn’t like to talk about in fear of it being exploited. I’d say that adds character.

I would say they are just as capable of adding character to women as they are to men. I don’t believe scarring takes away from either gender, no matter the case.

I know a woman whose face was injured badly as a child. She got a large settlement because of it. As an adult, the scar looks like a particularly deep dimple and doesn’t mar her looks at all. She’s beautiful and the “dimple” just adds an intriguing character to her face.

I have a scar about my right eye from a bike accident. I remember when it happened that I thought it would make an interesting scar – which it did. My sister wrote a half true have fictionalized story about the crash and titled it “Cool Scar”. I do think it adds character.

I saw a young woman a few weeks ago with noticeable scars on her cheek – if I was to guess I’d say she’d been attacked with a broken bottle at some point. But she was still lovely.

I have a long scar on my cheek that’s still somewhat visible, especially at certain angles and with particular lighting…I never think about it anymore, only when someone points it out and asks me about it. Every one of my boyfriends has liked it, which I think might be normal…if you really like someone, you tend to feel tender toward the things that make them unique, even if other people would consider those things flaws. So I don’t know if it necessarily adds “character” to my face, but it is certainly unique, and some find it endearing :)

I don’t have any facial scars. But I do have one on my bum…
I don’t think it would really make much of a difference though, as one of my friends has a scar above her left eyebrow and it doesn’t take away or add anything to her beauty.

I don’t know. That notion that scars add character is dumb.

@Simone_De_Beauvoir That notion that scars add character is dumb. Then what are people to think of scars? That scars are flaws all of the time, that they can’t date a person because they have a scar across their BLANK? Treat it like an elephant in the room, it is noticeable but if you never look at it or acknowledge it is there it goes away? Like a tattoo, a scar, especially on the face, will be noticed, dumb or smart it is. It is a part of you, only with a scar you had no choice in where to place it.

@Hypocrisy_Central You create a false dichotomy. Just because scars aren’t flaws (which they aren’t) does not mean they automatically add character. Scars don’t need to be like topics that you don’t discuss or topics you discuss.

@Simone_De_Beauvoir at first I was offended by your first response. Once you explained it it makes perfect sense and I lurve that attitude.

I don’t think it generally goes one way or the other. They can add character to someones appearance, I guess in certain situations. They can also be unattractive. I’ve never really seen a huge ugly scar though.

Facial scars are only awesome in Japanese Animation and video games. Real big scars can be pretty ugly. Still, they don’t ’‘add character’’, whether on men or women. They do become a part of that person though, but they certainly don’t define that person, although I suppose having a big scar on my face would lead me to a lot of the same story telling over and over.
I guess maybe they can make you look badass, but in most cases, scars come from unfortunate attacks and accidents, not sword fights. Unfortunate stuff like that doesn’t add much character to a person, as it’s something that, in most cases, could happen to anyone.

I basically agree with @Simone_De_Beauvoir. And I doubt many people think Scarlett Johansson’s facial scar takes anything away from her.

@Simone_De_Beauvoir You create a false dichotomy. Just because scars aren’t flaws (which they aren’t) does not mean they automatically add character. I see no contradiction there. Character is all about perception. If one person want to see a scar on the side of a woman’s forehead has a flaw, they do. If they care to see it as an interesting characteristic, they do. How they decide to do it, or what way they chose to see it is dumb how, because they chose to notice it, or because they can’t ignore it? The actuality is that a scar is a blemish on the skin, it was not there from birth.

Scars don’t need to be like topics that you don’t discuss or topics you discuss. Of course it doesn’t need to be a point of discussion, however, like a missing limb, there is always the chance it will.

@deni I don’t think it generally goes one way or the other. They can add character to someones appearance, I guess in certain situations. They can also be unattractive. That is the thing. I have heard women speak of some man they just met with an interesting scar on his jaw, but I never heard men say that of women. I am musing, if scars on the face of women are not as forgivable as if on a man? Is that because men are expected to have scars more?

@SavoirFaire Where is the scar? I can’t see it.

@Hypocrisy_Central Well, exactly. But look to the outside edge of her eyebrow. It’s small, but it’s there.

@Hypocrisy_Central Flaws aren’t as forgiven on women as they are on men in general, I think. Right?

@SavoirFaire Well, exactly. But look to the outside edge of her eyebrow. It’s small, but it’s there. Har har You can count that as a real scar. If it were on a vehicle you’d buff it out and not even contact your insurance agent. If it was a 3in long job, on her nose, chin, forehead, etc. I could say it was a bona fided scar.

@Hypocrisy_Central Hey, you included forehead in your list of places where the scar might be, and that one is pretty close. But @YoKoolAid‘s example of Tina Fey is still operative even if you don’t want to call Scarlett Johansson’s scar “real.” Or if you want a real doozy that still adds character, click here.

@SavoirFaire Depending on how good plastics were at the hospital she ends up at, it would leave a scar you don’t have to squint to see. Some will say it took nothing from her beauty but added unique character to it, others will say it was an unsightly blemish. Had it been a man, they might lean more towards character than blemish, at least from women I have met.

@Hypocrisy_Central Okay, but then it seems we’ve answered your question. Do facial scars ever add character to women? Some will say yes. That’s the answer. We shouldn’t expect universal consent to what is ultimately an aesthetic preference.