Often, this is considered an unfortunate disfigurement, while other times, deliberate scarification has been used in both traditional and modern cultures, to mark a rite of passage or simply for aesthetic decoration.

这经常被认为一个“毁容”，但有些伤疤故意为之，在传代文化中都有这种象，有时纪念一个仪式，其它则简单装饰。