Board Thread:Metal Gear Solid V/@comment-25366375-20141119125337/@comment-153.96.144.4-20141119133911

The scar's length and form corespond to whatever cut you get.

Usually during an operation a surgeon would cut in directions in which the skin heals better and faster, because the skin is textured and heals at different speeds, depending in which direction the cut's been made, which is why some surgical cuts can look odd and twisted at first. The directions are different depending on the body area.

For instance if you get your clavicle broken and surgically fixed, you might think the cut in your shoulder would run horizontally right? - WRONG - it runs vertically, because the skin texture runs vertically there and this way surgeons don't have to interrupt it - it heals better and faster. Also a scar can be broad or narrow, depending on how deep the cut was and it can include dotted scars if it's been stitched.

As for your question: Snakes Scars look like stitched scars from whatever cuts he got, but I don't think Konami gives a damn about realistic scars, you wanna know why? - Have a look at "The Boss".

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