Such lesions often heal within 6 to 8 weeks, but can leave lasting scars.

They don't leave any lasting scar in the world, and they don't affect the future.

Music, ordinarily resilient to historical turmoil, bears deep and lasting scars.

That one would look for the lasting scars in the personality, or not look for them?

That one would assume lasting scars in the personality, and speak to the person as to an invalid?

He was asked if he may have a lasting mental scar from the experience.

Not only are these acne symptoms painful and embarrassing, but they can leave lasting scars.

The disputed election of 2000 left a lasting scar on the nation's psyche.

When the woods floor slipped into the pond, it left a flaw, a lasting scar on the hillside.

Even those more peripherally involved have suffered lasting scars.