Seal

[MissCommando]

Does anyone know what the scars on Seal's face are? Is it some kind of tribal thing?

[mastadon]

it's just bad acne scarring

[mastadon]

also the 'is it some kind of tribal thing?' could be seen as a bit racist...

[shaneystar]

Seal suffered with lupus, a physical disorder,which has left the recognizable facial scar.

[Cheesefreek]

Oh for god's sake mastadon - how can a perfectly valid question about Seal's scars be racist. The fact is that a lot of people of African origin have tribal scarring. Get real!

[shaneystar]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_(singer)

He is in fact half Brazilian.The link above tells you all about him.

[Octavius]

I go with Shaney*. Seal was born in Nigeria, he suffered in his early twenties from a form of Lupus that left him with virulent scarring on his upper cheeks. Lupus is a chronic (long-lasting) autoimmune disease in which the immune system, for unknown reasons, becomes hyperactive and attacks normal tissue. This attack results in inflammation and brings about symptoms sometimes leaving permanent scarring.

[Cheesefreek]

Right back at yer mastadon!!

[MissCommando]

Thanks all. I was just curious, that's all. Mastadon, course it's not racist! Cheers, Cheesefreek. Glad to see that some ppl do live in the 'real world'

[claireyfairy]

actually i have to admit the story I heard was that it was scarring caused by a tribal ritual of having bones or something threaded through the skin. No idea where I heard that though and it was a while ago.