had been scarring

• past perfect progressive

  past perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.

  of scar.
  scar

  noun

  a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.

Related Words

• blister
• crater
• defect
• discoloration
• disfigurement
• flaw
• scab
• wound