diff --git a/src/js/modification.js b/src/js/modification.js
index 2fd4cefea4da8f0e218d2b4451f1cc3d3f05bc06..610db94e4ff95427bbf2fa6df926110613b7b695 100644
--- a/src/js/modification.js
+++ b/src/js/modification.js
@@ -25,6 +25,39 @@ App.Medicine.Modification.addScar = function(slave, scar, design, weight) {
 		slave.scar[scar][design] += weight;
 	}
 };
+/**
+ * Basic application of scar
+ * @param {App.Entity.SlaveState} slave
+ * @param {string} scar
+ * @param {string} design
+ */
+App.Medicine.Modification.removeScar = function(slave, scar, design) {
+	/* const V = State.variables;
+	V.scarApplied = 1;
+	V.degradation += 10;
+	slave.health -= 10; //dangerous to uncomment this as sometimes many scars are applied at once.
+	cashX(forceNeg(surgery.costs), "slaveSurgery", slave);
+	slave.health -= (V.PC.medicine >= 100) ? Math.round(surgery.healthCosts / 2) : surgery.healthCosts;*/
+	if (slave.scar.hasOwnProperty(scar)) {  // if scar object exists for this body part
+		if (slave.scar[scar].hasOwnProperty(design)) {  // if object has this kind of scar (might be custom)
+			if (["generic", "whip", "chain", "burn", "menacing", "exotic", "surgical", "c-section", "cutting"].includes(design)) {
+				slave.scar[scar][design] = 0;
+			} else {
+				delete slave.scar[scar][design]; // scar was custom
+			}
+		}
+		// remove the scar object entirely if no entry is scarred:
+		let weights = Object.values(slave.scar[scar]);
+		let total = 0;
+		let i;
+		for (i = 0; i < weights.length; i++) {
+			total += weights[i];
+		}
+		if (total === 0) {
+			delete slave.scar[scar];
+		}
+	}
+};
 
 /**
  * Slave is whipped over the entire body, and strains in manacles so much that the wrists and ankles scar if present.
diff --git a/src/js/rulesAutosurgery.js b/src/js/rulesAutosurgery.js
index ea109a6efb2c610d57e27dde4432471957350aa4..38fb72d13b75081443bf6eecc48884e92a56e6e0 100644
--- a/src/js/rulesAutosurgery.js
+++ b/src/js/rulesAutosurgery.js
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ window.rulesAutosurgery = (function() {
 					}
 				});
 			} else if (slave.scar.hasOwnProperty("belly") && slave.scar.belly["c-section"] > 0 && thisSurgery.cosmetic > 0) {
-				commitProcedure("surgery to remove a c-section scar", s => { s.scar["belly"]["c-section"] = 0; });
+				commitProcedure("surgery to remove a c-section scar", s => { App.Medicine.Modification.removeScar(s, "belly", "c-section"); });
 			} else if (slave.faceImplant <= 45 && slave.face <= 95 && thisSurgery.cosmetic === 2) {
 				commitProcedure("a nicer face", slave => {
 					if (slave.faceShape === "masculine") { slave.faceShape = "androgynous"; }
diff --git a/src/npc/databases/dSlavesDatabase.tw b/src/npc/databases/dSlavesDatabase.tw
index a8df5bcf97b792ef311afae13e5765c78cbc5353..aa36e8422b1a98dcd3f459d3dc5e804ac5d021fe 100644
--- a/src/npc/databases/dSlavesDatabase.tw
+++ b/src/npc/databases/dSlavesDatabase.tw
@@ -561,7 +561,11 @@
 /*Tweaked smart piercing setting, corrected piercings -BoneyM*/
 
 <<set _HS = App.Entity.SlaveState.makeSkeleton()>>
-<<set _HS.slaveName = "Fleshlight", _HS.birthName = "Fleshlight", _HS.origin = "Nothing remains of the person $he originally was, either mentally or physically.", _HS.ID = _i++, _HS.birthWeek = random(0,51), _HS.actualAge = 21, _HS.physicalAge = 21, _HS.visualAge = 21, _HS.ovaryAge = 21, _HS.health = 20, _HS.devotion = 60, _HS.race = "white", _HS.eyeColor = "blue", _HS.hColor = "blonde", _HS.pubicHColor = "blonde", _HS.override_Skin = 1, _HS.skin = "spray tanned", _HS.hStyle = "long", _HS.waist = -55, _HS.boobs = 800, _HS.boobsImplant = 600, _HS.butt = 5, _HS.buttImplant = 2, _HS.lips = 55, _HS.lipsImplant = 2, _HS.lipsTat = "permanent makeup", _HS.vagina = 2, _HS.vaginaLube = 1, _HS.anus = 2, _HS.ovaries = 1, _HS.makeup = 3, _HS.nails = 3, _HS.skill.vaginal = 35, _HS.skill.oral = 35, _HS.skill.anal = 35, _HS.shoes = "heels", _HS.attrXY = 40, _HS.fetish = "mindbroken", _HS.fetishKnown = 1, _HS.custom.desc = "$He has many surgical scars and something seems off about $him.", _HS.scar["left breast"].surgical = 2 _HS.scar["right breast"].surgical = 2, _HS.scar["left buttock"].surgical = 2, _HS.scar["right buttock"].surgical = 2>>
+<<set _HS.slaveName = "Fleshlight", _HS.birthName = "Fleshlight", _HS.origin = "Nothing remains of the person $he originally was, either mentally or physically.", _HS.ID = _i++, _HS.birthWeek = random(0,51), _HS.actualAge = 21, _HS.physicalAge = 21, _HS.visualAge = 21, _HS.ovaryAge = 21, _HS.health = 20, _HS.devotion = 60, _HS.race = "white", _HS.eyeColor = "blue", _HS.hColor = "blonde", _HS.pubicHColor = "blonde", _HS.override_Skin = 1, _HS.skin = "spray tanned", _HS.hStyle = "long", _HS.waist = -55, _HS.boobs = 800, _HS.boobsImplant = 600, _HS.butt = 5, _HS.buttImplant = 2, _HS.lips = 55, _HS.lipsImplant = 2, _HS.lipsTat = "permanent makeup", _HS.vagina = 2, _HS.vaginaLube = 1, _HS.anus = 2, _HS.ovaries = 1, _HS.makeup = 3, _HS.nails = 3, _HS.skill.vaginal = 35, _HS.skill.oral = 35, _HS.skill.anal = 35, _HS.shoes = "heels", _HS.attrXY = 40, _HS.fetish = "mindbroken", _HS.fetishKnown = 1, _HS.custom.desc = "$He has many surgical scars and something seems off about $him.">>
+<<run App.Medicine.Modification.addScar(_HS, "left breast", "surgical", 2)>>
+<<run App.Medicine.Modification.addScar(_HS, "right breast", "surgical", 2)>>
+<<run App.Medicine.Modification.addScar(_HS, "left buttock", "surgical", 2)>>
+<<run App.Medicine.Modification.addScar(_HS, "right buttock", "surgical", 2)>>
 <<set $heroSlaves.push(_HS)>>
 /*heels*/
 /*Added origin, makeup and nails, changed eyes -BoneyM*/
diff --git a/src/pregmod/csec.tw b/src/pregmod/csec.tw
index 00e3203d2bb4a15a825ea1d73128cb6cf95ebbdb..6aae432b09bfe55e6b659b08329cb3bdfe4b7470 100644
--- a/src/pregmod/csec.tw
+++ b/src/pregmod/csec.tw
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ Since $his <<if $activeSlave.mpreg == 1>>ass<<else>>vagina<</if>> was spared fro
 		</span>
 	<</if>>
 <</if>>
-<<set $activeSlave.scar["belly"]["c-section"] = 1>>
+<<run App.Medicine.Modification.addScar($activeSlave, "belly", "c-section")>>
 <<run SetBellySize($activeSlave)>>
 <<set $reservedChildren = FetusGlobalReserveCount("incubator")>>
 <<set $reservedChildrenNursery = FetusGlobalReserveCount("nursery")>>
diff --git a/src/uncategorized/pRivalryHostage.tw b/src/uncategorized/pRivalryHostage.tw
index 6e0cb87554bf273feac238f18c4f60b086e8911f..df27bdea9c02e2ff9f273fce47c89b6249e72b2c 100644
--- a/src/uncategorized/pRivalryHostage.tw
+++ b/src/uncategorized/pRivalryHostage.tw
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 	<<set $activeSlave.counter.vaginal = 158>>
 	<<set $activeSlave.counter.anal = 76>>
 	<<set $activeSlave.counter.mammary = 320>>
-	<<set $activeSlave.scar["belly"]["c-section"] = 1>>
+	<<run App.Medicine.Modification.addScar($activeSlave, "belly", "c-section")>>
 <<case "servant">>
 	<<set $activeSlave.career = "a maid">>
 	<<if $pedo_mode == 1>>
diff --git a/src/uncategorized/remoteSurgery.tw b/src/uncategorized/remoteSurgery.tw
index b7db6eb66c239ab322862b5bd0fc311f33184872..d703f9d702f6b9a24e578bcd218a7aa0d685810b 100644
--- a/src/uncategorized/remoteSurgery.tw
+++ b/src/uncategorized/remoteSurgery.tw
@@ -492,11 +492,11 @@ $He has
 <<if $activeSlave.scar["left cheek"]>>
 	<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
 	$He has <<= App.Desc.expandScarString($activeSlave, "left cheek")>> on $his left cheek.
-	[[Remove scars|Surgery Degradation][delete $activeSlave.scar["left cheek"], cashX(forceNeg($surgeryCost), "slaveSurgery", $activeSlave), $activeSlave.health -= 5, $surgeryType = "scarRemov"]]
+	[[Remove all scars there|Surgery Degradation][delete $activeSlave.scar["left cheek"], cashX(forceNeg($surgeryCost), "slaveSurgery", $activeSlave), $activeSlave.health -= 5, $surgeryType = "scarRemov"]]
 <<else>>
 	<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
-	$His face is unscarred. [[Give a menacing scar|Surgery Degradation][$activeSlave.scar["left cheek"].menacing = 1, cashX(forceNeg($surgeryCost), "slaveSurgery", $activeSlave), $activeSlave.health -= 5, $surgeryType = "scarFear"]] |
-	[[Give an exotic scar|Surgery Degradation][$activeSlave.scar["left cheek"].exotic = 1, cashX(forceNeg($surgeryCost), "slaveSurgery", $activeSlave), $activeSlave.health -= 5, $surgeryType = "scarExo"]]
+	$His face is unscarred. [[Give a menacing scar|Surgery Degradation][App.Medicine.Modification.addScar($activeSlave, "left cheek", "menacing"), cashX(forceNeg($surgeryCost), "slaveSurgery", $activeSlave), $activeSlave.health -= 5, $surgeryType = "scarFear"]] |
+	[[Give an exotic scar|Surgery Degradation][App.Medicine.Modification.addScar($activeSlave, "left cheek", "exotic"), cashX(forceNeg($surgeryCost), "slaveSurgery", $activeSlave), $activeSlave.health -= 5, $surgeryType = "scarExo"]]
 <</if>>
 
 <br><br>
@@ -844,7 +844,7 @@ $He's
 		<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
 		$He has an unsightly c-section scar.
 		<<link "Remove Caesarean scar">>
-			<<set $activeSlave.scar["belly"]["c-section"] = 0>>
+			<<run App.Medicine.Modification.removeScar($activeSlave, "belly", "c-section")>>
 			<<run cashX(forceNeg($surgeryCost), "slaveSurgery", $activeSlave)>>
 			<<set $activeSlave.health -= 10,$surgeryType = "bellyscar">>
 			<<goto "Surgery Degradation">>
diff --git a/src/utility/birthWidgets.tw b/src/utility/birthWidgets.tw
index 7624b8eeffb75270294ad71fb9247b88c5441524..fdccdf15283c1450b59c1e29800f40a078517350 100644
--- a/src/utility/birthWidgets.tw
+++ b/src/utility/birthWidgets.tw
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 <br>
 <<if $birthDamage > 5 || $universalRulesCSec == 1>>
 	<<if $universalRulesCSec == 1 || ($slaves[$i].mpreg == 0 && $slaves[$i].vagina < 0)>>
-		<<set $csec = 1, $slaves[$i].scar["belly"]["c-section"] = 1>>
+		<<set $csec = 1>>
+		<<run App.Medicine.Modification.addScar($slaves[$i], "belly", "c-section")>>
 		<<if $clinic != 0>>
 			$slaves[$i].slaveName is taken to $clinicName since $he
 			<<if ($slaves[$i].mpreg == 0 && $slaves[$i].vagina < 0)>>
@@ -24,9 +25,10 @@
 		<</if>>
 	<<else>>
 		<<if $clinic != 0>>
-			$He is lead to $clinicName since $he is likely to face complications with childbirth. $He is helped from $his clothes and into a comfortable hospital bed to relax until $he is ready. $He makes $himself comfortable and begins working on birthing $his bab<<if $slaves[$i].pregType > 1>>ies<<else>>y<</if>>, fully aware of $his watching helpers. <<if $birthDamage > 10>><<set $csec = 1, $slaves[$i].scar["belly"]["c-section"] = 1>>After several hours of intense labor, $he is transferred to the surgery wing. Following an emergency c-section, $he is returned to the recovery wing to rest<<else>>After several hours, and a touch of morphine, $he has successfully given birth<</if>>. $His child<<if $slaves[$i].pregType > 1>>ren are<<else>> is<</if>> promptly taken and $he is left under observation to make sure $he recovers.
+			$He is lead to $clinicName since $he is likely to face complications with childbirth. $He is helped from $his clothes and into a comfortable hospital bed to relax until $he is ready. $He makes $himself comfortable and begins working on birthing $his bab<<if $slaves[$i].pregType > 1>>ies<<else>>y<</if>>, fully aware of $his watching helpers. <<if $birthDamage > 10>><<set $csec = 1>><<run App.Medicine.Modification.addScar($slaves[$i], "belly", "c-section")>>After several hours of intense labor, $he is transferred to the surgery wing. Following an emergency c-section, $he is returned to the recovery wing to rest<<else>>After several hours, and a touch of morphine, $he has successfully given birth<</if>>. $His child<<if $slaves[$i].pregType > 1>>ren are<<else>> is<</if>> promptly taken and $he is left under observation to make sure $he recovers.
 		<<else>>
-			<<set $csec = 1, $slaves[$i].scar["belly"]["c-section"] = 1>>
+			<<set $csec = 1>>
+			<<run App.Medicine.Modification.addScar($slaves[$i], "belly", "c-section")>>
 			$He is lead to the autosurgery, since $he is likely to face complications with childbirth. $He is stripped from $his clothes and set up on the operating table. $He is quickly sedated and subjected to a c-section in order to avoid potential problems. The surgery is quick, and $he is moved to a bed to recover. When $he awakes, $his child<<if $slaves[$i].pregType > 1>>ren have<<else>> has<</if>> already been taken away.
 		<</if>>
 	<</if>>
@@ -409,9 +411,10 @@
 <<if $birthDamage > 5>>
 	<<set $csec = 1>>
 	<<if $clinic != 0>>
-		$He is carried to $clinicName, since $he is likely to face complications with childbirth. $He is stripped from $his clothes and set up in a comfortable hospital bed to relax until $he is ready. $He wiggles $himself into a comfortable spot and begins working on birthing $his bab<<if $slaves[$i].pregType > 1>>ies<<else>>y<</if>>, fully aware of $his watching helpers. <<if $birthDamage > 10>><<set $csec = 1, $slaves[$i].scar["belly"]["c-section"] = 1>>After several hours of intense labor, $he is transferred to the surgery wing. Following an emergency c-section, $he is returned to the recovery wing to rest<<else>>After several hours, and a touch of morphine, $he has successfully given birth<</if>>. $His child<<if $slaves[$i].pregType > 1>>ren are<<else>> is<</if>> promptly taken and $he is left under observation to make sure $he recovers.
+		$He is carried to $clinicName, since $he is likely to face complications with childbirth. $He is stripped from $his clothes and set up in a comfortable hospital bed to relax until $he is ready. $He wiggles $himself into a comfortable spot and begins working on birthing $his bab<<if $slaves[$i].pregType > 1>>ies<<else>>y<</if>>, fully aware of $his watching helpers. <<if $birthDamage > 10>><<set $csec = 1>><<run App.Medicine.Modification.addScar($slaves[$i], "belly", "c-section")>>After several hours of intense labor, $he is transferred to the surgery wing. Following an emergency c-section, $he is returned to the recovery wing to rest<<else>>After several hours, and a touch of morphine, $he has successfully given birth<</if>>. $His child<<if $slaves[$i].pregType > 1>>ren are<<else>> is<</if>> promptly taken and $he is left under observation to make sure $he recovers.
 	<<else>>
-		<<set $csec = 1, $slaves[$i].scar["belly"]["c-section"] = 1>>
+		<<set $csec = 1>>
+		<<run App.Medicine.Modification.addScar($slaves[$i], "belly", "c-section")>>
 		$He is carried to the autosurgery, since $he is likely to face complications with childbirth. $He is stripped from $his clothes and set up on the operating table. $He is quickly sedated and subjected to a c-section in order to avoid potential problems. The surgery is quick and $he is moved to a bed to recover. When $he awakes, $his child<<if $slaves[$i].pregType > 1>>ren have<<else>> has<</if>> already been taking away.
 	<</if>>