Al Capone the notorious gangster had a face that was hard to forget his most striking feature were his scars but how did Capone get those scars The Story Goes that a young Capone was working as a bouncer in a brothel when he insulted the sister of a local hoodlum in retaliation the hoodlum attack Capone with a knife leaving three distinctive scars on his left cheek but some people dispute this story they say the Capone's scars were actually the result of about of childhood disease either syphilis or acne whatever the true origin of his scars they
became a defining feature of Capone's appearance and added to his already fearsome reputation his scars became a symbol of the violent and Lawless era of prohibition
