History Main / FacialHorror

** In "Remains to be Seen", when she's killed and comes back as a zombie, Petunia has had most of her face skinned, the maggots burrowing into her flesh are visible, and her left eye is sunken into its socket.
** In "Peas in a Pod", Sniffles dies when one of Lumpy's clones wipes his face for an extended period of time and leaves a hole in his face, exposing his skull. Both the fact that his face was eroded away and that he died can be chalked up to RuleOfFunny.
** In "Wrath of Con", after Giggles has her toy lightsaber modified by Splendid (using laser vision) to become a real lightsaber, the heat ends up melting the plastic which falls on her head and sets it on fire. The next time we see her, her entire face and most of her head is gone, with the only thing remaining being a few of her teeth embedded in her skin.

* In the manga adaptation of ''Literature/BattleRoyale, [[spoiler: Mitsuko]] gets shot in the face at point-blank range with a Magnum, and we are "treated" to a two-page splash panel of the results. Her nose and the center of her face are completely destroyed, with broken teeth peeking out of the bloody wreckage, and one of her eyes is popped out of the socket.

* ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'': The classic villain Dr. Destiny is typically portrayed with a SkullForAHead, originally as a result of [[CannotDream the League ridding him of his ability to dream]]. However, for his appearances in the later 1980s-early 1990s (most notably, ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'' and ''ComicBook/ArkhamAsylumASeriousHouseOnSeriousEarth''), this got extended into full BodyHorror with his whole body becoming emaciated.[[note]]Creator/GrantMorrison, the writer of ''Arkham Asylum'', even stated in their notes that they never bought the classic [[Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse Skeletor]]-esque look Destiny had.[[/note]]

** While we haven't seen the damage yet, [[TheBrute Hammer's]] face was apparently ravaged by the [[FantasticNuke Constantine blast]], hence why she's mute and always wears a veil.

* In ''ComicBook/RedHoodAndTheOutlaws'' #17's end, [[spoiler:a trap the Joker left in Jason's helmet sets off, sending Joker Venom all over him and scarring him deeply. He remains unconscious until the end of #18, and doesn't have his face shown in that time]].
* ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'' has Mazikeen, Lucifer's lover/[[TheDragon Dragon]]. [[TwoFaced One side of her face is beautiful, while the other side is horribly mangled and appears to be rotting]]. She considers the disfigured half a point of pride, as it [[RedRightHand symbolizes her demonic heritage]]. When it gets healed against her will, [[BerserkButton she takes it rather poorly]].[[note]]Mazikeen is a [[OurDemonsAreDifferent one of the Lilim]], and her half-rotted face is the result of deliberate shapeshifting choice instead of injury. She could have "healed" herself at any time, but when she is "healed" by an outside party, she's bound into one shape, which she hates.[[/note]]

* ''ComicBook/{{Wanted}}'': Mr. Rictus was severely burned in an industrial accident that ([[NearDeathExperience briefly)]] killed him. This has left him with his teeth gruesomely exposed in what seems like a permanent grin, hence his name.

** Two-Face is a prime example. As mentioned below, it's especially gruesome in the ''ComicBook/New52'', ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', and the ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries''. [[DependingOnTheArtist Some artists]], as well as ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' and the aforementioned ''Arkham'' series, have gone into BodyHorror and include his left arm in the scarring, with [[spoiler:a hallucination of the Joker in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'' not-subtly wondering to Batman if this includes Two-Face's penis]].

** Warren White aka. The Great White Shark in ''ComicBook?ArkhamAsylumLivingHell''. After having "gills" carved into the sides of his neck by Killer Croc, he's later locked into Mr. Freeze's cell, causing severe frostbite and resulting in him losing his hair, nose, ears, lips and some of his fingers. He later files his teeth into fangs in order to fully look like a shark.

* When ''ComicBook/{{Youngblood}}'' and ''ComicBook/{{Spawn}}'' were part of the same universe, part of the backstory was that Chapel from the former killed series Al Simmons, thus setting into motion Al becoming the eponymous character of the latter series. Spawn repaid this by ripping off the area of skin on Chapel's face where he wore his skull-themed facepaint, exposing his skull for real. Then again, as said murder of Simmons involved setting him on fire, Spawn himself is an example of this, featuring burnt skin (and later a skull-like face) and missing a nose.

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* Staring at a mirror in low light for a long time causes your brain to become bored, so you begin to see your face as distorted.
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** Franky gets caught in an explosion so powerful that it ''blows his skin off.'' Luckily, he's a cyborg, but the sight of his unskinned face is pretty terrifying. It's PlayedForLaughs as much as horror, [[BlackComedy though]].

* {{Creepypasta}} character WebOriginal/JeffTheKiller. His face was heavily damaged by chemicals, and ''then'' by [[GlasgowGrin self-mutilation]]. The resulting face is a shocking image that will take quite a while to get out of your head.

** In ''Grim Hunt'', after Spider-Man has been pushed to his limit, he presses his hand to Sasha Kravinoff's face and uses his [[WallCrawl wall-crawling ability]] to [[TearOffYourFace rip the skin off]].

** In ''[[ComicBook/BrandNewDay Grim Hunt]]'', after Spider-Man has been pushed to his limit, he presses his hand to the villain's face and uses his [[WallCrawl wall-crawling ability]] to rip the skin off.