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Given the unique degree of autonomy that these patients have over their surgery, we explore whether a sample of 26 anonymous live liver donors experience a unique relationship with their scar.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods.<\/jats:title>\n Anonymous donors participated in a semistructured qualitative interview examining their experience with donation. Interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed, and analyzed using the constant comparison method for themes pertaining, to participants\u2019 perception of their scar.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results.<\/jats:title>\n Five main themes were identified\u2014a marker of satisfaction about the donation experience, a physical reminder of donation, a trigger for recipient-related thoughts, an awareness tool, and a potential threat to anonymity. Donors did not voice any body image or cosmetic concerns due to their scars. Instead, discussions about the negative aspects of scarring centered around the identifying nature of their scar.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions.<\/jats:title>\n These findings help underscore the distinctiveness of anonymous living liver donors as a patient population. 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