Oh yes that is a big scar. It's all I have left of three foot surgeries correcting tendoms, bone spurs, floating bones, they even pulled a grown lesions from my tendoms...it looked like a jumbo shrimp weighing 7 oz. They even removed a knuckle from my 2nd toes to make it even with mybig toe. Now it won't bend. Want to hear more ? They cut on me every year...hands feet, spine (upper & lower ) stomach....been bed-ridden, bound to a wheel chair, special potty arrangements, shower chair, back remedies like patches, shock treatment, spinal cord stimulator. You name it I have gone thru it and I have the scars and bills to prove it. Pain? I am in pain every single day....no exceptions. My day starts with "how am I going to treat this enormous pain ? No ....I do not self harm. My ailments, doctors do it for me....hope that answers your question.