Scarred: Science Fiction

The scars were shocking. She had them. Across her elbows, where she'd had surgery to fix her elbows. On her stomach. In a long line down her face--that was the most shocking. They'd all had surgery there, of course, to get the linkchip put in, but they'd done it the civilized way. Greenlight lasers made sure there were no scars. Many of them had also had their appendix out, but again, they'd done it the civilized way. She had scars on her elbows and knees, mementos of an unimaginable childhood in a colony so primitive--

Inspiration: Green laser light heals without scarring (http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=photochemical-tissue-bond&sc=DD_20100505)
Story Potential: Low
Notes: Pity this isn't a better story, but there you are. And the dye the laser light interacts with is called "rose bengal," which is awesomely exotic.