My best friend was attacked a few years and had a horrible scar on her leg from it. She got a tattoo over it, and the scar isn't noticible at all unless you are really looking. So I'd say yes.
Currently: 1g lobes, downsized 2nd holes, 14g septum, two tattoos.
Goal: 1/2" lobes, 1g lobes, 10g or 8g septum, nipple piercings, few more tattoos.