A new study has revealed that facial scars boost men’s attractiveness towards women.

The researchers from the universities of Liverpool and Stirling discovered that even though women find men with scars attractive, they would not have a permanent relationship with them.

The study, which was conducted on 220 persons of both genders, found that facial scars can help win a woman’s heart.

During the study, the participants were asked to see pictures of men and women, some of which had been manipulated to have different scars.

The study results showed that women, who were shown faces of men with and without different scars graded the scarred faces as good-looking.

But, in case of men, the facial scars did not enhance women’s attractiveness towards men.

The researchers said, “This is the first study to demonstrate that under certain circumstances post-traumatic scarring may increase a person's perceived social worth.”

“Our results suggest that under certain circumstances scars may advertise valued information about their bearers, and that the idea that scarring universally devalues social perceptions can no longer be assumed to be true,” the researchers added.

The study, published in the journal 'Personality and Individual Differences', suggested that facial scars appear to be associated with posttraumatic events or violence of some kind are rated ‘attractive’.

Although the study researchers are unclear as to why women favour scars, they think scarring associated with violence may indicate to a woman that the man has a daring personality or above average masculinity, which might attract women for short term relationships.