In the case of Lyme, active infection past the 4 week mark is expected to show IgG antibodies. After treatment and resolution of the illness, tests can still show IgG antibodies. And so, IgG can represent either current or past infection.
What Really Happened to Seal's Countenance. But Seal's scars are not the result of violence. Jet reported that Seal's facial scars are the result of the disease lupus. At age 23, Seal developed discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE), a rare form of the disease causing scars. Source: Celebrities Who Have Overcome Obstacles, Jet, June 10, 1996, available at books.google.com.
Seal, on the other hand, clearly didn't. The singer opened up about his marriage to the Project Runway host in an interview with Andy Cohen on Sirius XM on Monday, speaking out about the one thing he really hated about their relationship.