[ErnBatavia]

It’s just a cornrow that got loose...

[muawiyah]

Part of what's going on here is that the camera's are sensitive to ultraviolet light ~ so they're seeing right through the hair into the scar tissue. The first picture up the thread reveals intense scarring just to the left of the ear of the other gentleman on the right.

No doubt he uses "make up" for public appearances, but with these modern digital cameras that stuff is just invisible.

All Obama's cornrows could be out of line and we'd still see this large array of scar tissue.