User blog comment:Bluegear93/Custom Shepard/@comment-68.45.190.47-20111105044720/@comment-1388547-20120316211325

I consider a super-attractive Shepard to be an acceptable break from reality. No, makeup or superbly-done hair wouldn't make sense in a combat situation, but if we're going for realism, MShep should probably have accumulated a few more scars too. This is the great thing about customization -- you can make your Shepard look more or less they way you want, according to your own thoughts about realism and about what kind of face you'd like to spend the next 40 hours staring at. ;-)