Real leather is a natural product and has individual characteristics of real hide. As a natural product however, it will display traces of its past such as brand marks, healed scars, neck growth lines, veins and areas of differing fibre density and hair pore structure. These marks all appear in high quality leather and are not defects They are not weakening defects and will not shorten the life of the leather but enhance the appearance if you find these markings, then you can be confident that you have purchased real leather. In the first few weeks of using leather furniture it will acquire further natural creases and wrinkles as the fillings settle down.