Gaara has fair skin, green eyes, and long auburn hair; for most of her life, her hair was spiky. She lacks distinctive pupils or eyebrows, the latter of which others sometimes make fun of. She's had tanuki-like black rings around her eyes her whole life, which Gamabunta attributes to insomnia. As a child, she carved the kanji for "love" (愛, ai) on the left side of her forehead, which her hair is parted in order for it to be kept visible, many guys in Sunagakure start to consider Gaara sexy.