If something works don’t try to fix it, that is a recurring theme in Nathaniel Hawthorne's, “the birthmark” Georgiana in the story, is married to Aylmer, an “accomplished” alchemist, and he hates her one imperfection, a hand-shaped birthmark on her cheek. The birthmark in the novel is a symbol of human imperfection and that no one can be perfect because it’s part of our nature to be imperfect.
Define: Perfection, the condition, state, or quality of being free or as free as possible from all flaws or defects, that is what Aylmer wants from his wife, just one thing is in his way, a birthmark. Georgiana in “The Birthmark” is married to Aylmer, an “accomplished” alchemist, and he hates her one imperfection, a hand-shaped birthmark