User blog comment:Godisme/Wrath as a Lightning/@comment-1405658-20120813082150/@comment-1920550-20120814203136

While the hollow comming back may be a solid possibility, the marks on Ichigo's face are wounds from him trying to break out  of a somewhat small cage with a flurry of high-powered attacks like the Getsuga Tensho and suffering the backlash from it.