![enter image description here][1]

Notice how there's a shadow [under my avatar][2]?  Now I know this shadow comes from the recent addition of the "[user card][3]".

However, it just doesn't look good on some avatars.  Is there no way around this for people with alpha-transparency in their avatars? 


  [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/YJr1k.png
  [2]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7264022/adding-md5-to-a-uitextfield/7264082#7264082
  [3]: http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/104810/how-does-the-user-card-popup-work