I HAVE BEEN LEFT (UNNECESSARILY) SEVERELY FACIALLY DISFIGURED BY MEDICAL INCOMPETENCE FOLLOWING UK NHS SURGERY IN JANUARY 2009, SO HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND ANY USEFUL SOURCE OF INFORMATION OR WAY FORWARD.
I'D CATEGORISE THIS BOOK AS USEFUL, BUT OF AN ACADEMIC RATHER THAN A PRACTICAL NATURE.
I'M ALSO NOT PARTICULARLY KEEN ON THE DISFIGURED AND DISABLED BEING LUMPED IN WITH CRIMINALS OR OTHER SOCIETY OUTSIDERS LIKE PROSTITUTES. BUT THEN AGAIN, IT IS A STUDY OF SOCIAL STIGMA, AND THE VIEWS FOR EXAMPLE OF THE CHILD OF A CRIMINAL, SCORNED BY HER SCHOOL COLLEAGUES BECAUSE THEIR PARENTS DON'T THINK THAT THEY SHOULD MIX WITH HER, ARE OF COURSE RELEVANT.
IT HAS USEFUL COMMENTS ABOUT THE ANNOYANCE FELT BY PEOPLE LIKE ME WHEN STRANGERS THINK THAT BECAUSE WE'RE DISFIGURED, THEY'RE ENTITLED TO INVADE OUR PRIVACY, WITH THEIR NOSEYNESS AND PATRONISING COMMENTS. AND SOME OF THE ANECDOTAL ACCOUNTS ARE TIMELESS, AND HELPFUL.

BUT OVERALL IT CONTAINS NO USEFUL SUGGESTIONS FOR THE DISFIGURED, SO I'D RATE IT AS ACADEMICALLY INTERESTING BUT NOT REALLY OF PRACTICAL USE.

我认为这本书很有用，但它是学术性的，而不是实用性的。
我也不是特别喜欢把毁容和残疾的人与罪犯或其他社会外人（如妓女）混为一谈。但话说回来，这是一项关于社会耻辱的研究，比如一个罪犯的孩子的观点，因为他们的父母认为他们不应该和她交往而受到学校同事的蔑视，当然是相关的。
当陌生人认为因为我们毁容，他们有权侵犯我们的隐私，他们的鼻子和傲慢的评论时，它对像我这样的人感到的烦恼有有用的评论。一些轶事的叙述是永恒的，而且很有帮助。
但总的来说，它并没有为毁容者提供有用的建议，所以我认为它在学术上很有趣，但并没有真正的实用价值。