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When reading this book I was horrified by the events that occurred. The concept of having a face-change was difficult to comprehend. I wondered, if I was put in the the same situation as Callaghan, what I would do.


Truthfully, I don't know. I'd probably do a lot of crying and go into major depression...


What would you do?

I don't know what I would do, but I do know I won't act like he did! He went overboard and hurt innocent people (his ex mainly) in the process. I'd probably be depressed and upset as well.

Yes, I definitely wouldn't act the way he did. He was too purposeful and cold-blooded in seeking his revenge.

I cannot even begin to fathom being in Matthias shoes. I would hope to never find myself there but if I did, I would hope that I had a better support system going in so that I would still feel loved and needed, rather than abandoned. Once Julia emotionally abandoned him, after seeing the results, there wasn't anyone truly there for him. I would hope that I would seek justice through legitimate means and find a way to be a part of society again.

Depressed and upset I definitely feel like I would be. There's always a right and wrong way to handle things like this. Unfortunately some people don't always choose the right way. I agree a good support system is needed here.

I'd probably feel the same way. I'm already depressed enough as it is so being put in this situation would probably drive me nuts. I don't know that I'd even have anyone else to talk to about it since I live like such a loner!

The complete face transplant was a radical decision. I would rather look like myself with scars than have someone's dead, but intact face. If someone made the decision for me and gave me a new face that I hated, I would ask about any plastic surgery enhancements that I could make to have some control over my appearance. I was surprised that the idea was never brought up while Matthias was in the hospital. Of course I would have a break down of some kind and have trouble when people didn't recognize me. It's such a mind boggling worst case scenario situation.

I think I'll act somewhat similar to what he did. The situation he was put through made such a psychological impact on him that it completely changed him. Just like him, I think I would go crazy too. Hurting people and going to any extent to seek revenge was the only way through which he could let out the emotions inside him. I feel, that's what most of us would do if we were in his shoes.

I think I would be pretty depressed, but I also wouldn't do anything too drastic. It's also pretty common for people with full face transplants to have identity issues.

I know that there were many times in high school when I would have seriously considered a full face transplant to be able to start over fresh in school with no preconceived notions about me from the previous year. Of course, I was pretty dumb back then too so I don't think that that would be a good barometer of what I would truly do if it were to have actually happened. Getting a new face is not reinventing yourself which is what I was looking for at times. I think that in that case, though I had plenty of friends, I just felt insecure like so many tend to do at that time in their lives. looking at it objectively, switching out your face would probably make anybody much less secure than they were to begin with. It would not turn out well in this situation.

rssllue wrote:I know that there were many times in high school when I would have seriously considered a full face transplant to be able to start over fresh in school with no preconceived notions about me from the previous year. Of course, I was pretty dumb back then too so I don't think that that would be a good barometer of what I would truly do if it were to have actually happened. Getting a new face is not reinventing yourself which is what I was looking for at times. I think that in that case, though I had plenty of friends, I just felt insecure like so many tend to do at that time in their lives. looking at it objectively, switching out your face would probably make anybody much less secure than they were to begin with. It would not turn out well in this situation.

I think that many of us wanted to reinvent ourselves during high school, thinking that if we just had a better nose, a better this or that, we'd be more popular or have the boyfriend/girlfriend we wanted. Thankfully, most of get past that as we mature.

I have no idea what I would do. And I really don't think anyone does until/unless they are in a position like that.

klbradley wrote:I have no idea what I would do. And I really don't think anyone does until/unless they are in a position like that.

True. We can think we'd know what we'd do but until we are actually experiencing it, we don't really know.

The worst thing about face change would be seeing people who you know act diffrently because they will have problem adapting to a new face. I felt if that ever happens (God forbid) I'd really want to move to a new place. But then even that won't change things much around me, like in my immediate family.

I really don't know what I would do! I've always thought of myself as an embodiment of the things I believed in and liked to do, but at the same time I feel like having to reinvent my appearance would take a toll on who I thought of myself as. I'm unsure as to whether or not I would change as a person - after all, people always say that appearances don't matter, but then again, I do think that there would be an immense psychological impact, like there was in the story.