This movie is extremely violent for its time.

We see a large scar on a woman's neck

A girl is forcibly knocked out with chloroform. When she wakes up, we see from her distorted POV the scarred face of another woman.

We see lurid photographs of a girl's face depicting progressive rejection of her new facial tissue.

Characters smoke throughout the movie.

The facial removal scene is frightening and intense. When the skin is removed, this scene may be shocking to many.

A shocking scene is when a woman wakes up on an operating table and sees the damaged face of another woman in semi-darkness. This would be shocking to many and is punctuated by a scream and sound effects.