In more rare cases, members find the use of real face avs to be an uncomfortable, dissociative experience. It is a little disturbing to sit here at home and see myself speaking in cartoon balloons in a non-reality. Showing one's real face av can be a very poignant experience. Several members have described to me encounters when an intimate conversation culminated in their companion showing a picture of themselves. For that period of time, the intimacy and friendship level reaches a point where people wish to step out of their masks and out of their anonymity.
Some members develop an entire set of real face avatars.