What is the current state of the law on "the crime of mayhem" and "disfigurement"?

corresponding loss of function, so long as it is permanent.⁷ The crime of mayhem now includes disfigurement of the victim's body generally." '[T]he modern rationale of the crime may be said to be the preservation of the natural completeness and normal appearance of the human face and body, and not, as originally, the preservation of the sovereign's right to the effective military assistance of his subjects.' " (People v. Newble (1981) 120 Cal.App.3d 444, 451 [three-inch facial scar deemed sufficient permanent injury and "disfigurement"].)