Just to confirm why they need hormon treatment and surgery? Without it will they survive or stay alive?
What causing them to look for these treatment?

Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), also known as dysmorphophobia, is a condition that consists of a distressing or impairing preoccupation with imagined or slight defects in appearance, associated repetitive behaviors and where insight regarding the appearance beliefs is often poor. Despite the fact it is relatively common, occurs around the world and can have a significant impact on a sufferer's functioning, levels of distress, and risk of suicide, the diagnosis is often missed.

Treatment:
The treatment of choice in BDD is cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SRI) medication.

SRI medication refers to all of the selective SRI (SSRI) class of antidepressants (fluoxetine, sertraline, paroxetine, citalopram, escitalopram, and fluvoxamine) and one antidepressant from the tricycle class, clomipramine, which is a potent SRI.

Edit : proper recognized treatment does not include taking hormone and taking surgery.
Do you know why is that so?

This post has been edited by dexeric: Jun 13 2023, 01:52 PM