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[–]BiologyIsReal 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

And some people want their perfectly healthy limbs cut off. Does this mean surgeons should affirm "transable" people, too? Should anorexic patients be refered for liposuctions, too?

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I empathize a lot with people with BIID. And iirc studies have shown that for a lot of them, removing the limb alleviates their distress. So yes, they should be able to get that surgery because you can live without an arm.

I also think yes generally people should be able to get liposuction, but if someone is anorexic then that's a much more immediate threat to their life than losing a limb or taking hrt, so there should be screening to make sure they're like, alright. But in general yes.