How to be a giant douchebag.

[arewethereyet]

Not looking for an ass kicking here but what about someone who really struggles with some part of their appearance....to the point of finding it difficult to function in daily life.  Someone with a really big nose that makes them self conscious or ears that stick way out, or a female with an unusually flat.  Body dysmorphic disorder in not just about genitals.  Does this open the door for the military to assume the cost of plastic surgery if it's decided it will help the person cope better and be happier and thereby more productive?

Just throwing it out there because if that's the case then major medical insurance should also cover those things.

I would hope that they treat any serious disorder that causes dysfunction with the same seriousness as gender dysphoria.  I think you're trying to conflate people whose body issues constitute a disorder, and for which treatment, though not necessarily surgery, is appropriate, and those who find their body in some way undesirable, and for whom treatment is not necessitated.

Body dysmorphic disorder is a recognized disorder, that's why the word is in the name.  And it doesn't always involve gender.  I am not conflating anything...I am following the thought process out to what should/shouldn't be included.

My son has a large birthmark on his face that we have tried to have removed or reduced a couple times in a couple different ways.  It's congenital but there is still an issue with health insurance deciding it's a cosmetic thing and not something that he finds hard to live with.

I'm just throwing things out there.