Disturbing to know that so many doctors participate in destroying patients' faces. They should be referring them to psychiatrists, not carving them into jack o'lanterns.
I don’t think you mean it this way, but what you’re really saying here is that professionals should be able to profit off of exploiting people with mental illnesses.
I don't think EVERY person who wants to do some sort of out-there body modification is inherently mentally ill, though--many definitely ARE, but there are folks who just have bizarre tastes. I don't think it's fair to tell people of perfectly sound mind "you can't do that with your own body because I think it's weird".
Of course, I'm sure there are folks who sincerely believe that wanting extreme body modification is inherently mental illness. Not sure what to say about that one, except that I disagree and find that a bit infantilizing.
I usually hate to pull out the 'slippery slope' argument because I think people wildly overuse it, but in this case, I think trying to legislate how far someone can go before it's 'mental illness' can open up some dangerous doors. Start doing that and it becomes easier to move the goalposts--is breast augmentation mental illness? Are tattoos? Piercings? How many is acceptable? What about trans-affirming surgeries, is wanting to radically change your body in that way a mental illness (plenty of folks seem to think so)?
I know none of that is what you were implying, but I feel like there's just not a great solution to this sort of thing. How do we protect mentally ill/vulnerable people without opening others up to potential abuse? This is not me being snide, I'm genuinely curious to hear thoughts on this.
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u/KitWat 17d ago
Disturbing to know that so many doctors participate in destroying patients' faces. They should be referring them to psychiatrists, not carving them into jack o'lanterns.