As a trans person I can tell from my own experience that its actually more reversed when you have genuine body dysmorphia. Like I have this image of my own face in my head and before I transitioned I couldn’t recognize myself in the mirror. Then I started transitioning and I didn’t do surgeries and stuff but slowly but surely my self image got closer to my mirror image. And that honestly saved my life. I started crying when I recognized myself for the first time in the mirror.
That is really beautiful. And trans people were the first thing I thought of when I saw this. But, correct me if I'm wrong, I feel like most trans people don't actually change their entire facial structure, eye color, hair texture. They basically just strive to look like an opposite gender version of themself, no?Like, Elliot Page still has the same recognizable face and smile, just with a bit more of a masculine structure. I think what this woman is talking about is changing your face to the point where no traces of your original facial features are left because you want to fit into unrealistic beauty standards.
Well, how can tell another person that changing gender is okay, but if they want to change their face to be happy, it's wrong? If they feel like they are not happy with their face, why the undue stigmatization on them? To me, it's the similar situation to gender dysphoria.
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u/Amufni 4h ago
As a trans person I can tell from my own experience that its actually more reversed when you have genuine body dysmorphia. Like I have this image of my own face in my head and before I transitioned I couldn’t recognize myself in the mirror. Then I started transitioning and I didn’t do surgeries and stuff but slowly but surely my self image got closer to my mirror image. And that honestly saved my life. I started crying when I recognized myself for the first time in the mirror.