«Expensive, lifelong hormone
treatments and irreversible surgeries associated with
gender dysphoria would negatively affect personal deployability and mission readiness, without resolving underlying psychological problems, including high risks
of suicide,» said Donnelly, president
of the Center for Military Readiness.
Facial feminization surgery — along with psychotherapy, hormone
treatment, and
gender reassignment surgery — is an important part
of the
treatment plan for some patients with
gender dysphoria.