Young men struggling with their body image should focus on self-improvement for their own personal reasons rather than to gain validation from others.

“I think you just have to realize that you just you have to do it for yourself. And that's such that's such a thing that's like very difficult to understand.”

Looks-maxing content is inherently damaging because it promotes an unhealthy and unsustainable fixation on physical appearance that can lead to body dysmorphia.

“It was just giving uh ED to young men in general and and causing to [snorts] have severe body dysmorphia and genuine complications.”

Male body dysmorphia is a significant and growing problem largely driven by social media, where even highly muscular individuals edit their photos to appear more aesthetic.

“it's always been a thing but especially now with how big social media is and how jacked so many people are uh I think of course it's a it's a big problem”

Asia believes she suffers from a condition where looking at her reflection causes her to perceive herself as aged or unattractive, leading her psychiatrist to advise her against using mirrors.

“So, he's like, "Don't ever look in the mirror again." Because um like you'll see like if you were to go to Disneyland and you were to go on the Haunted ride, like the Haunted Mansion ride, you will like start in the elevator and you'll see the picture of Dorian Gay, which is like a woman. She starts”

Body dysmorphia is a compulsive disorder that can be driven by a fear of rejection and a need to manage anxiety through external appearance checks.

“so for like the by dysmorphic suffer they may be checking themselves in the mirror and which we all do but are you checking yourself in the mirror for hours a day like is it impeding your ability to go to work you know are you looking at every reflective surface”

Constant focus on extreme physical attractiveness and objective measures leads to an increase in body dysmorphia.

“it just leads to body dysmorphia because you're so self-aware of all these things and then I don't know sad.”