Acrotomophilia

Acrotomophilia (from the Greek ákron [extremity], tómos [a cut] and philía [love]), refers to a paraphilia in which an individual expresses strong sexual interest in amputees. It is a counterpart to apotemnophilia, the sexual interest in being an amputee. In a survey of acrotomophiles, leg amputations were preferred over arm amputations, amputations of a single limb over double amputations, and amputations that left a stump over amputations that left no stump.According to Solvang (2007), “Devotees adhere to standard conceptions of attractiveness in all other matters outside of amputations

Some people question whether amputating one's own body parts or operating on a partner for the sake of sexual pleasure is ethical. For some, modifying the body is a private ritual of self-ownership and freedom of choice. Psychiatrists may make a diagnosis of Body integrity identity disorder (B.I.I.D.)

The term amelotatism has also been used to describe acrotomophilia. The sexual interest in being an amputee is apotemnophilia. John Money (1977) used the termsautoapotemnophilia and alloapotemnophilia to describe the erotic interest of wanting to be or appear as an amputee versus wanting amputees as sexual partners, neither term has been widely used since. The term teratophilia is used to describe arousal from deformed or monstrous people