A 22-year-old healthy Korean soldier without any comor-bidities visited our hospital on June 30, 2021. He was a devout Christian and had enlisted in the military after finishing his third year in nursing school. He had always put his religious beliefs ahead of everything else and believed that his sexuality got in the way of his religious life. Thus, he wanted to reduce his libido and arbitrarily decided that the most appropriate way to do this was to be a eunuch.
The patient decided to undergo a surgical castration and searched for orchiectomy services on the Internet. Removal of the testicles was performed at home while on vacation during his military service one month prior. He stated that he did not use anesthesia and endured the pain during the operation because of his religious beliefs. For the sutures, general needles and sewing threads found at home were used. There was significant bleeding after surgery, and he needed to stabilize his wounds for some time. After stabilization, he placed the excised testicles in a trash can in the room and returned to the unit, eventually leaving his parents to learn of the procedure.