For dementia patients, the physical presence of new sex dolls can trigger memory modules in the brain related to interpersonal relationships, slowing the process of cognitive decline. In this care setting, sex toys are no longer commodities, but therapeutic tools carrying memories and emotions.

In the field of sex therapy, life size sex dolls are developing into important auxiliary treatment tools. For patients with vaginismus or erectile dysfunction, therapists use progressive exposure therapy: by adjusting the temperature, hardness, and movement parameters of the life size sex doll ...