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It might be possible to verbally persuade some men that this was worth working on-- but it might also take considerable work just to find usable methods.
I've read one account of a man who found that pornography was giving him irrational standards about what women ought to look like and do, and that staying away from pornography for a while (months?) recalibrated his standards towards actual women.
For a science fictional look at the possible effects of not being able to see facial beauty, see Ted Chiang's "Liking What You See: A Documentary".
But for sure if he abstained from pornography, he was also reducing his masturbation, and therefore more biologically driven to have sexual desire for the women actually available to him in reality.
I do agree that porn is a visual superstimulus and at least momentarily distorting.