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- The human body's attractiveness is a significant topic across sociology, psychology, psychiatry, and dermatology, highlighting its importance in understanding societal norms and individual experiences.
- In psychodermatology, these fields intersect to reveal complex situations and challenges people face regarding skin appearance and mental health.
- Perfect skin is idealized in various cultural expressions, and skin imperfections can lead to personal distress due to their visibility in society, particularly regarding the face.
Article Abstract
The attractiveness of the human body has always been an important issue in the fields of sociology, psychology, and psychiatry and also in the field of dermatology. In psychodermatology, one often discovers how all these fields intermingle to produce elaborate situations and extreme human difficulties. Perfect skin is widely adored in literature, poetry, and biblical texts, as well as in advertisements, movies, and television. Because in most societies the face is the body part that is visible, imperfections of the skin are also visible; therefore, its flawed appearance bears the potential to become a source of misery to some.
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