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- People with body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) are overly fixated on perceived flaws in their appearance, often seeing themselves as ugly or disfigured despite others not noticing any real defects.
- This relentless preoccupation leads them to scrutinize their appearance, which only worsens their self-image and feelings of unattractiveness.
- Individuals with BDD often seek help from dermatologists or plastic surgeons, believing that these external changes can achieve an ideal beauty that remains unreachable due to their distorted self-perception.
Article Abstract
People with a body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) suffer from excessive preoccupation and anxiety about an imagined or to others a negligible defect in their appearance. They cannot bear to look at themselves, feel ugly, are convinced that their nose, their physique and their skin are disfiguring. The more concerned they become about their appearance, the more their attention is drawn to the ostensible blemishes and reinforces the impression of their own unattractiveness. Those affected do not consider themselves to be ill, but are convinced that it is a real physical defect which forces them again and again to stand in front of the mirror. Such patients may consult a dermatologist, some even a plastic surgeon, in order to get closer to their ideal of beauty, which perforce remains unattainable for patients because of a distorted perception of their body.
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