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Description and Symptoms of Body Dysmorphic Disorder
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Tags: Body dysmorphic disorder, BDD, Somatoform Disorders, symptoms
Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is a type of somatoform disorder, a mental illness in which a person has symptoms of a medical illness, but the symptoms cannot be fully explained by an actual physical disorder.
People with BDD are preoccupied with an imagined physical defect or a minor defect that others often cannot see.
As a result, people with this disorder see themselves as "ugly" and often avoid social exposure to others or turn to plastic surgery to try to improve their appearance.
BDD shares some features with eating disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorder. BDD is similar to eating disorders in that both involve a concern with body image.
| | The most common areas of concern for people with BDD include: |
| | Skin imperfections: These include wrinkles, scars, acne, and blemishes. |
| | Hair: This might include head or body hair or absence of hair. |
| | Facial features: Very often this involves the nose, but it also might involve the shape and size of any feature. |
| | Other areas of concern include the size of the penis, muscles, breasts, thighs, buttocks, and the presence of certain body odors. |
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