Body dysmorphic disorder:
- A psychiatric disorder characterized by excessive preoccupation with imagined defects in physical appearance.
- People with body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) are obsessed by the idea that some part of their body — their hair, nose, skin, hips, whatever — is ugly or deformed, when in truth it looks normal.
- BDD may focus on moles, freckles, acne, minor scars, facial or body hair, or the size and shape of their breasts or genitalia.
- People with BDD may spend an excess of time looking in the mirror, be forever fixing their hair, or wear heavy makeup or sunglasses inside as a form of camouflage.
- They may make multiple medical visits or have surgical procedures to correct the imagined defect.
- Treatment of BDD may involve cognitive behavioral therapy or medications, usually those used in obsessive-compulsive disorder to which BDD may be related.
- BDD is also called somatoform disorder, dysmorphophobia.
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