Intrigued by a scene of Tom Cruise disfigured after a car accident, I paid $2.99 to rent Vanilla Sky on Amazon Prime. In the movie, Tom Cruise portrays a rich entitled playboy who inherited his father’s multi-million dollar business and is disfigured in a car accident. Because his top-notch team of surgeons cannot reconstruct his […]
Location of Perceived Defects in Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD)
Studies illustrate that BDD can strike virtually anywhere. The skin, hair, and nose are most often disliked. It’s likely that people underreport worries about certain body areas—for example, breasts and genitals—because they’re embarrassed, and that the true percentages for such areas are higher than those listed here. Body Part Percent (%) of Patients with Concern […]