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 […]
Acne and The Makings of Body Dysmorphic Disorder
MY ESCAPE I am thirty-five. Day one of this blog should have started over 18 years ago. But I was living in denial. The constant mirror checking, the self-hatred, the shame, the fear of catching my reflection in a car window… The inability to enter a dressing room. As a man, the shame was even […]