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Body Dysmorphic Disorder
By; Rabia Malik

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What is BDD?
 The perception of having physical defects that other people can
not see
 “I’m ugly”
 Avoid social interaction
 Recurrent plastic surgery
 Specific body part

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Who is afflicted by BDD?
 People with OCD
 Recurring fears and obsessions with their physical “defects”
 Compulsive- urgent need to perform rituatls or routines to fix the
“problem”
 Constantly looking in the mirror
 Impairs social, home, and work functioning
 Chronic disorder
 Men and women equally affected
 Teen to early adulthood

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Symptoms:
 Looking in the mirror constanty
 Trying to hide the “imperfection”
 Fishing for reassurance
 “OMG, don’t isn't my nose way too big?”
 Lack of desire to socialize
 Continuous medical consultations to fix “defect”
 Plastic surgeon
 Dermatologist

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Causes:
 Neurotransmitter defects
 Low self esteem
 Childhood trauma
 Parent’s who were critical of their child’s appearance
 Peer and social impact

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Diagnosis:
 According to the DSM by the APA
 “Being extremely preoccupied with an imagined defect or a minor
flaw in your appearance
 Being so preoccupied with appearance that it causes you significant
distress or problems in your social life, work, school or other areas
of functioning"

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Treatment:
 Psychotherapy
 Medications
 SSRIs
 Group / Family therapy

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Complications:
 Suicide
 Unnecessary surgeries

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Works Cited:
 Goldberg, Joseph. "Body Dysmorphic Disorder." Web MD. N.p.,
31 May 2012. Web. 22 June 2013.