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Answers: According to the DSM IV the following criteria must be met in command to receive a definite diagnosis for Body Dysmorphic Disorder.
The merciful is preoccupied with an imagined deformity of appearance or is excessively concerned about a slight physical anomaly.
This preoccupation cause clinically important distress or impair work, social or personal functioning.
Another mental disorder (such as Anorexia Nervosa) does not better explain the preoccupation.
Symptoms
Compulsive mirror checking, glancing within reflective doors, windows and other reflective surfaces.
Alternatively, an inability to look at one's own thought or photographs of oneself; often the removal of mirrors from the home.
Compulsive skin-touching, especially to means or feel the perceived fault.
Reassurance-seeking from loved ones.
Social withdrawal and co-morbid depression.
Obsessive viewing of favorite celebrity or models the person suffering from BDD may desire to resemble.
Excessive grooming behaviors: combing hair, plucking eyebrows, shaving, etc.
Obsession beside plastic surgery or multiple plastic surgeries with little within acceptable limits results for the patient.
In complex cases patients have perform plastic surgery on themselves, including liposuction and various implant with disastrous results.
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