Nearly all members of the human race have had occasion to fret about their appearances from time to time. Study targets teens Adolescents and teen-agers who are obsessed with the way their bodies look may suffer from body dysmorphic disorder. They are invited to participate in a research study being conducted by the University of Cincinnati Department of Psychiatry.
Participants receive a full medical workup and medicationat no cost.
But for most of us, even our most unsightly moments are bearable. We suffer them, forget them and move on. Often we even laugh at ourselves in hindsight. But for men and women with body dysmorphic disorder, the flaws they perceive in their appearance are not bearable, are not funny and will not be go away. People with BDD can become obsessed with a nose they are convinced is askew or with facial blemishes that others would need a magnifying glass to discern.