Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is one types of somatoform disorder which easily recognizable. BDD is mostly found in women. 70% of the symptoms arise when teens under 18 years old and will be more peaked at the age of 30 years. In general, Body dysmorphic disorder can be called as a mental disorder who is too concerned about the appearance and condition of this happening for years, though the person has near-perfect performance that does not worry about.

Those people who have BDD disorder is always dissatisfied with the condition of her face and body. Usually an area that often became the focus of attention is the nose, skin, and hair, eyes, eyelids, mouth, lips, jaw and chin shape. But other areas of the body can also be a problem and there is a tendency to focus on some particular body part or even faint; not clear which part in question. BDD disorders exhibit behaviour similar to eating disorders (eating disorder) in which the subject is a perfectionist. We will never see him quite well, although they underlined the midst of death (such as: cases of anorexia or underweight). These people have low self esteem so that they perceived physical shortcomings as a fatal failure.

Body Dysmorphic Disorder

Some samples patient with body dysmorphic disorder are:

Sample 1
Angel is a good girl. She has a sweet face. But somehow, she felt his nose less balanced. Every minute she is obliged to observe his nose in the mirror. She also refused to meet with people because they feel ugly. If necessary she will wear a mask to cover his condition. Plastic surgery was done and she was still not perfect. She was getting upset and attempting to commit suicide.

Sample 2
Already 2 hours Ellaide sitting in her dressing mirror, as if never satisfied with the makeup that has been removed several times. Ellaide is 15 years old, but very worried about her face, especially the skin and lips. Ellaide leather brown tan that actually makes her look sweet, but Ellaide not happy with the colour of her skin and she desperately wanted white skin glossy as the artist had seen on television. She had spent several whitening products, it still does not become a white skin as “guaranteed”, even change it often irritate the skin causing uneven patches. Many times she went to a dermatologist, to the salon or spa to whiten the skin, but it does not seem to bring results. Already a lot of money she spent for her appearance. Not to mention the complaints about the shape of the lips that he thought she was too wide and not very confident because of it. Ellaide often cover the lips with a handkerchief, especially if you’re talking to someone. She does not want people to pay attention to her lips.