Two Sides of a Face is not Equal – A Case Study
Journal Title: Journal of Medical Science And clinical Research - Year 2015, Vol 3, Issue 2
Abstract
Body dysmorphic Disorder is characterized by a preoccupation with an imagined or exaggerated defect in physical appearance that causes significant distress or impairment in important areas of functioning. A slight anomaly is excessive and bothersome to the patient. One Study found that an average patient had concerns about four body regions during the course of the disease. “ The body dysmorphic disorder patient is really miserable in the middle of his daily routines, conversations while reading, during meals, in fact everywhere and all the time worried by the fear of deformity which may reach a very painful intensity even to the point of weeping and desperation” (Enirico Morselli-1981). We present a case study of a woman who had experienced similar symptoms and reported that her both cheeks are not equal in shape and falling down
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Dr Surjeet Sahoo
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