All of us experience some degree of self-consciousness about our appearance.
Up to 15% of people seen in dermatology exhibit signs of distress regarding their appearance to the point of real disablement.
A portion of these patients are psychiatrically delusional and often feel markedly worse after cosmetic or plastic surgery.
Individual characteristics and cultural factors contribute to the development of body dysmorphia.
Body Dysmorphic Disorder rates are markedly lower in countries where advertising has not yet proliferated messages of perfection and idealized plastic surgery.
This striking documentary from the BBC covers the progress of three individuals dissatisfied with the very presence of their legs, from psychiatric assessment to the process of surgical amputation.
Format — H.264, requires Quicktime 7 or a current version of iTunes. Windows and Macintosh compatible.
Size — 83 mb.
Duration — 50 minutes.
To Download — right click or control-click the above image and save the file to your desktop, or another location.