Many people engage in body-focused behaviors or have concerns about their appearance. When these experiences begin to interfere with daily life, it’s important to understand what might be happening.

Body dysmorphic disorder is a type of obsessive-compulsive disorder. An individual with body dysmorphic disorder is overly preoccupied with what are perceived as gross imperfections in their ...

BDD is a serious and debilitating neurobiologic disorder affecting a significant percentage of the population. It has long been understudied and misunderstood, leading to misdiagnosis and insufficient ...

The origin of body dysmorphic disorder has been traced to a specific bundle of neurons within the brain that are connected with processing visual information. The finding, if confirmed, could help the ...

Experts say more folks are experiencing a form of body dysmorphic disorder focused on skin (or "skin dysmorphia") following the pandemic. As an 11-year-old sixth-grader in the early aughts, Danielle ...

Facial dysmorphia describes the unsettling feeling that what you see in photos doesn’t match the image you have of yourself in your head.

Tilly and Charlotte share their experiences of body dysmorphic disorder and how they recovered from it.