Does cosmetic surgery help body dysmorphic disorder?
Thursday, August 12, 2010 - 04:00
in Health & Medicine
A new study finds that while many who suffer from body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) seek cosmetic procedures, only two percent of procedures actually reduced the severity of BDD. Despite this poor long-term outcome, physicians continue to provide requested surgeries to people suffering from BDD. The study was recently published in Annals of Plastic Surgery...