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Unhappy with your nose or chin? Do you think you are fat or that your hair is thinning?
When such commonplace concerns spiral into obsessions, they can be a sign of body dysmorphic disorder, a complex psychiatric malady in which sufferers focus on real or misperceived physical flaws. The illness can lead a person to spend hours before the mirror agonizing over minor imperfections.
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