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Background@#Acne vulgaris (AV) is a chronic inflammatory skin condition that is non-life-threatening but may cause significant psychological morbidity regardless of severity. An extreme case of this is depicted in body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), which is often an undiagnosed condition presenting with excessive preoccupation of perceived flaws not observable by others. With the increasing popularity of social media throughout the years, there has been budding researches exploring its psychological implications, particularly on “selfies” and its possible association with self-image and body dysmorphia.@*Objectives@#To compare body dysmorphic symptoms and selfie behavior between patients with mild AV versus those without AV. Methods This is a single-center, cross-sectional study among patients with mild AV and those without AV seen through a teledermatology platform of a tertiary hospital from April to June 2022. @*Results@#A total of 207 patients were included in this study – 107 patients with mild AV and 100 patients without AV. A significantly higher proportion of BDD symptoms was seen in patients with mild AV using either Body Dysmorphic Disorder Questionnaire-Dermatology Version (BDDQ-DV) (31%) and Dysmorphic Concern Questionnaire (DCQ) (14%). No significant difference was noted in terms of selfie behavior between the groups. @*Conclusions@#BDD symptoms were significantly more prevalent in patients who have mild AV despite having lesions that are negligible and clinically not apparent. This highlights the importance of dermatologists’ knowledge that BDD may cause distress and impairment and should be taken into consideration in terms of management. Interestingly, selfie behavior of patients with mild AV and without AV had no significant difference.
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Acne Vulgaris , Social MediaABSTRACT
El estilo de personalidad tendiente a los trastornos alimentarios se refiere a una lucha de sentido con el propio cuerpo, que regula la dialéctica entre la co-percepción del otro y el sentido de sí mismo, el problema alimentario va comprendido como un problema con la dialéctica del cuerpo, no con la imagen del cuerpo. El punto fundamental para comprender el trastorno alimentario es en relación a la imagen corporal, la mujer y los medios de información. Adicionalmente, se ha encontrado que la tecnología juega un papel importante al afectar no sólo la experiencia de la percepción, a través de acelerar el cambio en contextos específicos, sino la introducción de nuevos recursos de signi- ficado; nuevos puntos de referencia que proporcionan el anclaje para crear y mantener la identidad propia. Esto sitúa al hombre en una nueva forma de orientarse emocional- mente en relación a su contexto.
The eating disorder-prone style of personality refers to a feeling struggle with the same body, which regulates the dialectic between the other co-perception and the sense of self, the eating disorder is understood as a problem related to the dialectic of the body itself but not to the image of the body. The main point in order to understand the eating disorder is associated with the body image, the female gender and media. On the other hand, it has been found that technology plays a vital role not only by afecting the experience perception by accelerating the change in specific contexts but also by introducing new resources of meaning; new points of reference which provide the basis to create and keep the own identity. Thus, it sets the human in a new way of emotional orientation in relationship with his context.