It was perhaps inevitable, then, that some have come to regard the bots as guides in matters of appearance. The internet has a long, sordid history of facilitating the judgment of looks, from now ...

We are learning more about how too much social media use can affect people’s mental health. As KPBS North County reporter Alexander Nguyen shows us a recent study says it’s affecting young men in ...

When I look in the mirror, I appear bigger and wider than I am, and I know this is due to years of fat-shaming and fatphobia. No matter what I do, I still can’t see things as they are, but how my mind ...

Smriti Mandhana’s viral body-shaming incident highlights how appearance-based trolling can trigger body dysmorphia and damage mental health especially in the age of social media Read ahead to know how ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Women with body dysmorphia during pregnancy had lower quality of life and body image. Women reported physical ...

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 ...

Nika Motiie says she cannot go a day without “obsessively” photographing herself — to date, the 20-year-old has over 50,000 selfies in her camera roll. “I take them throughout the day, like almost ...

Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) is a mental health condition in which people are preoccupied with a perceived flaw in their appearance—often something minor or invisible to others. Individuals with BDD ...

For many men, body dysmorphia stems from feelings of not having big enough muscles, something known more specifically as muscle dysmorphia, which Roberto has pioneered research on. Here's my chat with ...