Accurately diagnosing BDD is a necessary step toward effective treatment. If BDD isn’t diagnosed, it probably won’t be successfully treated. Unfortunately, BDD is still unfamiliar to some mental health professionals, and many people with BDD seek nonpsychiatric treatment, such as surgery, which doesn’t seem to work. Perhaps most important, secrecy about BDD prevents the diagnosis [...]

I missed three months of my period and when my doctor checked me he found that my thyroid was underactive. He put me on birth control pills. I began to menstruate but now I’m off the pills and I’m not bleeding anymore. I’m wondering if my sluggish thyroid could be my problem? I’m also overweight. [...]

Sometimes, identifying your specific skin condition can turn into a guessing game that you seem to never have the answer to. One of the best examples of this form of mistaken identity is skin that is irritated and overly sensitive. Since redness and peeling, usually around the nose and forehead, are characteristic of sensitive and [...]