Thursday, February 03, 2005
10 Steps for Younger Lips
Here's a good 10-step guide to younger looking lips. Bet you didn't know this one:
Certain foods can irritate the lips and it is different for each person. Personally, I find that kiwis can give me hives on the surface of the lips within 5 minutes of eating. Luckily the hives disappear just as quickly as they appeared, but at dinner parties, I'm sure to avoid this fruit.
Certain foods can irritate the lips and it is different for each person. Personally, I find that kiwis can give me hives on the surface of the lips within 5 minutes of eating. Luckily the hives disappear just as quickly as they appeared, but at dinner parties, I'm sure to avoid this fruit.
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Tuesday, February 01, 2005
Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) is the medical term used to describe the disorder some people suffer from in which they never appear to look correct to themselves.
Roberto Olivardia, a clinical psychologist at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Mass., and co-author of "The Adonis Complex," says people with BDD see themselves differently than the rest of the world does.
Roberto Olivardia, a clinical psychologist at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Mass., and co-author of "The Adonis Complex," says people with BDD see themselves differently than the rest of the world does.
"People with BDD look perfectly fine. They look rather average or above average in their appearance, but they see something that you and I don't see," said Olivardia, who runs a group for people with BDD at McLean.
Olivardia says that when people exhibit exaggerated responses — such as social avoidance and extreme camouflaging — to tiny scars or minor hair loss, a diagnosis of BDD may be in order.
