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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.

"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.