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Abstract
The present study is a cross sectional study that investigates the motives behind seeking cosmetic procedures among females in Minia governorate in Upper Egypt. It involved the females who visited different public and private dermatology clinics, in the age above or equal 16 years old and in the duration from June 2017 to August 2018.
This is achieved by different sets of questionnaires. Firstly, Body dysmorphic disorder screening questionnaire then The Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale Modified for Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD-YBOCS), Adult version and Adolescent version. Finally, a social questionnaire.
This study conducted with the response of 150 patients, 144 patients were adult and the remaining six patients were adolescents.
43% were thinking about their body defect more than 1 hour which make diagnosis of BDD is likely (positive screening).
93 patient out of 150 patient (62%) having diagnosis of BDD on BDD-YBOCS Score ranging from mild BDD to extremely severe BDD which indicate the importance of screening and diagnosing BDD in dermatological setting.
There are different social implications that affect the patient psychiatric state and her pursuing activity for cosmetic procedures staring from family, friends and community ending with the media streaming about cosmetic procedures.