We plague against saddlebags deemed unsightly.
We are indignant at having inherited the tortuous nose of the maternal grandfather.
We can do it best by styling hair that is a little fluffy.
Most of us, it's trivial, are not completely satisfied with our physical appearance.
We live with it most of the time ... but some concerns can turn into complexes, even into real dysmorphophobia.
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"The representation we have of our body results from a composite whole,"
explains Professor Antoine Pelissolo, psychiatrist and head of department at the Henri-Mondor hospital in Créteil, author of
You are your best shrink!
(Odile Jacob).
It stems from a global self-esteem which sometimes pushes to project on one's physical aspect supposed weaknesses linked to the personality: lack of culture or know-how for example.
This representation is also built with external looks.
Negative remarks made by parents, brothers and
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