Tag Archives: body dysmorphia

Social Media: 20% of users experience mental health issues

| July 1, 2019

20% of adults using Social Media experience mental health issues as a result, survey finds Behind all the smiling faces we see on social media lies a disturbing problem. A new study has found that a fifth of adults in Great Britain who have used social media in the last 12 months have experienced mental health issues as a direct result of using it. The research, which was carried out by well-being brand Soul Analyse, used an online YouGov poll in June 2019 to look at the impact social media is having on people’s mental health. The survey asked 2,004…

Aesthetics industry and body image

| September 30, 2017

Body image issues are rising so does the medical aesthetics industry need to shape up its act when it comes to the images it portrays?  Heather Stephen finds out.   Dermatologist Dr Anjali Mahto was flicking through a magazine over breakfast when she came across an ad which almost made her choke on her coffee. The advert for a body sculpting treatment showed a very slim woman pulling a small section of skin of her washboard flat tummy with the strapline ‘if you can pinch it we can treat it’. Speaking on her Instagram feed, Dr Mahto, a consultant dermatologist…

Sex, Porn and you: what it can do to you and your sex life

| September 16, 2017

It’s sexual health week and this year the theme is porn and sexual health. While there may be a role for porn in a healthy sexual relationship, there is also a significant downside. Fiona Clark reports. They don’t call Wendy Hurn ‘Willie Wendy’ for nothing. She’s spent much of her career as a urology nurse dealing with the effects of porn on men but now she is seeing a growing number of younger women as well. As access to porn on the Internet has increased so too has the flow of people to her clinic in Bristol. For men, the…

body dysmorphia

| January 5, 2017

Tens of thousands of people have surgery or cosmetic procedures to enhance their appearance but how do you know if you’ve gone too far? And what help is out there for treatment addiction? Heather Stephen reports.  You pop into a clinic for a spot of Botox and a few fillers, then think maybe you’d look better after a nose job, and book in for some lipo for that jelly belly you’ve never managed to shift with exercise. But beware. Having multiple procedures could be a sign you have Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) – a condition which causes people to have…