Katherine Phillips of Brown University, U.S.A., says that people who are unduly concerned about their physical appearance can develop a psychological illness called body dysmorphic disorder, in which sufferers are obsessed with imagined flaws in their appearance.
Kā skaidro medicīnas doktore Ketrīna Filipsa no Brauna universitātes (ASV), cilvēkiem, kas pārmērīgi raizējas par savu ārieni, šīs raizes var pārtapt slimīgā stāvoklī, ko sauc par dismorfofobiju.