Dysmorphophobia: A distorted perception of one's self-appearance

Patients with dysmorphophobia are preoccupied with an imagined or grossly e xaggerated defect of appearance. These patients may seek cosmetic surgical procedures to alter their perceived abnormal appearance. Treatment of patie nts with dysmorphophobia has not been previously addressed in the ophthalmo logic literature. The authors present three case reports and discuss the sy ndrome of dysmorphophobia.