Body Modification

You are imperfect permanently and inevitably flawed. And you are beautiful Amy Bloom

A presentation by: Mayada Aljehani, Tanya Haddadin, Patricia Harding, Sareen Melikian & Mary Thompson

Introduction
Body Dismorphic Disorder
Limbs Body Art in the World of Tattooing

Bariatric Weight Loss

Gender Specific Modifications

Body Dismorphic Disorder

BDD is a type of mental illness characterized by persistent and intrusive preoccupations with an imagined or slight defect in one's appearance.

Ashes

Ashes to beauty, I cant see, The voices of demons blinding me, Mirror, mirror on the wall cracking, breaking As I have the gall to peer inside your shattered truth Lights out, lights out I must feel safe, Fading into the shadows from whenst I came, My calmness to claim. I cry, I pray, I scream at them But no solace for me Why? Only a dream, only a dream Hope, hope, grasping at hope Lights on one day, A thought away, a thought away

Complications/Consequence s
Avoiding social situations, job duties, daily activities High risk of developing major depression High risk of suicide

Extensive surgical procedures Financial burden

Ethical Issues
First do no harm
Futility of treatment Treating non-refractory patients Amputation of Healthy Limbs Plastic Surgeons Ethical Code

Story of Jenny Lee

Body Integrity Identity Disorder

Body Integrity Identity Disorder is a psychological disorder in which an individual will ask for an elective amputation. This amputation is not medically necessary, but sufferers have a desire to become amputees in order to become ideal in their own eyes.- BIID.org

Two types of BIID

Somatophrenia
Right brain lesions that lead to left body disowner ship. Patient does not identify with the limb or feels that the limb is a part of someone else The limb may be treated as a separate entity

Apotemnophilia
A sexual preference to have ones limbs remove to attain arousal. The patient desires for removal of the healthy limb to be sexually satisfied

Beyond our Bodies

Mainly the sufferer of this disorder feels that one of their limbs is almost alien and believe they won't feel whole until they are rid of it.
Treatment
OCD & ADHD Stimulants Respiridal

Mental Challenges

Interesting Side Note

ED

Cultural Meaning?
Used to be a form of punishment to criminals Necessary for congenital deformities Life saving surgeries

Ethics & Questions

Is it ethically correct to remove a limb that is a healthy and normally functioning limb?
As a surgeon would you remove a normal limb? Is is culturally acceptable?

Tattooing

Bariatric Weight Loss

Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently -Henry Ford

What is Bariatric Surgery?

Bariatric surgery is a type of weight loss procedure for individuals who are morbidly obese when diet and exercise alone fail.

Who is a candidate for bariatric surgery?

What preparations need to be made before undergoing surgery?

What types of bariatric surgery are available?

What should be expected after the surgery is completed?

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2. 3. 4.

Adjustable Gastric Banding Gastric Bypass Duodenal Switch Gastric Sleeve

Jen Larsens Story

I was still so, so depressed, despite the fact that the one thing I thought had been ruining my life was suddenly gone. -Jen Larsen

Aaron Nunos Story

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrgtKW9nZE0

Cultural Body Modifications

Deliberate alterations made to the human body for religious reasons, aesthetics, sexual enhancement, and to display group affiliation or a rite of passage.

Multicultural Body Modifications

Neck Rings
Long Neck Tribe

Lip Plugs Scarification

Body Accessories

Wooden Ear Discs

Westernized Body Modification

Types of Modifications
Piercings
Genital

Additional Mod
Eyeball Implants Horns

Scarification Cutting Ash rubbing Branding Skin removal

Transdermal Implants
Ear Pointing Tongue Splitting

Summary of Body Modifications

Public acceptance by which one may achieve his/her ideal gendered look
Social implications, personal/emotional pressures
BID

The essence of inner beauty is surpassed by outer physical appearance

Making up for something the person is physically lacking

References
"Ashes." Web log post. Behindthemaskofabuse. 9 Dec. 2012. Web. 20 May 2013. "Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) and Cosmetic Surgery." Web log post. OCD Center of Los Angeles. N.p., 8 Jan. 2010. Web. 21 May 2013. "Body Modification Experience | Cracked.com." Cracked.com. Ed. Leaf27. Cracked, n.d. Web. 29 May 2013. Eddie. "Wild And Extreme Body Modifications." Unfinished Man. Unfinished Man, 13 Dec. 2010. Web. 29 May 2013. Guthmann, Edward, and Chronicle Staff Writer. "More Men Turning to Implants for Chests of Gold." SFGate. N.p., 20 Jan. 2008. Web. 29 May 2013.

Hagen, Michael. "Ethics of Treating Patients with Disorders of Body Image." The Journal of Bioethics in Tajikistan 1.1 (2011): Ethics of Treating Patients with Disorders of Body Image. July 2011. Web. 24 May 2013. Quigley, Rachel. "Mother's Heartbreak after 'beautiful' Son, 24, Kills Himself after Years Suffering from Rare Disorder That Made Him Think He Was Ugly." Mail Online. 30 May 2012. Web. 22 May 2013. Staff, Mayo Clinic. "Body Dismorphic Disorder." Mayo Clinic. Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, 09 May 2013. Web. 21 May 2013.

References
Philips, Sean. "Dont Call It a Comeback. Ive Been Here for Years.." BME Tattoo Piercing and Body Modification News. N.p., 27 May 2013. Web. 29 May 2013.