Resumen: Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD), is a mental health disorder that is difficult to diagnose, causes much suffering and is a challenge to treat. The main symptoms are the preoccupation with the perceived defect and the actions taken to reduce accompanying feelings of distress. Prevalence of BDD is between 9% and 12% in dermatology patients. Although the onset of BDD is usually during adolescence, patients are usually diagnosed after many years of suffering, in part because patients are too ashamed to talk about their symptoms. The main objective of this multicenter study carried out in Spain, was to screen patients diagnosed with acne vulgaris for BDD by asking appearance-specific questions. A total of 403 patients were screened... Idioma: Inglés Año: 2017 Publicado en: ACTA DERMATO-VENEREOLOGICA 97, 7 (2017), PP34 [889] ISSN: 0001-5555 Originalmente disponible en: Texto completo de la revista