Disfigurement - Wikipedia Disfigurement is the state of having one's appearance deeply and persistently harmed medically, such as from a disease, birth defect, or wound General societal attitudes towards disfigurement have varied greatly across cultures and over time, with cultures possessing strong social stigma against it often causing psychological distress to
A Hidden Community: The Movement for Face Equality People with disfigurement are at high risk for distress including body dissatisfaction, anxiety, and depression Much of this distress is caused by social stigma, which may be internalized into
Body image and disfigurement: issues and interventions Whether present at birth, congenital or acquired later in life, a visible disfigurement can have a profound psychological impact upon the individual concerned Difficulties include adverse effects on body image, quality of life, and self-esteem
Disfigurement: Causes and Conditions | FreeAdvice Disfigurement literally means to impair beauty, and medical disfigurement is something that makes people appear abnormal The damage or abnormality can be in the soft tissue, skin, ligaments, or muscles, or in the bone
DISFIGUREMENT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary A disfigurement is something, for example a scar, that spoils a person's appearance He had surgery to correct a facial disfigurement Synonyms: damage , injury , scar , defect More Synonyms of disfigurement
What Is Considered a Disfiguring Injury? | Lafferty Gallagher Scott . . . Ohio defines disfigurement as an injury that dramatically affects appearance, impacting social, personal, or work life It considers subjective perceptions and the injury’s influence on confidence and self-esteem Medical evaluation is the basis for identifying disfiguring injuries
The psychosocial burden of visible disfigurement following traumatic . . . Those with visible disfigurement are routinely stigmatized in a range of interpersonal situations and some experience outright discrimination from others The psychosocial burden of living with disfigurement in a society where physical beauty is so idealized simply cannot be overstated
What Is a Disfigurement? - Spiegato Disfigurement is a condition in which an individual’s physical appearance has been significantly and noticeably damaged A person can be disfigured by an illness, birth defect, or an accident, and although disfigurement can happen to any part of the body, it is often associated with parts of the body that are apparent to the public, such as
Facial discrimination: Living with a disfigured face | CNN Or perhaps because, unlike fear of high places, water or the dark, teratophobia – fear of disfigured people or of giving birth to a disfigured baby, literally ‘fear of monsters’ – has a living