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Body image is the perception that the patient has about his or her own body. It is not a realistic or objective impression comparable to other people’s impressions of the patient’s body. Body image has to do with body “imagination,” with the “imaginative thinking” that the patient has gathered throughout life. Objective findings can influence this image, but also psychological factors. However, it is very difficult to assess the relative importance of psychological factors and sociocultural and behavioral factors that influence the patient’s own body image.
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Boeckx, W., Bogaerts, F. (1991). Plastic Surgery and Body Image. In: Richter, D., Bitzer, J., Nijs, P. (eds) Advanced Psychosomatic Research in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75648-1_7
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