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Dr George, meanwhile, says that when looking into online health trends the cases he found particularly compelling were those of men undergoing extreme aesthetic procedures, like injecting testosterone for bigger muscles and leg lengthening. "On the face of it, you can think, 'Oh, it's just about men getting muscly'", he says, "but actually the depths of that is quite severe. "Dr George, who previously appeared on Love Island UK and worked in A&E, says these procedures can sometimes be linked to body dysmorphic disorder, external (BDD) - a mental health condition where a person spends a lot of time worrying about their appearance. In some people, the doctor explains, BDD can present as wanting to get bigger and stronger - and may be the reason behind some undergoing costly and unregulated procedures they see online. Leg lengthening, for example, can cost hundreds of thousands of pounds and involves patients having to re-learn how to walk. Dr George, who has previously shared his own struggles with suicidal thoughts, notes that body dysmorphia has a particularly high suicide rate.
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