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Men have body dysmorphia too. That's why some use this drug.

Men have body dysmorphia too. That's why some use this drug.

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Body modifiers like Ozempic and other weight loss drugs have gotten
attention for how skinny they can make you. But what if you're a
boy who wants to get BIGGER? For young men, there's another drug
getting more and more popular: steroids.

Fit and muscular bodies get celebrated on social media, and many
men turn to steroids to match what they see. But with that comes
the rise of "muscle dysmorphia," a kind of body dysmorphia where a
person feels that their muscles aren't big enough.

Brittany sits down with Roberto Olivardia, a alinical psychologist
and lecturer at Harvard Medical School, to talk about how a drug,
once primarily associated with professional athletes pursuing
performance enhancement, is now the drug of choice for boys and men
struggling with negative body image.

For more, check out Roberto's book, The Adonis Complex.

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