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The Dorian Gray syndrome (DGS) denotes a cultural and societal phenomenon characterized by a man's extreme pride in his personal appearance and the fitness of his physique, which are accompanied by difficulties in coping with the requirements of psychological maturation and with the aging of his body. The DGS is characterized by a triad of symptoms that overlap, and so combine diagnostic signs of dysmorphophobia, narcissistic character traits, and the immaturity of arrested development, which often are found in paraphilias.〔Uwe Gieler et al. eds., ''Clinical Management in Psychodermatology'' (2008) pp. 46-47〕 To preserve ephemeral youth, the man afflicted with DGS tends to consume cosmetic products and services, hair-restoration procedures, anti-impotence drugs, and cosmetic surgery; hence, he might resist the psychosomatic and psychodynamic explanations of the syndrome.〔U. Gieler et al eds., ''Clinical Management in Psychodermatology'' (2008) pp. 47 and 172.〕 The term "Dorian Gray syndrome" refers to the protagonist of the novel ''The Picture of Dorian Gray'' (1891), an exceptionally handsome man whose hedonism and excessive self-love proved detrimental to the personal, social, and emotional aspects of his life, and who sought to escape the ravages of time and his own decadent lifestyle by having a supernatural portrait of himself age in his place. ==History== The DGS was first described in ''The Dorian Gray Syndrome: Psychodynamic Need for Hair growth Restorers and other "fountains of youth"'' (2001), in a symposium about the unrealistic male pursuit of bodily perfection — by means of lifestyle-enhancing drugs, aesthetic surgery, and psychotropic medicines — and its consequences for his mental health as a social being.〔Brosig 2000, Brosig ''et al.'' 2001, Euler 2003 ''et al.''〕 The culturally descriptive name of the syndrome refers to the eponymous protagonist of the novel ''The Picture of Dorian Gray'' (1891), by Oscar Wilde, the story of a very handsome young man who much admires and envies the just-completed portrait of himself, and wishes that it would grow old, rather than he. In order to resist the physical corruptions of time and nature, and unable and unwilling to mature, Dorian Gray "gives his soul away", and his wish is granted.〔I. Ousby ed., ''The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English'' (1995) p. 738.〕 The oil portrait and the narrative of the novel transgress and cite narcissistic mirror motives; as such, eternal beauty, aging, and maturation are represented with the psychological dyad of "the person and the mirror". The personal character of the man Dorian Gray is the background for the clinical description of the Dorian Gray syndrome that afflicts the patient. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dorian Gray syndrome」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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