Working out and keeping your body healthy is a vital part of life. However there is a fine line between healthy exercise and working out obsessively. In today’s day and age this nation is driven by beauty. Perfection and the pursuit of it cause people to go to extremes to achieve what they feel they do not have.

This can be seen in the dramatic increase in the number of cosmetic surgery centers, gyms, and other body altering facilities.

Perfection is a self explanatory word. Naturally it takes a long time to reach such a status, and because of this people very easily forget about the health aspect of working out, or playing sports.

No longer are these things optional, they are a mandatory part a person with body dimorphic disorder’s life. They become obsessed with their appearance and efforts to perfect every flaw, even those that are created by themselves.

Excessive plastic surgery, strenuous exercise routines, and even the use of harmful drugs such as steroids are on the menu for any one with this condition.

Once upon a time in a perfect world these methods of body modification were taboo. Now they have become the latest fad.

In the world of professional sports, there have always been conspiracies and accusations of steroid usage. However because of the shame that came from being associated with such low class methods of performance enhancement, no one openly admitted involvement.

Today instant fame and the use of steroids go hand in hand. Jason Giambi, and Jose Conseco received instant glory after the debut of Conseco’s tell tale book.

There are the facts. There is nothing “cool” or glorious about using steroids. Yes you will blow up unnaturally like the Hulk; big, bulging, scary muscles are the apple of everyone’s eye. And yes you may think it is a quick and effective way to enhance your athletic performance, but you’re wrong.

Did you know that almost instantly after you stop taking your magic drug all your “hard earned” glorious muscles turn into fat? Or try this one on for size; women will love your endless patches of acne that cover your arms, shoulders, chest and back.

Maybe when you lose all your friends and loved ones because you can’t control your violent fits of rage, you will realize that steroids aren’t the way to go. Or when you are diagnosed with liver or heart disease because of your obsession with being “perfect” maybe you’ll wake up and try a healthy diet and exercise.

“Anabolic steroids are all related to the male hormone testosterone,” explained Dr. Linn Goldberg, professor of medicine at the University of Oregon.

He says that while steroids in low levels are essential to normal growth, “some athletes use up to 50 or 100 times the usual amounts, and there are many associated problems.”

These problems include acne, hair loss, enlarged breasts, liver disease (including tumors), stunted height, and the increased cholesterol levels and blood pressure associated with heart disease.

The reason people see an increase in muscle mass, acne, and rage is because testosterone is the primary ingredient. The use of steroids has been known to cause men to become effeminate, and women to become masculine.

Steroids can also be directly related to a large number of suicide and homicide deaths. Long story short, steroids are definitely the way to go if you want to lose everything.