'Heroes' actress Hayden: Mag picture made me hate my body

Hayden Panettiere has revealed that she used to suffer from body dysmorphia.

Hayden Panettiere has revealed that she used to suffer from body dysmorphia.

The former 'Heroes' actress said she developed the condition – where people are excessively worried about a part of their body which they perceive to have a defect – after a magazine published an unflattering photo of her bottom emblazoned with the word 'cellulite' when she was in her teens, reports Us Weekly.

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