An Affair of the Skin (also known as Love as Disorder) is a 1963 American drama film written and directed by Ben Maddow and starring Viveca Lindfors and Kevin McCarthy. It is a story of romantic entanglements as seen through the eyes of a black woman photographer.

Plot

In New York, Victoria, Allen and his wife Katherine face problems in three intertwined stories. Victoria is an aging fashion model who is afraid to part with her young lover because she thinks that she is too old to find another love. Allen and Katherine are an unhappily married neurotic couple with problems of their own.