[Mammary augmentation surgery and psychology. Clinical reports].
With the clinical observations, the women having request at surgical operations of putting the breast implants, the authors define two groups of requests, by which the women suffered from their breast alterations or hypoplasies. In the different cases the suffering takes the form of identity fault of their feminity. What brings to the reflection on the final definition and formation of the women's identity feelings, the breast implants playing the positive part of reidentification the women's image.
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D000328:Adult; D001828:Body Image; D001940:Breast / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016462:Mammaplasty / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000523:psychology; D012649:Self Concept; D012933:Social Identification