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Older women's negative psychological and physical experiences with injectable cosmetic treatments to the face
Author(s)Sandi Berwick, Aine Humble
Journal titleJournal of Women and Aging, vol 29, no 1, 2017
PublisherTaylor and Francis, 2017
Pagespp 51-62
Sourcehttp://www.tandfonline.com
KeywordsOlder women ; Physical characteristics [elderly] ; Ageing process ; Attitude ; Qualitative Studies ; Canada ; United States of America.
AnnotationSeven women (aged 43-64, four in Canada, three in the United States) who had negative or mixed emotions about having Botox and/or facial filler injections to the face to reduce signs of ageing were interviewed about the impact of the procedures. Impacts ranged from disappointment to all-encompassing, lingering physical and psychological effects. Some women felt abandoned by the medical industrial complex when they turned to it for help with their symptoms. A feminist phenomenological analysis focused on corporeal, temporal and relational existential modes of being. The authors describe these women's bodily experiences variously as commodified, fractured, abandoned, reflective or transformed. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-170630216 A
ClassmarkBD: BA: BG: DP: 3DP: 7S: 7T

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