Silicone survivors
Subtitle: women's experiences with breast implants
By: Susan M. Zimmermann.
Publisher: Temple University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Philadelphia, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
Subjects: Breast implants -- Complications; Silicones -- Toxicology; Breast implants -- Psychological aspects
Description: Susan Zimmermann talked with forty women about one of the most sensitive issues of body image and health - their breasts, the chief attribute of femininity. In the aftermath of the early 1990s controversy over the use of silicone breast implants, how do women decide to undergo surgery to enhance or reconstruct their bodies? How does surgery alter a woman's self-image? How do they face the possibility of debilitating autoimmune disease from rupturing or leaking implants? Now, having faced years of medical and personal uncertainty, many have coped by reassessing their lives and their relationships, by sharing information and support with other women with implants, outreach that becomes a means for self-empowerment.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-222) and index.