Breast implants: the first 50 years

Go to: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2012/jan/11/breast-implants-50-years

The silicone breast enlargement is one of the operations most popular in the US and the UK, and many other countries, particularly Chile has seen a growth in the numbers of women who perform this operation. But, the question is Why do women do this? The answer is purely social sense. Why do women want to change their body? All are questions that the sociology can respond.

The article begins by telling the story of how breast surgery was born. The story is fun, because the idea of breast implants was born from a doctor which one asked to remove a single tatoo. The article tells how the doctors created the first implants which were tested in a dog.

Next, explains how the 50-year history of breast implants had begun, a history of controversy and success. It presents some of which could be the reasons why women operate: many for cosmetic reasons, and a significant proportion for reconstruction following a mastectomy, or for transsexual people transitioning from male to female.

Then presents some arguments for the practice and others do not, along with specific data about the history of the implant.

Finally it shows the case of a writer (Jennifer Hayashi Danns) to talk about breast implants, and as she related to a materialistic and superficial society. She concludes that the function of the breast that's enhanced for cosmetic reasons is its sexual display.