This research has explored the lives of 20 women who
participated in the gifting of breast
implants in order to examine how they felt their
decisions evolved over time and how their
decision to give or receive implants had affected
their lives. The questions were designed to
evoke awareness and reflection so that the
respondents would reveal private thoughts. Blending
the narratives with sociological paradigms provided
a means to better understand the
phenomenon of the gifting of implants.
Narrative analysis empowered research participants
and allowed them to determine the
most important themes in the area of breast
augmentation research. The use of personal
narratives allowed for the whole surgical experience
to enlighten the researcher, not any
particular aspect of the conversation.
Almost all of the women in this research felt their
choices were empowering ones that
they were pleased about having made. Most of the
mothers expressed that they were comfortable
with their decision to gift surgery to their
daughters, despite knowing that their gift of
augmentation would ultimately result in more surgery
in the future.
participated in the gifting of breast
implants in order to examine how they felt their
decisions evolved over time and how their
decision to give or receive implants had affected
their lives. The questions were designed to
evoke awareness and reflection so that the
respondents would reveal private thoughts. Blending
the narratives with sociological paradigms provided
a means to better understand the
phenomenon of the gifting of implants.
Narrative analysis empowered research participants
and allowed them to determine the
most important themes in the area of breast
augmentation research. The use of personal
narratives allowed for the whole surgical experience
to enlighten the researcher, not any
particular aspect of the conversation.
Almost all of the women in this research felt their
choices were empowering ones that
they were pleased about having made. Most of the
mothers expressed that they were comfortable
with their decision to gift surgery to their
daughters, despite knowing that their gift of
augmentation would ultimately result in more surgery
in the future.