[Socio-aesthetics and reappropriation of the self]

Abstract

The confrontation with the diagnosis of cancer and its treatment leads to an experience of fragmentation. Working in a multidisciplinary manner enables the patient to be accompanied in the phase of reappropriating a body schema modified by surgery. In this context, socio-aesthetics offers the patient the possibility of regaining harmony between body and mind, with a view to improving the quality of life during and after treatment. Crossed views based on the testimony of a patient.

Keywords: chirurgie réparatrice; reappropriation of the body; reconstructive surgery; réappropriation du corps; socio-aesthetics; socio-esthétique.