Embodied perceptions of beauty and ageing in Czech women based on their experiences with anti-ageing aesthetic surgery and the paradoxes of beauty
Authors:
Michaela Honelová; Martina Nováková; Lucie Vidovićová
Authors‘ workplace:
Studia dlouhověkosti, Fakulta humanitních studií, Univerzita Karlova
Published in:
Geriatrie a Gerontologie 2026, 15, č. 2: 84-89
Category:
Original Article
doi:
https://doi.org/10.61568/geri/50-6739/20260506/143567
Overview
Previous research has only marginally addressed the relationship between perceptions of beauty and aging in the context of the development of anti-aging aesthetic procedures. This article, therefore, focuses on how women construct and experience the dimensions of beauty and aging through their experiences with anti-aging aesthetic procedures. The study presents the results of in-depth interviews with fifteen women aged 30–55 regarding their perceptions and experiences of bodily aging and beauty. The qualitative part of the research is supplemented by a questionnaire survey of 516 middle-aged Czech women. The article analyzes how women experience aging, how they define beauty, and the significance of these categories in their daily lives. The findings presented contribute to current debates on how the aging female body navigates the space of contemporary discourses on beauty, gender, and cosmetic surgery, and how it is shaped and perceived within these discourses.
Keywords:
cosmetic surgery – aging – beauty – anti-aging – body modification
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