[History of socio-esthetics]

Abstract

Concerns about physical appearance and the image projected to others have always existed. Physical difference socially generates stigmatising behaviour, of which women are the first victims. The idea of repairing the body is at the basis of the development of aesthetic care. Socio-aesthetics is a modern speciality, which has developed by linking up with other medical and paramedical disciplines.

Keywords: bien-être; care; relief; socio-aesthetics; socio-esthétique; soin; soulagement; well-being.