A work was done it's objetive was to know de women's view of mastectomy for herself and related to others. For that we used a social representation through a case study. The samples were conformed by ten women interviewed in their home between the seventh day and fourt month after the surgery. The answer were clasified in four groups: a) mutilaty body percibed in different ways; b) don't knowing what to do after post-operatory; c) pain and limitations in the begining of the recovery and after surgery and d) care of the body that considers fragil and threathed.

In the early postoperatory, the relation with their bodies and with other people, meant to live with a mutilated body needed of special care with a wish of hiding it and avoiding sexual relations. In the fourth month of surgery, the women felt it was time to reconsider a new life proyect that were useful to continue alive.