The U.S. FDA has approved breast implants as well as Botox and other treatments. In doing so it is granting the medical profession the use of a recommended treatment. This act falls under which stage of the medicalization process?

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The FDA's approval of treatments like breast implants and Botox represents the stage of legitimacy, where a treatment is officially recognized and sanctioned by a governing body, allowing it to be used within the medical profession.

The US FDA Has Approved Breast Implants as Well as Botox