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Breast implants put you at a greater risk for suicide

Posted on Aug 10th 2007 2:50PM by Martha Edwards

Filed Under: Celebs & Entertainment, Motivation

Women with breast implants are three times more likely to commit suicide than those without, a new study shows. However, this increased risk does not appear to take affect until 10 years after implantation. Nonetheless, plastic surgeons are being urged to assess a patients risk of suicide before surgery. In addition, the study also found that women with breast implants also have a much greater risk of dying from alcohol or drug overdoses than those without.

This seems to say a lot about plastic surgery -- perhaps women who have issues with their body image or who are self-conscious about their looks are more likely to be depressed and/or be addicted to drugs or alcohol. But I am by no means an expert and perhaps there are other underlying factors here. What do you think?

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Tags: addiction, alcohol, breast implants, BreastImplants, drugs, plastic surgery, PlasticSurgery, risk factors, RiskFactors, suicide

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respectallfearnone 8-10-2007 @ 4:17PM

Yes, it makes sense that women who go to the extreme to have cosmetic surgery done are more prone to depression I would think. Women who are not happy with themselves the way they are I believe have alot of low self-esteem issues in the first place. No surgery is worth your life when it comes to cosmetic surgery.

Paris 8-10-2007 @ 3:54PM

This just seems highly improbable. For one, those with breast augmentation know that implants are only made to last 10 years, so it seems odd that when the implant is ready to be replaced, that is when suicide risks are being found. In addition, a link is found, which for all those who are familiar with statistics, you know how results are swayed. A link merely implies that there is a correlation among the two. However it impossible to determine which is the causation factor. Is it that those with breast implants have a greater chance for suicide deaths or that those who are more inclined towards suicide are also depressed enough about other issues in their life that they serve to fix those through breast augmentation and other surgeries first.
And for those who have gone under the knife, you also know that after the first year, they are pretty much apart of your life and they never come up as an issue anymore that is an 'addition.' I think the 10 year mark may have to do with other issues rather than a link with plastic surgery! Now if it were a year into it, that's another story, but a decade afterwards? You forget you had the surgery in the first place. I find this study highly questionable.

Beth Taylor 8-10-2007 @ 5:37PM

Yes, I do believe that implants and the chemicals in them can push you to a point that you lose your will to live. I should know as I've experienced this myself. I didn't suceed and I'm here to tell my story today. You can read my full story at toxicbreastimplants.org

Say it with me 9-06-2007 @ 1:25PM

Everyone say it with me now: Correlation does not imply causation.

Is it more likely that some mysterious chemical in breast implants makes people unstable? Or that unstable people are more likely to get breast implants?