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Women who receive implants for breast enhancement are three times more likely to commit suicide, according to a new report that offered a sobering view of an increasingly popular surgery.

Deaths related to mental disorders, including alcohol or drug dependence, also were three times higher among women who had the cosmetic procedure, researchers said.

The report in the August issue of the Annals of Plastic Surgery was the most recent to detect a higher suicide rate among women who had their breasts enlarged, providing a gloomy counterpoint to other studies that showed women felt better about themselves after getting implants.

While the study did not look at the reasons behind the suicides, senior author Joseph McLaughlin, a professor of medicine at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, said he thought many of the women had psychological problems before getting breast implants and their condition did not improve afterward.

Previous studies have shown that up to 15 percent of plastic surgery patients have body dysmorphic disorder, a psychological condition marked by severe distress over minor physical imperfections. People with the disorder have a higher rate of suicidal thoughts and rarely improve after plastic surgery.

The latest study analyzed data from 3,527 Swedish women who got implants between 1965 and 1993. Breast cancer patients who received implants as part of breast reconstruction surgery were not included in the research.

Scientists tracked the women for up to 29 years after their implant surgeries and found the risk of suicide increased over time. There was no increased risk during the first 10 years after surgery, researchers said. Suicide risk was 4.5 times higher 10 to 19 years after surgery and six times higher after 20 years.

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Hmm...women who have such low self esteem that they pay someone to cut them open commit suicide? Well, that's a suprise.

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Seems a bit harsh in my opinion. We all have our crosses to bear and for many of us self esteem issues come in to play. Unhappy and unstable people are more likely to commit suicide regardless of why they are unhappy or unstable.

It says they were 3 times more likely to commit suicide but what were they comparing them to? The general public? I'm curious how the suicide rate has incresed or decreased amongst the general population in Sweden during those 29 years.

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I'm not saying that cosmetic surgery causes depression - I'm saying that often depression and self esteem issues cause people to look towards surgery as a cure and it isn't one.

It scares me that people can be cut open by surgeons just because they have the money and they ask to be. It's wrong of the health professionals in my opinion. They are taking advantage of vulnerable people who might be better helped by therapy, not surgery.

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I'm inclined to agree with Lou on this one...we all have self-esteem issues to some extent, but it becomes a serious mental health issue when one resorts to self-mutalation, even if it's doctor-asstisted...it's important to note that they did exclude cancer survivors who needed reconstruction...I think this goes to the heart of those who think surgery at the skin level will cure what's wrong deeper inside...

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