Women with Breast Implants Have Higher Suicide Risk

Tuesday, December 14th, 2004

It’s almost shocking to see a science article not confuse cause and effect. From Women with Breast Implants Have Higher Suicide Risk:

A new study adds to evidence that women with cosmetic breast implants have a higher rate of suicide than other women and shows, for the first time, that they may be more likely to have a history of psychiatric illness as well.

The women getting implants were compared against women getting other cosmetic surgeries:

Compared with women who underwent either breast reduction or other cosmetic procedures, those who received breast implants were 70 percent more likely to have a history of admissions for psychiatric illness.

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