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Breast implants linked to suicide
Breast implants linked to suicide
A series of studies has found a surprisingly high suicide rate among women who have had cosmetic breast implants, renewing the controversy about the procedure just as the Food and Drug Administration weighs whether to allow silicone gel implants back on the market.
THE LATEST study, published yesterday, found that Finnish women who had cosmetic implants were more than three times more likely to commit suicide than the general population ? in line with findings from a similar study of Swedish women and one of American women conducted by the National Cancer Institute.
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The three studies also found that the overall death rate for women with implants was the same as or lower than for the general population, suggesting that the implants themselves were not causing illness, as once feared. But all three found that the suicide rate was significantly, and at this point inexplicably, higher than expected.
Some researchers say the high suicide rate reflects the psychological makeup of women who seek implants ? that as a group they are more likely to have psychological problems than the general population. But others say the high suicide rate is a function of the difficulties and pain that sometimes occur years after the surgery.