A recently published study in the Annals of Plastic Surgery reports that women who undergo cosmetic breast augmentation are three times as likely (compared to the same age women who did not choose this procedure) to either commit suicide or suffer death related to alcohol or substance abuse. The suicides begin to show up ten years post-implant. Considering that abuse of alcohol and substances to self-medicate is higher for those with mental illness, these statistics are revealing.
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