Breast Implants and Suicide

We’re talking about one of the leading forms of cosmetic surgery and if we are to believe the advertising hype of some practioners it’s a very safe form of surgery involving high rates of satisfaction.

Other sources present a more troubling picture.

Cosmetic Surgery Case Study- Breast Implants– CHOICE Magazine

Study: Breast Implants Up Suicide Risk 7 Aug 2007 … Study: Breast Implants Up Suicide Risk, A new study of more than 3500 Swedish women concludes that women with breast implants have an …

Breast implants Triple Rate of Suicide Swedish study, published in the Annals of Plastic Surgery, reinforces several others that have shown women who have breast enlargements have higher suicide risks.

Can breast implants lead to depression and suicide?

Breast implant surgery gone wrong. CHOICE Magazine identifies breast augmentation as high risk surgery.

Liposuction/Liposculpture

Looking through some of the ads on the Internet and judging by what we sometimes see on TV and in the glossy mags, anyone would think that this kind of surgery is a walk in the park.

It’s certainly one of the leading forms of cosmetic surgery in Australia and I believe this is similar to the situation which obtains in the US and the UK.

Women and girls who are thinking of undertaking this procedure should aquaint themselves with the literature on excessive liposuction.

Excessive Liposuction
Excessive liposuction is not safe. This patient had too much liposuction on a … Excessive liposuction might be defined as a volume of liposuction that is ..

Excessive Liposuction
Aggressive surgeons endanger patient outcomes and well being.

What about unnessesary liposuction?

Think Tara Reid.

This is what she has been reported as saying in relation to her lipo surgery gone wrong; “I got lipo because even though I was skinny, I wanted – I’m not going to lie – a six-pack. I had body contouring, but it all went wrong. My stomach became the most ripply, bulgy thing.”
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Tara Reid is scarred from liposuction, but good enough and brave enough, to warn others about the perils of cosmetic surgery. Her case should be an example and a warning to those who are inclined to believe that if celebrities are getting these procedures, then everything must be ‘A ok’. Unfortunately as you can see, it doesn’t necessarily work that way, does it?

Liposuction is booming – and the vast majority of patients are women. What makes them submit to such a violent procedure – especially when it removes only a few pounds of fat? Kira Cochrane asks why? Click here to read more