Triple suicide risk in women with breast implants

WOMEN who get cosmetic breast implants are nearly three times as likely to commit suicide as other women, research has found.

Triple suicide risk in women with breast implants

The study, published in the Annals of Plastic Surgery, reinforces several others that have shown women who have breast enlargements have higher suicide risks.

The Irish cosmetic surgery industry has boomed in the past 10 years and is now worth more than €50 million.

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