Do breast implants make a woman happier?

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Breast implants are the most common type of plastic surgery in the United States. But do they actually make women happier?

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Cynthia Figueroa-Haas Professor of Medicine

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Many individuals, including health-care providers, have preconceived negative ideas about those who elect to have plastic surgery, without fully understanding the benefits that may occur from these procedures. ... This study provides the impetus for future studies related to self-esteem, human sexuality and cosmetic surgery.

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21 Mar 2007 Source

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Jenny McCarthy Actress

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I think plastic surgery is fun if it makes you feel good. I'm all for looking better, so I plan on doing whatever I want when the time comes. I love Botox, I absolutely love it. I get it minimally, so I can still move my face. But I really do think it's a savior.

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01 May 2009 Source

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Joseph McLaughlin Professor of Medicine

Thomas Wise Professor of Psychiatry

Loren Lipworth Professor of Medicine

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...studies have [...] found that risk of death from suicide is two- to threefold higher in this group than among women of comparable age in the general population. ... Epidemiologic research is urgently needed to evaluate whether this association is an artifact of a higher prevalence of underlying and unreported psychopathology and other risk factors for suicide among women receiving breast implants or whether implants have an actual causal role in the risk of suicide.

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01 Jul 2004 Source

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j726 gave their takeonit on 26 Jun 2009

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I agree and disagree that plastic surgery is dangerous and does make a woman happy but mostley i think that plastic surgery is just changing who you were before... breat implants is not really a big deal because it does a make a woman with bigger boobs than they had.

Lulu gave their takeonit on 04 Mar 2009

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Look- the answer to this Q is surely influenced by the underlying mental state (self-perception, self-esteem, fears, dissatisfactions) which varies between individual women who decide for whatever reason to get implants. If the problem is the tits- then new tits will make you happier. If the problem is not just the tits, then new tits will probably not really make you happy...???

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