Researchers at Vanderbilt University’s Ingram Cancer Center recently reported that there is a correlation between suicide and breast implants. It doesn’t surprise me that women with breast implants are more likely to commit suicide than women who don’t have them. To me, it seems obvious that they are mentally weaker than other women.
I assume feeling the need for a breast augmentation is an indicator of low self-confidence in women. Why would a woman want one if she was confident in her breasts? She wouldn’t. Some are probably porn stars and would argue it’s for their job. But, how self-confident is someone whose whole life depends on men looking at them as a sexual object? That has to take its toll.
Surely, women who have their breasts augmented feel something in their life is lacking. Why else would they feel the need to change their breasts? If a woman was confident about her breasts, she wouldn’t feel the need to have them altered. Therefore, I believe that many women who get breast implants are already dealing with a mental issue (that issue being low self-confidence).
So, if my beliefs are correct, people with low self-confidence are more prone to have mental health issues than people with high self-confidence. Or, a deficiency in self-confidence could indicate that mental health issues already exist. Whether the women already have a mental health problem or are more prone to get one in the future, the correlation between breast implants and mental health problems remains.
I’m not saying breast implants are conclusive evidence that someone is going to, or already does, have mental health problems. On the other hand, I don’t think people should ignore the results of studies like this. Simply stated, I merely want people to take note of this and keep it in mind, especially if someone they know wants to have breast implants or already has them.
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Source: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/register/articles?id=36569
