--- description: Women who get breast implants are almost three times as likely to commit suicide as others who do not, a new study suggests. title: 2007 Study: Breast Implants Linked With Study image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Health](/section/health/) ## Health Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Mental Health](/tag/mental-health/) ## Mental Health Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Breast Implants Linked With Suicide, 2007 Study Says by [Alissa Greenberg](/author/alissa-greenberg/) ## Alissa Greenberg Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 6, 2015 6:35 AM CUT by [Alissa Greenberg](/author/alissa-greenberg/) ## Alissa Greenberg Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 6, 2015 6:35 AM CUT **Editor’s note**: This Aug. 6, 2015, story was published in error. For more information on this study, see the [Aug. 8, 2007, report from Reuters](http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/08/09/us-implants-suicide-idUSN0836919020070809 "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3986883/mental-health-suicide-breast-implants-plastic-surgery/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3986883/mental-health-suicide-breast-implants-plastic-surgery/"},"headline":"Breast Implants Linked With Suicide, 2007 Study Says","datePublished":"2015-08-06T06:35:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T08:39:55.747Z","description":"Women who get breast implants are almost three times as likely to commit suicide as others who do not, a new study suggests.","url":"https://time.com/3986883/mental-health-suicide-breast-implants-plastic-surgery/","keywords":["Mental Health","Suicide","Women's Health","Body Image","plastic surgery"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alissa Greenberg","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alissa-greenberg/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/mental-health/","name":"Mental Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3986883/mental-health-suicide-breast-implants-plastic-surgery/","name":"Breast Implants Linked With Suicide, 2007 Study Says"}}]}] ```