Physician Initiated Research

Does breast augmentation confer risk of or protection from suicide?

Thomas E Joiner
Aesthetic Surgery Journal
September 2003 (Vol. 23, Issue 5, Pages 370-375)

ABSTRACT

Background

Recent studies have suggested that suicide rates in breast augmentation patients are higher than those in
the general population of women.

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Lee L.Q. Pu, Xiangdong Cui, Betsy F. Fink, Michael L. Cibull, Dayong Gao
Aesthetic Surgery Journal
November 2004 (Vol. 24, Issue 6, Pages 536-541)

ABSTRACT

Background

Successful long-term preservation of adipose tissues may have an important impact on future clinical application of autologous fat transplantation. Our group has recently developed an optimal cryopreservation method for possible long-term preservation of adipose aspirates.

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