Women Affairs

Paris Hilton's bust , the subject of recent plastic surgery speculation, has been cleared of any whiff of inauthenticity by recent beach photos. Rumours of surgery began with the publication of pictures of the ex-con heiress at a party with a sizeable cleavage. The rumours received a boost with publication of photos of Hilton on Malibu Beach in a one-piece swimsuit. But photographs of her back in beach mode this weekend show a cleavage more in keeping with Paris's slim build. Hilton fans are wondering if she is employing the old chicken-fillet trick or if she's the first to make use of so-called removable implants. In the past, Hilton has been candid about her desire for a breast augmentation at a young age. "Years ago, I asked my dad for a boob job and he said it would cheapen my image," she has said. The apparent change has led one celebrity plastic surgery website to report that Hilton's breast size "fluctuates more than the Dow Jones...

Women who receive implants for breast enhancement are three times more likely to commit suicide, according to a new report that offered a sobering view of an increasingly popular surgery. Deaths related to mental disorders, including alcohol or drug dependence, also were three times higher among women who had the cosmetic procedure, researchers said. The report in the Annals of Plastic Surgery's August issue was the most recent to detect a higher suicide rate among women who had their breasts enlarged, providing a gloomy counterpoint to studies that showed women felt better about themselves after getting implants. Though the study did not look at the reasons behind the suicides, senior author Joseph McLaughlin, a professor of medicine at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, said he believed that many had psychological problems before getting implants and that their conditions did not improve afterward. Previous studies have shown that as many as 15% of plastic surgery pati...