With all the disturbing problems surrounding breast implants, here's one you may not have considered. Some 3 million American women have breast implants and ought to know they will have to deal with the consequences of having them removed or replaced one day.

I'm glad that Ms. Fuentes took responsibility for her own health by insisting on an MRI over a mammogram, based on talks with friends and Internet research.

However, for many of you who may be considering breast implants, they are looking more than ever like a temporary and hazardous decision to a deeper problem: A poor self-image that can typically be addressed effectively and safely with an energy psychology tool like the Emotional Freedom Technique.

The hanging question here isn't whether silicone implants can be safe, because they can be. If they were uniformly dangerous, then every woman who got them would get sick.

However, silicone in your body that is not adequately contained can wreak havoc on your health, leaving open at least one troubling question -- what happens if they rupture? Unfortunately, with time they seem to rupture in nearly everyone they are implanted into.

Read this testimony from one of my patients and see for yourself.

Even if the incidence of implant ruptures are reduced from their previous numbers, some will still rupture, and upon doing so, they will cause the same problems they have caused before.

If a poor self-image is behind all the work you do on your body through dieting, weight training, exercise and even breast augmentation surgery, these things will never truly be enough for you. Addressing the underlying emotional issues behind your actions seems a far more rational approach if your goal is to be truly happy with yourself.