Afghan Girls Burn Themselves To Escape Marriage Source: msnbc.com
HERAT, Afghanistan – We watched a teenage girl die last Friday.
Seventeen-year-old Shirin had been brought to the Herat Regional Hospital Burns Unit a few days before we met her. Ninety percent of her body was covered in third-degree burns.
Woman Attempts Plastic Surgery On Own FaceSource: ABC news affiliates
A California woman bought a $10 vial of liquid silicone online and injected it into her cheek and lips. She has now become a spokesperson of a "don't try this at home" nature.
Huge jump in self-harm among young women Source: theage.com.au
RATES of self-harm among young people aged 12 to 24 have risen by 43% in 10 years — and young women are considered to be at greatest risk.
The Growing Wave of Teenage Self-Injury Source: The New York Times
"I feel relieved and less anxious after I cut. The emotional pain slowly slips away into the physical pain."
"It's a way to have control over my body because I can't control anything else in my life."

Acceptance saved my life.
A Visit to the Family Self-Mutilation StoreSource: Yahoo! News
''A Pakistani mother buys knives on chain for her son for the Ashura, a day when Shiite Muslims beat themselves with knives to mourn the death of their spiritual leader Imam Hussain, grandson of Prophet Mohammad....

Understanding Self Mutilation
By: Cheryl
Man cuts off penis in pizza restaurantSource: Metro
Apologies for the rather frank title.
Doctors desperately tried to re-attach a man's penis after he burst into a crowded London restaurant on Sunday, dropped his trousers, and hacked his own organ off in front of horrified diners.
Polish Man Cuts Off Own Penis in Drunken RageSource: CNET News.com
40-year-old Tadeus Konopizc, from Zakopane Poland, cut off his own penis and testicles with a 6 inch kitchen knife in a drunken rage after his wife left him. He had reportedly consumed multiple bottles of vodka.