One in 20 women caught up in the vaginal mesh scandal have attempted suicide, research suggests.
Campaigners surveyed around 630 women who have the controversial implant, once widely used to treat prolapse or urinary incontinence.
They found five per cent of women with vaginal mesh are in such severe pain they have tried to take their own life or self harm regularly.
A third of mothers with mesh complications - such as recurrent urinary infections, pain or fatigue - rely on their children to care for them after many have been left wheelchair-bound and unable to work.
Four in five women with a mesh have developed depression and anxiety as a result of the procedure, while nearly half battle suicidal thoughts, the survey also revealed.
One in 20 women caught up in the vaginal mesh (pictured) scandal have attempted suicide
The survey was carried out by the 6,800-strong campaign group Sling The Mesh, which lobbies for parliament to completely ban the controversial implant.
Campaigner Jackie Harvey told Cambs Times: 'These results show that mesh implant complications are severe, life changing, and impact women and their families.
'Nobody should go for an operation that is supposed to help yet come out so badly harmed they no longer want to live.'
After asking 633 women how their vaginal mesh has affected their lives, results further revealed around 95 per cent of those with complications no longer trust the surgeon behind their procedure to give them the best advice.
And a staggering nine in ten have lost all faith in the medical profession as a whole.
Nine in ten also claim their doctor did not explain the implant involved having a piece of plastic permanently placed in their bodies.
And 98 per cent allege they were not told about alternative solutions to their prolapse or incontinence, such as physiotherapy.
As a result of the implant, four in five of the respondents claim they experience severe pain every day and one in five suffer urinary infections so frequently they are becoming antibiotic resistant.
The National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) is due to release new guidelines on how to treat women suffering incontinence or prolapse in two weeks.
'If the new NICE guidelines are not tough enough then the mesh scandal will carry on like revolving door medicine, where women keep going in and out of hospital or GP surgeries looking for a fix,' Ms Harvey said.
Mesh is made of brittle plastic that can curl, twist and cut through tissue (stock)
Vaginal mesh - made of brittle plastic that can curl, twist and cut through tissue - has been branded the 'biggest medical scandal since thalidomide'.
Campaigners have fought for years for officials to put an end to vaginal mesh, with the most common implant - transvaginal tape (TVT) - being widely used across Europe and the US since the early 2000s.
A recent BMJ investigation reported there was scant evidence in favour of mesh despite its rapid uptake, as well as widespread conflicts of interests among surgeons and doctors.
And an NHS audit delving into the effects of mesh - released in April last year - shone a light onto the true scale of disaster.
The likelihood of a woman suffering complications from mesh were shown to be around the 45 per cent mark.
Across the world, mesh manufacturers like Johnson & Johnson face claims for
