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The history of the Botax and threat of possibilities elsewhere has been a topic of unsettling conversation in the cosmetic community for over six years now. Although the Botax was initially introduced in New Jersey on applications of Botox, in 2006, it was intended to contribute to the medical care costs for those who cannot afford it. However, the amount of money that was supposed to be raised for this endeavor was not met; therefore, it is currently being phased out over the course of the next 15 months. Yet, from 2009 through today, there are physicians and patients concerned about that same approach being applied to cover national healthcare changes; they are concerned about how these taxes will impact patient's ability to afford and continue to receive surgical and non-surgical procedures. After all, the New Jersey Botax actually became a patient nuisance and a plastic surgery specialist's nightmare because the patients just left the state to receive their procedures.

If a tax on certain procedures is applied unevenly throughout the nation, it will adversely impact a surgeon's practice and travel for those who seek surgical and non-surgical cosmetic rejuvenation throughout their lives. Just as many people already seek cheap procedures from non-board certified, non-specialist, that are ill-prepared, they also go outside of the country risking their lives for the hopes of aesthetic improvement. For the legit, licensed, and well-trained professional cosmetic specialists, this tax can drive patients away from trustworthy surgeons and into the hands of neglectful service (unintentional damage, but it happens).

For patients, a tax on plastic surgery is an added expense for non-surgical and surgical procedures that they had to save up for in the first place. Most of the patients who complete these procedures are working, middle class women looking to rejuvenate their appearance and improve their physical confidence. With a rise in unsafe and botched procedures they will only end up in the offices of the experienced and tax associated doctors eventually in order to get the botched work fixed, which causes these women to pay twice. Everyone is looking for a deal nowadays and will continue in the future, hopefully this is a warning to go to the best and the safest first and leave cheap alternatives alone.

There has to be more information offered with the tax that will keep new patients and returning patients from leaving their state or the country for deals that may cost them more in their looks, health, and pocket book. It has been statistically reported that majority of the people getting plastic surgery are middle aged working women, so they will be paying these taxes and they want a deal too. However surgeons have suggested that if it came down to legislators getting their way on this tax and it spreads across the country, the costs will likely be spread among the medical tool and medication providers, the doctors, and the patients in order to alleviate some of the direct and sudden burden. フォトフェイシャル