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At the same time, hints that the drugs could make anyone - not just depressed people - feel better raised tantalizing (and troubling) questions about the future of mood-bending drugs. If Prozac gives you an up even when you're not down, why wouldn't you want to take it? Dr...
Reports in Italy claim that the 73-year-old billionaire plans to return to the same cosmetic surgery clinic - believed to be in Switzerland - to remove any lingering signs of the miniature Duomo allegedly hurled at him by Massimo Tartaglia from point-blank range on Dec. 13, slicing open his...
He notes that the tax would use the same definition for cosmetic surgery that the IRS uses for the medical-expenses deduction.
"It's not black and white," concurs McGuire. "Is repairing a cleft lip reconstructive or cosmetic? Children in Sri Lanka live all their lives with cleft lips, so it's not a matter survival. So is it cosmetic then?"
Saltz expects the tax would trigger a surge in people traveling outside the country for cosmetic procedures. Partridge agrees, saying, "People do shop around - cosmetic surgery is very competitive." (See the top 10 tax dodgers.)