State Rep. Phyllis Kahn is trying to extend that state’s 6.5 % sales tax to cosmetic surgery. This includes chemical skin peels, cosmetic injections, laser hair removal and spider-vein treatments as Khan considers that anybody who can afford a plastic surgery can also afford to pay the tax.
New Jersey is the only state that taxes plastic surgery, collecting an estimated $ 11 million in 2007. Khan considers that his proposal would raise about $ 7 million a year.

President-elect of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, Dr. Richard D’Amico says that most of the money would come from hard working women as 90% of patients are female with an annual income about $60,000. Dr. D’Amico also pointed out that taxing cosmetic surgery procedures hurts women who save up their money and work hard and try to do something for themselves once in a while.

Source: The Associated Press, http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/lifestyle/orl-grief2207feb22,0,2702125.story