| Corzine vetoes tax repeal
TRENTON Gov. Jon S. Corzine vetoed a bill Friday that seeks to repeal a tax on cosmetic surgery, a month after it was passed nearly unanimously by the Legislature.
Lawmakers pushed the legislation saying the state's tax on cosmetic surgery was costing New Jersey businesses customers to neighboring states. In 2004, at the urging of Gov. James E. McGreevey, lawmakers added a 6 percent tax assessed on most voluntary cosmetic surgeries. Back then, it was estimated it would bring the state $26 million a year, but it actually nets about $11 million. In a statement, Corzine said he couldn't get rid of a reliable source of funding that goes toward charity care provided by hospitals to the uninsured. .
Pop singer Burns sues over botched lip surgery
LONDON: Pop star Pete Burns yesterday revealed he is suing his plastic surgeon for "wrecking his career and life". Burns, singer with 1980s pop band Dead or Alive, has had several cosmetic procedures on his face and is suing a Harley Street surgeon for an estimated £1mn over a botched attempt to remove lip implants. In an exclusive interview he told the Standard he looked like he had been "mutilated with a Stanley knife" after surgery to correct the original problems left his top lip hanging off. The singer, who re-surfaced in last year's Celebrity Big Brother, has had more than 100 operations by specialists in Italy to try to correct the damage but fears he will always be disfigured. Speaking from Italy, where surgeon Giovanni Ferrando is due to operate again on his lips, Burns said: "It has taken away my life and my career.
Doctors, Spas Looking to Professional Skin Care Brands for Support, According to Kline Survey
The U.S. professional skin care market is riding a wave of robust growth, driven by a trend toward at-home treatments that promise the same results once available only through surgical procedures or high-end clinical products. The trend has not only boosted sales, it has also caused a shift in distribution, with physicians and spa professionals facing stiff competition from retail channels, including some chain drugstores and other mass merchandisers. This retail competition has both physicians and spas increasingly looking to product marketers for help in holding on to their share of this booming market, according to a recently published study by Kline & Company. "The vast majority of the physicians and spas we spoke with are very optimistic about the future of the professional skin care market, but they're also looking for more support from the brands," says Carrie Mellage, industry manager for the Consumer Products practice of Kline's Research division.
40 Ounces of Hell : Friends With Painted Faces
Looking back, I guess it was that fuckin Gene Simmons reality TV show that started it. I have to admit, I probably wasnt in the best frame of mind anyway when the phone messages began. See, the latest in a long line of time-battered females who have at one time or another graced the threshold of my trailer, had recently left me for the moob rich plumber who resided four lots away. If that wasnt enough, the roof of this den of sorrow was constantly leaking like a bastard from the melting snow that never seemed to end. Drip, drip, drip.all I wanted to do was drink. Big shocker. I didnt even want anyone else around. I never do. All they do is talk, and that only serves to fuck up the continual dialogue in my head. Hell, I didnt even need her anywayor the plumber---I didnt even need a roof without a hole.
New Medical Procedure Comes to the Ohio Valley
It's fat reduction without the surgery. Story by Stacy Rich Email | Bio
WHEELING -- The Rejuvenation Center at Ohio Valley Medical Center now offers mesotherapy, a body sculpting procedure that doesn't require surgery. Lipodissolve is actually a second-generation procedure that involves injections of medicine directly into fatty areas. Dr. Steven Mills was trained by Dr. Barry Lycka, one of North America's top cosmetic surgeons. Now, patients can get rid of those problem areas without surgery. Mills said it's geared mostly toward the patient who is working out, who has a workout regimen and who is following a safe diet. It isn't for everyone. This is not an obesity treatment. This is not meant as a replacement for liposuction.
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