Medically reviewed by Dr. Samir Pancholi, Double Board-Certified Cosmetic Surgeon, on November 28, 2024
These answers are real opinions expressed about the proposed elective cosmetic tax. The proposed tax will add a 5 percent charge on any procedure performed by a medical professional that “is not necessary to ameliorate a deformity arising from, or directly related to, a congenital abnormality, a personal injury resulting from an accident or trauma, or disfiguring disease.”
To be accurate, we tried to find more viewpoints that reflected support of this tax, but the majority of the arguments out there seem to oppose it.