{"id":3408,"date":"2010-03-11T04:00:59","date_gmt":"2010-03-11T08:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/index.php\/derms-2-5-million-botox-injections-in-2009\/"},"modified":"2010-03-11T04:00:59","modified_gmt":"2010-03-11T08:00:59","slug":"derms-2-5-million-botox-injections-in-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/derms-2-5-million-botox-injections-in-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Derms: 2.5 million Botox injections in 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/2010-03-11-botox-copy.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3409\" style=\"margin: 5px 10px;\" title=\"2010-03-11 botox copy\" src=\"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/2010-03-11-botox-copy.jpg\" alt=\"2010-03-11 botox copy\" width=\"285\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>The botox injection industry has 2.5 million reasons to lobby why a 10 percent tax on indoor tanning makes more sense to them than a 5 percent tax on botox injections and other cosmetic surgeries: That\u2019s the astounding number of botox injections they popped into patients in 2009, according to figures released Tuesday by the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery.<\/p>\n<p>Americans spent $10.5 billion on elective procedures in 2009, with botox and other non-surgical procedures leading the boom. Botox was by far the biggest cosmetic procedure, with 1.3 million other wrinkle \u201cfilling\u201d injections such as Juvederm and Restylane also being pumped into patients.<\/p>\n<p>The botox lobby along with the American Academy of Dermatology Association lobbied the U.S. Senate in December to remove a would-be 5 percent tax on cosmetic surgery procedures from the Senate\u2019s health care bill \u2014 replacing the tax with a proposed 10 perent tax on indoor tanning sessions.<\/p>\n<p>There were nearly eight times as many botox injections as breast augmentations in 2009, ASAP reported.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Richard Fleming, a facial plastic surgeon and co-director of The Beverly Hills Institute in California, told CNN that even unemployed turn to botox as a legitimate procedure. \u201cFrom executives to everyday working people in the corporate world particularly, they look at improving their appearances as an investment in their future, because appearance does count,\u201d he told CNN. \u201cIf they don\u2019t look as good as the person with similar qualifications, my bet is on the person who looks more rested and looks better than the one who looks tired.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fleming targeted unemployed workers in particular. \u201cWhile people are out of work, they\u2019re not doing it for personal reasons because they want to look better,&#8221; he said.  &#8220;They\u2019re doing it because it\u2019s more competitive than it was before the recession.  That\u2019s their stimulus &#8211; spending money trying to get in the workforce.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To read CNN\u2019s coverage of the ASAP announcement <a href=\"http:\/\/pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com\/2010\/03\/09\/recession-no-barrier-to-cosmetic-procedures\/?hpt=Sbin\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The botox injection industry has 2.5 million reasons to lobby why a 10 percent tax on indoor tanning makes more sense to them than a 5 percent tax on botox injections and other cosmetic surgeries: That\u2019s the astounding number of botox injections they popped into patients in 2009, according to figures released Tuesday by the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Derms: 2.5 million Botox injections in 2009 - Smart Tan News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The botox injection industry has 2.5 million reasons to lobby why a 10 percent tax on indoor tanning makes more sense to them than a 5 percent tax on botox injections and other cosmetic surgeries: That\u2019s the astounding number of botox injections they popped into patients in 2009, according to figures released Tuesday by the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. Americans spent $10.5 billion on elective procedures in 2009, with botox and other non-surgical procedures leading the boom. Botox was by far the biggest cosmetic procedure, with 1.3 million other wrinkle \u201cfilling\u201d injections such as Juvederm and Restylane also being pumped into patients. The botox lobby along with the American Academy of Dermatology Association lobbied the U.S. Senate in December to remove a would-be 5 percent tax on cosmetic surgery procedures from the Senate\u2019s health care bill \u2014 replacing the tax with a proposed 10 perent tax on indoor tanning sessions. There were nearly eight times as many botox injections as breast augmentations in 2009, ASAP reported. Dr. Richard Fleming, a facial plastic surgeon and co-director of The Beverly Hills Institute in California, told CNN that even unemployed turn to botox as a legitimate procedure. \u201cFrom executives to everyday working people in the corporate world particularly, they look at improving their appearances as an investment in their future, because appearance does count,\u201d he told CNN. \u201cIf they don\u2019t look as good as the person with similar qualifications, my bet is on the person who looks more rested and looks better than the one who looks tired.\u201d Fleming targeted unemployed workers in particular. \u201cWhile people are out of work, they\u2019re not doing it for personal reasons because they want to look better,&quot; he said. &quot;They\u2019re doing it because it\u2019s more competitive than it was before the recession. 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Americans spent $10.5 billion on elective procedures in 2009, with botox and other non-surgical procedures leading the boom. Botox was by far the biggest cosmetic procedure, with 1.3 million other wrinkle \u201cfilling\u201d injections such as Juvederm and Restylane also being pumped into patients. The botox lobby along with the American Academy of Dermatology Association lobbied the U.S. Senate in December to remove a would-be 5 percent tax on cosmetic surgery procedures from the Senate\u2019s health care bill \u2014 replacing the tax with a proposed 10 perent tax on indoor tanning sessions. There were nearly eight times as many botox injections as breast augmentations in 2009, ASAP reported. Dr. Richard Fleming, a facial plastic surgeon and co-director of The Beverly Hills Institute in California, told CNN that even unemployed turn to botox as a legitimate procedure. \u201cFrom executives to everyday working people in the corporate world particularly, they look at improving their appearances as an investment in their future, because appearance does count,\u201d he told CNN. \u201cIf they don\u2019t look as good as the person with similar qualifications, my bet is on the person who looks more rested and looks better than the one who looks tired.\u201d Fleming targeted unemployed workers in particular. \u201cWhile people are out of work, they\u2019re not doing it for personal reasons because they want to look better,&quot; he said. &quot;They\u2019re doing it because it\u2019s more competitive than it was before the recession. 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Americans spent $10.5 billion on elective procedures in 2009, with botox and other non-surgical procedures leading the boom. Botox was by far the biggest cosmetic procedure, with 1.3 million other wrinkle \u201cfilling\u201d injections such as Juvederm and Restylane also being pumped into patients. The botox lobby along with the American Academy of Dermatology Association lobbied the U.S. Senate in December to remove a would-be 5 percent tax on cosmetic surgery procedures from the Senate\u2019s health care bill \u2014 replacing the tax with a proposed 10 perent tax on indoor tanning sessions. There were nearly eight times as many botox injections as breast augmentations in 2009, ASAP reported. Dr. Richard Fleming, a facial plastic surgeon and co-director of The Beverly Hills Institute in California, told CNN that even unemployed turn to botox as a legitimate procedure. \u201cFrom executives to everyday working people in the corporate world particularly, they look at improving their appearances as an investment in their future, because appearance does count,\u201d he told CNN. \u201cIf they don\u2019t look as good as the person with similar qualifications, my bet is on the person who looks more rested and looks better than the one who looks tired.\u201d Fleming targeted unemployed workers in particular. \u201cWhile people are out of work, they\u2019re not doing it for personal reasons because they want to look better,\" he said. \"They\u2019re doing it because it\u2019s more competitive than it was before the recession. 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