Here are the headlines for this week. View the rest of the medspa and cosmetic industry news at www.medspapress.com.

Exposed or Expose? Anyone Can Learn to Inject Botox in the U.K. I am not a doctor and have no medical training. I have never used a syringe and had never even seen a bottle of Botox, the wrinkle cure relied on by celebrities and thousands of others. Yet after just a few hours in a surgery on London's Harley Street I am handed a certificate as Dr Terenia Taras and told I am ready to go and start work as a cosmetic practitioner.

Coalition Applauds Bill To Repeal Cosmetic Surgery Tax The Coalition to Stop Medical Taxes applauds the introduction of a bill (A2282) to repeal New Jersey's tax on cosmetic surgery procedures. The tax was enacted in 2004 and has generated much less revenue than originally predicted - a 72 percent shortfall. The repeal bill was introduced by Assemblyman Joseph Cryan, the original sponsor of the cosmetic surgery tax bill in 2004.

Allergan: Smoothing the Wrinkles Pharmaceuticals maker Allergan (AGN) on Feb. 2 announced yearend results that would probably make some of its largest rivals jealous. Sales in 2005 jumped 13.5%, to $2.3 billion, and earnings before taxes rose 12.5%, to $598.4 million. Still, Allergan's stock has dropped about 6% since then, to $107.17, largely on concerns that sales of its most famous product, the wrinkle reducer Botox Cosmetic, may be slowing.

More Men Getting the Needle Not so long ago, only ageing film stars would have had anything "done". . . and they certainly wouldn't admit it. Now the pressures to look youthful for longer, combined with greater affordability of procedures and the popularity of television shows such as Nip/Tuck and 10 Years Younger, are making cosmetic surgery as commonplace as nipping to the hairdressers, even for men.

The Risks of Tap Water on Your Face Wake up, use the bathroom and flush -- so far, so good. Brush your teeth and rinse -- fine. Drink a glass of tap water -- OK. Now splash some onto your face. Not OK -- so says one Manhattan dermatologist. "When people who live in Greenwich or come to Greenwich wash their faces with the water, then, relatively speaking, it has an adverse effect on the skin," Dr. Dennis Gross said. "You're at risk for aging, breakouts and large pores."

Cynosure Introduces Affirm Skin Rejuvenation Device Cynosure , Inc. (NASDAQ: CYNO), a developer and manufacturer of lasers and pulsed light sources, today announced the introduction of its new Affirm product, a multi-energy system for skin rejuvenation, including treatments for wrinkles, skin texture and discoloratoin.

Skincare From Nursery to Nursing Home There aren't many products that you would trust to be gentle enough to spray on a baby's bottom and also strong enough to kill bacteria on a physician's office lab table. But Charme Electrolyzed Water may provide that very range of uses.

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