The proposed 5% "Botax", the tax to be imposed on all patients who choose to go in for corrective plastic surgery and other cosmetic procedures, will not be applicable after all, as plastic surgeons and Botox maker Allergan Inc. have successfully managed to fight it. But now, visiting to tanning salon will be imposed with additional taxes.

On Saturday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid let go of his Botax plan as more changes were made to the proposed healthcare revamp legislation, and also now that it is definitely on its way to be approved.

In the new proposed change, a 10% tax will be imposed on visits to indoor tanning services.

The objections against Botax were very large-scale, with almost everyone opposing the tax, but now tanning beds are being viewed as an easier target, especially on the back of repeated warnings that are being issued by the Food and Drug Administration that these salons are prime candidates contributing to the growth of cancer risk.

"There are risks to practically anything you do. I don't think that's a good reason to tax a business out of existence", said John Overstreet, Executive Director of the Indoor Tanning Association.

Currently, an estimated 20,000 tanning salons are run across America, and most of them are small-scale businesses. "Adding the tax is the kind of stuff that can put a lot of these people out of business", said Mr. Overstreet.