<p>France's wealthy could take it on the nose if the French tax man gets his way and cosmetic surgery becomes subject to the value added tax.</p>
<p>A dozen French women who have received faulty PIP breast implants say they want to sue the state for its failure to reimburse them for breast replacement surgery.</p>
<p>Two women have developed serious illnesses after they received defective French-made silicone breast implants. Last week, a woman died from lymphatic cancer thought to have been contracted from her breast implants.</p>
