03/26/2026
So I sent that FSMTA drafted letter to all the Florida Senators concerning that "body contouring" bid by cosmetologists. I emailed every one of them, and you should to!
The Letter:
Greetings,
As a Florida Licensed Massage Therapist, I am writing to urge that you DO NOT approve HB733 due to language within the bill affecting the Florida Massage Therapy Practice Act, s. Chapter 480.
If "aesthetic body contouring services" were strictly cosmetic, why would there need to be an exemption under Massage Therapy law?
Body contouring referred to as a cosmetic treatment typically focuses on targeting and eliminating fat cells predominantly in the abdomen, thighs, buttocks, and arms. When a treatment is designed to affect deeper layers of the dermis and hypodermis (which contains fat cells, nerves, blood vessels, and lymph fluid), it has moved beyond the epidermis, the skin one can see and ceases to be within a cosmetologist's scope of practice.
Treatments designed to contour the body manipulate connective tissue that affects lymph flow and should be administered by professionally trained health care professionals, not beauty professionals. No exemption should be allowed for cosmetologists to provide a medical treatment outside their scope of practice, and which poses potential harm to the public. This legislation serves to circumvent the education and licensure necessary to provide massage therapy and bodywork under current health care laws.
I urge you to reject the "aesthetic body contouring services" provision in HB733.
Respectfully,
Joe Williamson
Dynamic Body Works
MA28185 Florida Licensed Massage Practitioner
dbwrks@gmail.com
The Senators:
Senator Ben Albritton
Senator Kristen Aston Arrington
Senator Bryan Avila
Senator Lori Berman
Senator Mack Bernard
Senator Jim Boyd
Senator LaVon Bracy Davis
Senator Jennifer Bradley
Senator Jason Brodeur
Senator Danny Burgess
Senator Colleen Burton
Senator Alexis Calatayud
Senator Tracie Davis
Senator Nick DiCeglie
Senator Don Gaetz
Senator Ileana Garcia
Senator Erin Grall
Senator Joe Gruters
Senator Gayle Harrell
Senator Ed Hooper
Senator Shevrin D. "Shev" Jones
Senator Thomas J. "Tom" Leek
Senator Jonathan Martin
Senator Ralph E. Massullo, Jr.
Senator Debbie Mayfield
Senator Stan McClain
Senator Rosalind Osgood
Senator Kathleen Passidomo
Senator Jason W. B. Pizzo
Senator Tina Scott Polsky
Senator Ana Maria Rodriguez
Senator Darryl Ervin Rouson
Senator Barbara Sharief
Senator Corey Simon
Senator Carlos Guillermo Smith
Senator Keith L. Truenow
Senator Jay Trumbull
Senator Tom A. Wright
Senator Clay Yarborough
