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Indemnification liabily

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Amount of write-down of assets recognized in the income statement. Includes, but is not limited to, losses from tangible assets, intangible assets and goodwill.

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Amount of consideration received or receivable for the disposal of assets and liabilities, including discontinued operation.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The cash inflow associated with the amount received from the sale of a portion of the company's business, for example a segment, division, branch or other business, during the period.

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Disposition (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended
Disposition (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Nov. 20, 2019	Jun. 27, 2020	Mar. 28, 2020	Dec. 28, 2019	Jun. 27, 2020	Jun. 29, 2019
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Intangible asset and equipment impairment charges				$ 30.2	$ 30.2	$ 443.8
Expenses from disposition		$ 1.0	$ 2.4
Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations \| Medical Aesthetics
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Consideration	$ 205.0
Proceeds from Divestiture of Businesses	$ 153.4
Indemnification liabily		$ 10.9			$ 10.9
Cost of revenues
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Intangible asset and equipment impairment charges				25.8
Operating Expense
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Intangible asset and equipment impairment charges				$ 4.4