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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 - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($)		3 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
	Nov. 20, 2019	Sep. 26, 2020	Dec. 28, 2019	Mar. 30, 2019	Sep. 26, 2020	Sep. 28, 2019	Sep. 29, 2018
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from divestiture of businesses					$ 139,300,000	$ 0	$ 0
Impairment charge			$ 30,200,000	$ 685,400,000
Cost of revenues
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Impairment charge			25,800,000
Operating Expense
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Impairment charge			$ 4,400,000
Medical Aesthetics Business
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Expenses from disposition		$ 6,200,000
Medical Aesthetics Business \| Disposed of by Sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Sales price	$ 205,000,000.0
Proceeds from divestiture of businesses	$ 153,400,000
Final sales price		150,000,000.0			150,000,000.0
Indemnification liabily		$ 10,900,000			$ 10,900,000
Medical Aesthetics Business \| Disposed of by Sale \| Minimum
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Transition services agreement term		3 months
Medical Aesthetics Business \| Disposed of by Sale \| Maximum
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Transition services agreement term		15 months