Re: More Doctors Turning to the Business of Beauty

From: DoctorJoe@aol.com
Thu Nov 30 18:37:53 2006


In a message dated 11/30/06 6:47:24 PM, goldman@calweb.com writes:

> Interesting that a dermatologist is up in arms about this as they 
> have essentially no surgical training and no training in plastic or 
> reconstructive surgery.  In the end it is all a turf battle for the 
> almighty dollar.
>

Agree.

I have to say, after you've done C-sections and hysterectomies, a few injections or skin peeling or other little fussing are nothing. I would go so far as to say that all the vulvar cutting and sewing GYNs do, added to the ER work we've all done as interns, residents and moonlighters, make any skin surgery pretty generic.

Further, if you've done ovarian/adhesion surgery with operating microscopes or loops, what does it take to do some sort of superficial "plastic" face scraping with a magnifying lens?

I've seen lots of local OB-GYNs advertising for aesthetics in their offices. Actually, many of them use aestheticians to do the work and they supervise. The local rules here don't even specify that the physician must have training in the procedure -- only that the tech must have training. The doctor just "supervises" after doing a history and physical. What at job.

Joe P.





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