Pornstar in medicine

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Hi,

I'm a second year medical student at a wonderful school. However, prior to entering medical school I was involved in the adult film industry. Though it's legal to be in porn in my state, I wonder if I've permanently and irrevocably ruined my chances of ever being licensed after matriculation.

Does anyone know anything about this? Have I forever damaged (or killed) my career?

This is a very sincere and serious question, and I'd appreciate serious answers.

Thank you.

Originally Posted by veronicad

Hi,

I'm a second year medical student at a wonderful school. However, prior to entering medical school I was involved in the adult film industry. Though it's legal to be in porn in my state, I wonder if I've permanently and irrevocably ruined my chances of ever being licensed after matriculation.

Does anyone know anything about this? Have I forever damaged (or killed) my career?

This is a very sincere and serious question, and I'd appreciate serious answers.

Thank you.

How famous are you? Porn name? Links?

I don't think you'll have trouble getting licensed, but residency directors and patients will have a hard time taking you seriously if they know you were a pornstar.

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Simple, if what you were involved in was legal, then if you want to be taken seriously, then never tell anyone you work with, ever.

Did they offer you $1500-2000 per day?

You are a ugly whore.

gonna need some pics here...

Assuming this is real... then yeah I think you have really screwed yourself but only if it is easy to figure out who you were. I believe most pornstars use different names. But we have all head the stories of the pornstar teachers who were fired soley because of that reason. Though the teacher was not doing anything illegal there is no way the students or parents could take her seriously. So if a group, hospital, residency program etc find out you were in porn in the past in any way likely you'll be fired because they do not want negative publicity. The only way to avoid this is if you work in a sole private practice so you will have no one to answer to.

I sense an epic thread. Pics or it didn't happen.

I think it's ridiculous how people who have done porn get treated so badly. People are stupid.

Bobbi Starr? I recall she wanted to enter gynecology after her career was over.

Originally Posted by Craigular

You are a ugly whore.

You are a improper grammar.

Originally Posted by Craigular

You are a ugly whore.

#1) For a newbie:

1)That's not nice..

2)Improper grammar


#2) In response to the original q.

Id say:

1)Change your name.
2)Once you finish hospital requirements avoid the hospital and stay closer to private practice.
3)As said try to disguise yourself.(seriously)

Interesting topic for the weekend..

Originally Posted by Blais

Some random options:

1) Change your appearance (i.e. if you're a pale causation, get a tan. if you wore your hair up in your films, start wearing it down. if you're a short, straight-haired blonde, fall in love with the idea of being a long, curly-haired brunette. if you have any unique and obvious marks [peculiar birthmark on cheek, etc], have it removed. if you have jacked teeth, have them fixed. if you are ultra-neurotic and wanna feel like a secret agent [or fugitive] get a nose job.)

A simple example of how some of these "make-over" steps can pretty much render one as unrecognizable compared to their former appearance (obviously you likely aren't a 50-something year old that looks like she is stuck in the 90's):



2) If your films are on an established pay website, contact them and see if/how you can get them removed. If you find yourself on the more popular "tube" sites, spend several hours searching their databases, saving the hyperlinks and flag/report the videos. Might not get any accommodations, but doesn't hurt to try.

3) If you are unfortunate enough to have used your real name, change your name.

Lol. Cracked me up.

So what difference does it make if someone was in the porn industry or watches porn? All the same to me. They shouldn't be so hard on the OP.

Originally Posted by Frank Nutter

Did they offer you $1500-2000 per day?

Lmao! I heard porn stars get paid $1000 - $5000 a day.

1. haha I have to laugh a little at this thread, no offense, seriously. it is just bizarre to me that someone entering into a field as professional and reputable as medicine once made the choice to be a pornstar. i guess most of us know we want to be docs from a young age, therefore would never do something considered so socially "unprofessional", or at least we would keep the films private :-) But, maybe you are matriculating at an older age and had no clue you wanted to be a doctor when you decided to enter your previous career.

2. Absolutely NO ONE should find out about this. There is a PhD at my school who was in an adult magazine once (which is arguably not as risque' as porn) and she taught us ONE lecture. That's it. And it was extremely controversial for us as students. No one remembers anything she said because no one took it seriously. The guys were drooling at first, and then we all got sidetracked trying to google her pics, and then we were all pissed off (or a good portion of us were) that our school, which is also highly reputable, would hire someone who had once had no concern for professionalism, when professionalism NEEDS to be a part of our daily life. Most likely, people will not take you seriously, not respect you, and probably judge you quite a bit.

3. What if we had never known her past? Probably would have never been an issue. She's probably a very intelligent, nice person.

4. Now, is this right? No, probably not, but it's how it goes.

My Point: a career in porn is not necessarily something your classmates/colleagues/professors/future job should EVER EVER EVER find out about.

Originally Posted by DocHawk117

1. haha I have to laugh a little at this thread, no offense, seriously. it is just bizarre to me that someone entering into a field as professional and reputable as medicine once made the choice to be a pornstar. i guess most of us know we want to be docs from a young age, therefore would never do something considered so socially "unprofessional", or at least we would keep the films private :-) But, maybe you are matriculating at an older age and had no clue you wanted to be a doctor when you decided to enter your previous career.

2. Absolutely NO ONE should find out about this. There is a PhD at my school who was in an adult magazine once (which is arguably not as risque' as porn) and she taught us ONE lecture. That's it. And it was extremely controversial for us as students. No one remembers anything she said because no one took it seriously. The guys were drooling at first, and then we all got sidetracked trying to google her pics, and then we were all pissed off (or a good portion of us were) that our school, which is also highly reputable, would hire someone who had once had no concern for professionalism, when professionalism NEEDS to be a part of our daily life. Most likely, people will not take you seriously, not respect you, and probably judge you quite a bit.

3. What if we had never known her past? Probably would have never been an issue. She's probably a very intelligent, nice person.

4. Now, is this right? No, probably not, but it's how it goes.

My Point: a career in porn is not necessarily something your classmates/colleagues/professors/future job should EVER EVER EVER find out about.

I think you'd be surprised what medical students get involved in. I would bet if you looked hard enough you'd find some scandal around your own classmates. I know in my class I've been surprised a couple of times

Originally Posted by SpecterGT260

I think you'd be surprised what medical students get involved in. I would bet if you looked hard enough you'd find some scandal around your own classmates. I know in my class I've been surprised a couple of times

scandalousss. more details please (just kidding... ?)

Originally Posted by SpecterGT260

I think you'd be surprised what medical students get involved in. I would bet if you looked hard enough you'd find some scandal around your own classmates. I know in my class I've been surprised a couple of times

A female classmate of mine had a huge crush on some dude in my class during M1. Emailed him all kinds of nude photos, some involving some food items being inserted where they don't usually belong.

being a porn star does not make someone inherently unprofessional, in the same way being a doctor does not make someone inherently professional

Originally Posted by Phantom88

being a porn star does not make someone inherently unprofessional, in the same way being a doctor does not make someone inherently professional

Agreed. The poster above who was lambasting a PhD lecturer for "unprofessionalism" is being pretty unfair (not to mention particularly judgmental).

Originally Posted by Phantom88

being a porn star does not make someone inherently unprofessional, in the same way being a doctor does not make someone inherently professional

Personally, I agree with both of these statements. I still think that she will be stereotyped as I mentioned above and should try to keep her past private.

Originally Posted by GuyWhoDoesStuff

A female classmate of mine had a huge crush on some dude in my class during M1. Emailed him all kinds of nude photos, some involving some food items being inserted where they don't usually belong.

This is unprofessional, no doubt, and something that should be kept under wraps.

This is not, however, comparable to being a porn star.

Like others have said, keep your previous job a secret for best results. People will not be able to ignore their biases towards people who used to be in the porn business.

Good luck with your endeavors and while nothing you've done is illegal, and the school may not have a valid reason to kick you out during school, but getting into a residency may very much be trouble.

You will be stereotyped for sure. Just keep it on the downlow and do the best you can in what you do. In the end people will respect you if you do your job well. Doesn't matter where you came from, as long as you get good results and "market" that side of yourself you'll be good to go. Those that still won't take you seriously are not worth your time & energy anyway.

I know someone currently at a medical school that used to be a porn star. I suspect this poster isn't them, bc I think they're a m3 now, but so far it's been kept under wraps from an admin perspective.

How was my grammar improper?

Do you guys even English?

Thank you to everyone who responded thoughtfully. I truly do appreciate your time, effort, and compassion.

Luckily, I did work under a stage name. However, I did quite well for myself. I suppose it's time to dye my hair and buy some colored contacts...

And to everyone who asked for photos, I would, except that's exactly what I'm trying to avoid - my identity getting spread around the medical community.

I imagine that's my biggest hurdle...facing moral censure rather than actual administrative ramifications. It's an interesting dichotomy that we're taught so thoroughly to be completely non-judgmental to all of our patients' sexual orientations and behaviors (no matter how far outside of the "norm") yet porn is so often looked upon with shock and dismay. I've faced this in the non-medical community, and (as someone else posted) I can't really expect any leniency from a very conservative group.

I guess I'm not going to be the one to shepherd the medical profession into a new era of sexual liberation.

Originally Posted by Kron

You will be stereotyped for sure.

Originally Posted by Phantom88

being a porn star does not make someone inherently unprofessional, in the same way being a doctor does not make someone inherently professional

no... this is wrong. Professionalism has to do with conduct. It is a wholly subjective idea in which your actions both before and during your practice impact the way your colleagues and patients see you. Being a porn star, by definition, is unprofessional in the sense of the way it is used in this context.

Now, if we wanted to talk oldest professions......

Originally Posted by Lunasly

Lmao! I heard porn stars get paid $1000 - $5000 a day.

and they typically only work a few "days" a month. You would be paid per job, and since the average porn star doesn't have 9000 videos each, I would assume this 1-5k/gig deal isnt terribly lucrative. It's ok, you made the right choice in pursuing medicine

Originally Posted by veronicad

Thank you to everyone who responded thoughtfully. I truly do appreciate your time, effort, and compassion.

Luckily, I did work under a stage name. However, I did quite well for myself. I suppose it's time to dye my hair and buy some colored contacts...

And to everyone who asked for photos, I would, except that's exactly what I'm trying to avoid - my identity getting spread around the medical community.

if you were even remotely successful you can bet that about every guy in your class already recognized you.

that is assuming this is at all real......

Originally Posted by duckie99

Assuming this is real... then yeah I think you have really screwed yourself but only if it is easy to figure out who you were. I believe most pornstars use different names. But we have all head the stories of the pornstar teachers who were fired soley because of that reason. Though the teacher was not doing anything illegal there is no way the students or parents could take her seriously. So if a group, hospital, residency program etc find out you were in porn in the past in any way likely you'll be fired because they do not want negative publicity. The only way to avoid this is if you work in a sole private practice so you will have no one to answer to.

That's what I find disappointing about certain people of society, they aren't bright enough or too conservative to actually accept certain things. If I had a doc who did porn in the past, I wouldn't care, same with working with a colleague who did porn.

Originally Posted by SpecterGT260

if you were even remotely successful you can bet that about every guy in your class already recognized you.

not necessarily. Might have just thought to themselves "man, that girl really looks like that pornstar X" because they probably unconsciously (or even consciously) don't believe a porn star would be smart enough to actually be in the class.

Originally Posted by DocHawk117

1. haha I have to laugh a little at this thread, no offense, seriously. it is just bizarre to me that someone entering into a field as professional and reputable as medicine once made the choice to be a pornstar. i guess most of us know we want to be docs from a young age, therefore would never do something considered so socially "unprofessional", or at least we would keep the films private :-) But, maybe you are matriculating at an older age and had no clue you wanted to be a doctor when you decided to enter your previous career.

2. Absolutely NO ONE should find out about this. There is a PhD at my school who was in an adult magazine once (which is arguably not as risque' as porn) and she taught us ONE lecture. That's it. And it was extremely controversial for us as students. No one remembers anything she said because no one took it seriously. The guys were drooling at first, and then we all got sidetracked trying to google her pics, and then we were all pissed off (or a good portion of us were) that our school, which is also highly reputable, would hire someone who had once had no concern for professionalism, when professionalism NEEDS to be a part of our daily life. Most likely, people will not take you seriously, not respect you, and probably judge you quite a bit.

3. What if we had never known her past? Probably would have never been an issue. She's probably a very intelligent, nice person.

4. Now, is this right? No, probably not, but it's how it goes.

My Point: a career in porn is not necessarily something your classmates/colleagues/professors/future job should EVER EVER EVER find out about.

hmm....i dunno. It's not as high as you think. Its more common for those who wanted to be doctors at a young age to change/rethink. And people aren't thinking "Oh man, every decision I make must be professional!!!", especially as a college kid. Usually the med students who scream professional about everything seem to be the most irritating :/

And why do people think pornstars are dumb...some places, they are part-time college kids who do it for money/loan payment. It's like when Dustin Zito from the Real World got so much crap from doing porn, which kinda made me cringe about how insanely judgmental people can get...

Originally Posted by veronicad

I imagine that's my biggest hurdle...facing moral censure rather than actual administrative ramifications. It's an interesting dichotomy that we're taught so thoroughly to be completely non-judgmental to all of our patients' sexual orientations and behaviors (no matter how far outside of the "norm") yet porn is so often looked upon with shock and dismay. I've faced this in the non-medical community, and (as someone else posted) I can't really expect any leniency from a very conservative group.

I guess I'm not going to be the one to shepherd the medical profession into a new era of sexual liberation.

This is cute, its trying to sound smart.

Originally Posted by Craigular

You are a ugly whore.

Originally Posted by Craigular

This is cute, its trying to sound smart.

Do you have mommy issues? Sounds like it. You don't have to agree with OP's past employment, but lay off on the misogyny.

Originally Posted by KnuxNole

hmm....i dunno. It's not as high as you think. Its more common for those who wanted to be doctors at a young age to change/rethink. And people aren't thinking "Oh man, every decision I make must be professional!!!", especially as a college kid. Usually the med students who scream professional about everything seem to be the most irritating :/

And why do people think pornstars are dumb...some places, they are part-time college kids who do it for money/loan payment. It's like when Dustin Zito from the Real World got so much crap from doing porn, which kinda made me cringe about how insanely judgmental people can get...

There is a difference between being a porn star and accepting a few hundred bucks to let some guy videotape you giving a handy. The "stars" are typically signed and I am not aware of a single one of them doing anything except eventually becoming too old but holding on to "the dream" anyways. The OP's title was likely a little exaggerated.

When did you become such an expert on the porn profession? lol.

Btw. You made me think about something - do porn stars make less or more than a well establish stripper?

OP: given the choice why didn't you become a stripper?

Originally Posted by SpecterGT260

There is a difference between being a porn star and accepting a few hundred bucks to let some guy videotape you giving a handy. The "stars" are typically signed and I am not aware of a single one of them doing anything except eventually becoming too old but holding on to "the dream" anyways. The OP's title was likely a little exaggerated.

Originally Posted by pseudosquam

When did you become such an expert on the porn profession? lol.

Btw. You made me think about something - do porn stars make less or more than a well establish stripper?

OP: given the choice why didn't you become a stripper?

using a little common sense and not being completely blind to the goings-on in the world around me.

they tend to make more than a stripper will - many move from stripping to nude modeling to porn.

Originally Posted by GuyWhoDoesStuff

A female classmate of mine had a huge crush on some dude in my class during M1. Emailed him all kinds of nude photos, some involving some food items being inserted where they don't usually belong.

And I'm assuming these ended up getting shared with half the class?

I don't find this surprising at all.

I'm sure there are a couple of students in most medical schools who made money at some point by stripping, porn, or even turning a few tricks.

Of the three, porn is probably the most risky for future career prospects (assuming the individual isn't caught doing the latter).

You should assume that you will be discovered since facial recognition will be built into many search engines in the near future (Google and Facebook are already toying with it). You should assume any images accessible on the Internet will eventually be tied to you.

there is professionalism in the adult entertainment industry too

Originally Posted by DocHawk117

1. haha I have to laugh a little at this thread, no offense, seriously. it is just bizarre to me that someone entering into a field as professional and reputable as medicine once made the choice to be a pornstar. i guess most of us know we want to be docs from a young age, therefore would never do something considered so socially "unprofessional", or at least we would keep the films private :-) But, maybe you are matriculating at an older age and had no clue you wanted to be a doctor when you decided to enter your previous career.

2. Absolutely NO ONE should find out about this. There is a PhD at my school who was in an adult magazine once (which is arguably not as risque' as porn) and she taught us ONE lecture. That's it. And it was extremely controversial for us as students. No one remembers anything she said because no one took it seriously. The guys were drooling at first, and then we all got sidetracked trying to google her pics, and then we were all pissed off (or a good portion of us were) that our school, which is also highly reputable, would hire someone who had once had no concern for professionalism, when professionalism NEEDS to be a part of our daily life. Most likely, people will not take you seriously, not respect you, and probably judge you quite a bit.

3. What if we had never known her past? Probably would have never been an issue. She's probably a very intelligent, nice person.

4. Now, is this right? No, probably not, but it's how it goes.

My Point: a career in porn is not necessarily something your classmates/colleagues/professors/future job should EVER EVER EVER find out about.

Correct you are, sir. I worked as a stripper for a year before getting into porn, and I made the move due to a combination of more money and better hours. Pretty much why anyone voluntarily changes jobs.

Originally Posted by SpecterGT260

they tend to make more than a stripper will - many move from stripping to nude modeling to porn.

Someone asked about something similar a while ago, and I found several stories about people's past lives causing problems in later careers. Good luck!

Originally Posted by alamo4

Not sure if this is what you are looking for, but it might be analogous; people in education lose their jobs all the time for nudity or other 'activities':

http://voices.yahoo.com/teacher-tera...n-8029528.html

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,456345,00.html

http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?...sc3=&id=125303

http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2...rn_teacher.php

http://davidatlanta.com/2011/12/wtf-...past-revealed/

http://austinist.com/2006/06/13/scho...hotographs.php

Nurses:

http://old.post-gazette.com/regionst...90810porn4.asp

Maybe consider pathology or radiology? j/k

There was a girl who claimed in one of her videos that she was a "pre-med trying to pay for school". Maybe this is her.

Originally Posted by MedPR

There was a girl who claimed in one of her videos that she was a "pre-med trying to pay for school". Maybe this is her.

I see we have a porn connoisseur among us.
How did you find this? Search "39 MCAT 3.8 GPA hot sex video?"

Originally Posted by moneytree

I see we have a porn connoisseur among us.
How did you find this? Search "39 MCAT 3.8 GPA hot sex video?"

You should assume any attractive female who went to ASU was in a porno at some point or another.

Originally Posted by KnuxNole

hmm....i dunno. It's not as high as you think. Its more common for those who wanted to be doctors at a young age to change/rethink. And people aren't thinking "Oh man, every decision I make must be professional!!!", especially as a college kid. Usually the med students who scream professional about everything seem to be the most irritating :/

And why do people think pornstars are dumb...some places, they are part-time college kids who do it for money/loan payment. It's like when Dustin Zito from the Real World got so much crap from doing porn, which kinda made me cringe about how insanely judgmental people can get...

I judge you more for watching the real world than I judge a porn star


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Originally Posted by alamo4

Someone asked about something similar a while ago, and I found several stories about people's past lives causing problems in later careers. Good luck!

Or not...Bill Clinton...

Originally Posted by DocHawk117

2. Absolutely NO ONE should find out about this. There is a PhD at my school who was in an adult magazine once (which is arguably not as risque' as porn) and she taught us ONE lecture. That's it. And it was extremely controversial for us as students. No one remembers anything she said because no one took it seriously. The guys were drooling at first, and then we all got sidetracked trying to google her pics, and then we were all pissed off (or a good portion of us were) that our school, which is also highly reputable, would hire someone who had once had no concern for professionalism, when professionalism NEEDS to be a part of our daily life. Most likely, people will not take you seriously, not respect you, and probably judge you quite a bit.

You guys sound like an insufferable bunch.