Can you become a dermatologist if you have acne? Can you become a dentist with bad teeth? etc.

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What do you think about general situations like that?

Can you become a dentist with bad teeth (such as, crooked teeth or something)?

Can you become a dermatologist if you have mild/moderate acne but do not want to risk accutane? (accutane can damage bones permanently, where exercise can become painful)

Can you become a psychiatrist if you have depression/bipolar disorder/ etc.?

Can you become an ophthalmologist or optometrist if you have bad vision and need strong glasses?

etc.

What do you think about these issues?
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krispykreem said:
What do you think about general situations like that?

Can you become a dentist with bad teeth (such as, crooked teeth or something)?

Can you become a dermatologist if you have mild/moderate acne but do not want to risk accutane? (accutane can damage bones permanently, where exercise can become painful)

Can you become a psychiatrist if you have depression/bipolar disorder/ etc.?

Can you become an ophthalmologist or optometrist if you have bad vision and need strong glasses?

etc.

What do you think about these issues?
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This has to be a joke. Please return to the hSDN forum. Have fun in college, try not to drink too much, otherwise you can't become a hepatologist.
 
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krispykreem said:
Can you become a dermatologist if you have mild/moderate acne but do not want to risk accutane? (accutane can damage bones permanently, where exercise can become painful)
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No need to ask about these other specialties, streampaw. We know which one you're really interested in.
 
Lololol.
I find optometrists with glasses comforting. They know what I'm going through.
P.S. I took Accutane and my bones are just dandy.
 
BrainsIsCool said:
Most ophthalmologists or optometrists wear glasses. I know of a HMS trained psychiatrist who goes to a psychiatrist and England has lots of dentists. You are however, correct in assuming people with bad skin can't be dermatologists because only demigods match derm.
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They say the sun never set on the british empire, but then again, it never really rose on our dentistry either ;-)
 
Can you go into family medicine if you don't have a family?
Can you become an oncologist if you have cancer?
Can you go into sleep medicine if you have insomnia?
Can you go into A&I if you have allergies?
Can you go into podiatry if you don't coach the Jets?
 
Can you be a hematologist if you don't have blood?
 
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krispykreem said:
What do you think about general situations like that?

Can you become a dentist with bad teeth (such as, crooked teeth or something)?

Can you become a dermatologist if you have mild/moderate acne but do not want to risk accutane? (accutane can damage bones permanently, where exercise can become painful)

Can you become a psychiatrist if you have depression/bipolar disorder/ etc.?

Can you become an ophthalmologist or optometrist if you have bad vision and need strong glasses?

etc.

What do you think about these issues?
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Here's another one for you:

Can you become an excellent nutritionist or PCP and be obese? :cat::laugh:

(Or phrased another way, as a medical professional, can you tell someone else they're fat when you're obese?)
 
I know a girl who was twice divorced by the time she was 25 and she was in school for marriage and family therapy. She now specializes in marriage counseling or something like that.
 
Ashley1989 said:
I know a girl who was twice divorced by the time she was 25 and she was in school for marriage and family therapy. She now specializes in marriage counseling or something like that.
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Which begs the question, Can you be a family therapist if you have two failed marriages?
 
BurberryDoc said:
Which begs the question, Can you be a family therapist if you have two failed marriages?
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I'm not sure what I think about that. I mean I don't think them having a failed marriage should cause them to lose their job but they are kinda making a living through guiding and advising. I don't know. What do you think?
 
Ashley1989 said:
I'm not sure what I think about that. I mean I don't think them having a failed marriage should cause them to lose their job but they are kinda making a living through guiding and advising. I don't know. What do you think?
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I was being ENTIRELY facetious. lol
 
Ashley1989 said:
I know a girl who was twice divorced by the time she was 25 and she was in school for marriage and family therapy. She now specializes in marriage counseling or something like that.
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More real life experience for her😎
 
Ashley1989 said:
I know a girl who was twice divorced by the time she was 25 and she was in school for marriage and family therapy. She now specializes in marriage counseling or something like that.
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Maybe she wants people to learn from her mistakes? Like former drug addicts giving anti-drug speeches in high schools.

I also have a better story. I took a psychology class on human sexual behavior. Our professor was also a relationship/sexual therapist. In the end of one lecture she told a story about a groom accidentally turning on the phone during bachelors party and the girl he was about to marry overhearing him getting head from a stripper. She ended the lecture saying that every men would cheat on his SO if given the opportunity. I wish I was exaggerating or making this up.
 
I have been asking myself this question a lot lately. I have a few pre-med friends who are wondering about whether they can do the specialties they're interested in. One really wants to be a cardiologist.. but unfortunately he has no heart. Another wants to be a neurologist, but he has no brain. The third doesn't have a specific specialty but just really doesn't have the courage to make decisions that affect patients' lives. Took them to see someone in the city, and he fixed them right up though! This was us on the trip:
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But anyway, streampaw, sure but doesn't mean all their patients will accept their advice (if it's obvious that is..). I trust my ophthalmologist who wears glasses, but I might have doubts if the guy doing my lasik procedure had glasses.
 
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terp720 said:
But anyway, streampaw, sure but doesn't mean all their patients will accept their advice (if it's obvious that is..). I trust my ophthalmologist who wears glasses, but I might have doubts if the guy doing my lasik procedure had glasses.
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I have no opinion on the original (poor) topic of this thread, but I would like to ask why you would care if the guy you are getting Lasik from has glasses? It's not like he can do it to himself after all, he would have to get Lasik from someone else (unless he is Ron Swanson, then I imagine he would do it to himself with a penknife and pocket flashlight).
 
basketcase0a0 said:
I have no opinion on the original (poor) topic of this thread, but I would like to ask why you would care if the guy you are getting Lasik from has glasses? It's not like he can do it to himself after all, he would have to get Lasik from someone else (unless he is Ron Swanson, then I imagine he would do it to himself with a penknife and pocket flashlight).
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ha sorry, none of my post was really serious (I really gave up on serious responses to sp). But, yes, I imagine you cannot give yourself lasik, nor would I expect that person to do his own procedure, just as I wouldn't expect a dentist to fill his own cavities. For me, I don't really care, although I admit lasik kind of freaks me out. However, for some of her examples and including this one, I can imagine people second guessing someone's advice if that person is not following it himself (ie. "you say lasik is really safe and awesome, so why didn't you have it done").

But really I just like the Wizard of Oz.
 
What about a neurologist if you don't have a brain?

edit: Bah I missed the Wizard of Oz post above ...
 
Can you be a pediatrician if you grow up? Can you be a geriatrician if you get old? Can you be a surgeon if you don't have a god complex?

these are fun.
 
Can you be a radiologist with no eyes? Seriously, though?
 
krispykreem said:
What do you think about general situations like that?

Can you become a dentist with bad teeth (such as, crooked teeth or something)?

Can you become a dermatologist if you have mild/moderate acne but do not want to risk accutane? (accutane can damage bones permanently, where exercise can become painful)

Can you become a psychiatrist if you have depression/bipolar disorder/ etc.?

Can you become an ophthalmologist or optometrist if you have bad vision and need strong glasses?

etc.

What do you think about these issues?
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Can you become a troll if you don't live under a bridge?
 
Can you be an abortionist if you weren't ejected pre-term?
 
Can you be a pediatrician if your over 18?
Can you be a gastroenterologist if you have Crohn's?
Can you be a urologist if you don't piss excellence?

Seriously streampaw, you're drunk, go home.
 
I have been to many dermatologists, and they all had FLAWLESS skin, sometimes to the point of looking like translucent aliens.

I think that dermatology (and plastic surgery) are very appearance-oriented, and you do need to look the part if you want to match into those fields.
 
Can you be a cardiologist and be overweight?

ohhh streampaw, why dont you just name your new accounts with numbers after them e.g. Streampaw007
 
QuinnTheEskimo said:
I have been to many dermatologists, and they all had FLAWLESS skin, sometimes to the point of looking like translucent aliens.

I think that dermatology (and plastic surgery) are very appearance-oriented, and you do need to look the part if you want to match into those fields.
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Of course. In fact, I think a lot of people go into these fields because they have these problems. Notice that many eye doctors wear glasses and many dentists have great teeth (which were clearly aided by dental work.) Just my opinion.
 
Can you be an orthopedic surgeon if you can't bench 300?
Can you be an endocrinologist if you have diabetes?
Can you be a neurosurgeon if you're not Derek Shepherd?
 
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