Poll: EM Doc's... most tattoos?

[Frazier]

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Across my EM rotations, I've noticed that a lot of the attendings, residents, and MS4's have tattoos (myself included).

I have a feeling that EM likely has the highest rate of ink across medical specialties -- perhaps rivaled by GAS, but curious to what others have seen.

 

[GeneralVeers]

None. Why would I put a bumper sticker on a Ferrari??

 

[OccupyTheED]

I've got a bunch. None even close to visible when I work so I doubt anyone co-workers know.

 

[hundreddaysoff]

I often wonder if we're gonna have half the elderly population running around with undecipherable multicolored blobs all over themselves in about 30 years. How will they know if they have melanoma?

 

[Fox800]

I often wonder if we're gonna have half the elderly population running around with undecipherable multicolored blobs all over themselves in about 30 years. How will they know if they have melanoma?

 

[Birdstrike]

I have none.

Wear my seatbelt, too.

Dork, and proud.

 

[tux4]

Bumping this with a question. I wanted to get one on my arm but do a lot of places have policies about concealing tattoos? How is it viewed at your place?


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[GeneralVeers]

I have none.

Wear my seatbelt, too.

Dork, and proud.

Since tattoos are mainstream, and the majority of guys under 40 have one, NOT having one actually makes you cool.

Fight the system!

 

[The Knife & Gun Club]

Just an MS1 here but the EM resident I'm doing research with has knuckle tattoos ("LOVE and ROSE"), and one arm tatted almost to the point of it being a sleeve.

Oh and she's a girl. One day I'll have to ask her how those went over in interviews...

 

[Brahnold Bloodaxe]

Just an MS1 here but the EM resident I'm doing research with has knuckle tattoos ("LOVE and ROSE"), and one arm tatted almost to the point of it being a sleeve.

Oh and she's a girl. One day I'll have to ask her how those went over in interviews...

 

[Perfect Hair Day]

None. Why would I put a bumper sticker on a Ferrari??

So the loser in the Isuzu behind you knows your child has better grades than theirs.

 

[wholeheartedly]

So the loser in the Isuzu behind you knows your child has better grades than theirs.

Favorite tagline: "I narcan'd your honor student"

 

[Greenbbs]

One of my vascular guys has full sleeves. He's a hell of a surgeon too.

 

[DJ Doc]

I have seven, all are covered by a T shirt and jeans. I think the days of turning one’s nose up at tattoos are about over, but there will always be a few who are aghast at the sight of body art. I feel like EM docs, due to the world we live in, are a bit more gritty, a bit less pampered, tattoos fit us better.

 

[Angry Birds]

I have seven, all are covered by a T shirt and jeans. I think the days of turning one’s nose up at tattoos are about over, but there will always be a few who are aghast at the sight of body art. I feel like EM docs, due to the world we live in, are a bit more gritty, a bit less pampered, tattoos fit us better.

Yes but tattoos are ugly. Also, apparently they are permanent.

 

[turkeyjerky]

pretty sure every ortho resident I ever seen has either a tribal or a barbed wire tattoo on their biceps, so EM is second at best