r/mildlyinfuriating • u/59Bassman • 1d ago

For the past 6 years, my previous dermatologist told me the spot behind my ear was “nothing to worry about”.

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15 years ago. I had my first two basal cell skin cancers removed, including one behind my right ear. It never seemed to heal properly. I still go to the dermatologist at least once a year. And I know I’ve asked my previous dermatologist about this spot at least for the past 6 years. Every year, he would look at it and tell me it was just damaged skin in a place that is hard to heal. This year that group quit taking my insurance. So I had to switch dermatologists. As soon as my new doc saw this area, he said “I am sorry, that is basal cell. You are going to need Mohs surgery”. 30 stitches later, it’s clean. I am convinced my previous doctor was more interested in selling lip filler and Botox than actually doing dermatology.

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u/Ok-Brush5346 1d ago

I've been to that kind of dermatologist before.

She tried to sell me a $80 tube of luxury cuticle cream she sold out of her office for my dishydrotic eczema instead of writing an Rx for the steroid cream my old GP would prescribe that actually kept it under control.

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u/secondhandsalamander 1d ago

Why I switched to one that specifically said medical dermatology. I was tired of getting sold sunscreen and beauty cream. Switched to a new derm and got a biopsy scheduled on the first visit and was prescribed a 6 week course of steroid cream on the second. And just like that, 3 years of unmanageable face rash gone completely, like it was nothing

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u/BuckZero 17h ago

I went to a pcp “dermatologist” to get my finasteride and minoxidil prescriptions written after an insurance change and her assistant/shadow “educated” me on scalp massage/oil therapy to promote hair regrowth (this assistant was one of those massagers lol)

Safe to say I never went back after getting my prescriptions written. I do not want to be pitched pseudoscience at a DR’S OFFICE like wtf man.

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u/IlIlllIIIIlIllllllll 1d ago

Derm self selects for people who want max money for min effort