Patients seeking an appointment with a dermatologist to ask about a potentially cancerous mole have to wait substantially longer than those seeking Botox for wrinkles, a study published online yesterday by The Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology said.Seriously. Freakin' criminals.
Protest and Hyperbole
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
They Oughta be in Jail, Part II
This sounds about right:
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It's going to get to the point where we've had to wait so long for an appointment that our gigantic cancerous moles are going to get old and wrinkly and they'll be needing the fucking botox...
Um, yes.
I waited over four months to get an appt, then was told that even though I waited extra to get a female doctor, she had left the practice, so I would be seeing two male doctors.
Pissed off doesn't really cover it.
Also, when I made the appt, I jokingly asked the woman on the phone if anyone ever died of skin cancer waiting for their appt.
She was not amused.
Guess maybe she got back at me...
I think a person should simply call to schedule botox but say, "I'm worried, though, that it might irritate what I think is this potentially cancerous mole. Maybe you should look at it...."
Forget even telling them about the mole! Call to schedule botox, then when you show up, tell them you changed your mind, but you'd like to have them look at a mole.
Erin
A good friend sent me an email and I have yet to confirm the figures but it stated that we send more dollars in this country on breast augmentation and viagra than we do on alzheimer's research so in the coming years will have an elderly population with perky boobs and raging stiffy's without the capacity to know what they are good for.....
TBickett
I get my Botox done at a pseudo-medical cosmetic center--no waiting!!
My last 2 experiences with dermatologists left me wondering if all skin doctors are as aloof and jerky as the jerks I had: the first guy zapped a spot on my face because it looked precancerous, and when that didn't go away I went to another dude at the same clinic, who looked at the spot and said, "I don't see anything unusual here."
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