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[Dboy28]

I litterly cant even talk to my dermatoligst about my acne. I should video tape my next appointment I bet everyone would get a kick out of it. She walks in looks at my face says "Hi" gives me my prescription and says ill see you in 3 months! Make sure to pay on the way out. Its a joke. Shes the only dermatoligst in my area so I kind of have to deal with it.

Does anyone else experience this with there derm?

[Green Gables]

I've had numerous jerky dermatologists. This is how I see it:

1) Many doctors are jerks anyway. You have to have a very caring or, more often, a very arrogant personality to put yourself through the hell and debt that is medical school.
2) Patients are really bad at following directions. They aren't consistent using products. They get impatient and come back in two weeks later wanting a miracle cure. I know that would make a jerk out of me.

Anyway, I found that most of my derms hated me because I did my own research and would come in asking to try new products. Not for lack of trying, though, I had been on 7ish courses of different antibiotics, numerous topicals, etc. since I wa 13. But since I refused accutane, which is the holy grail for acne, they just wanted me to go away and stop asking for new meds they hadn't researched yet.

For a while I went to family practictioner who had a nice nurse who listened to me and gave me what I wanted as long as it seemed reasonable. That practice moved, though, and now I'm seeing a nurse for a dermatologist who is also very understanding. Haven't actually met the dermatologist himself, but I'm happy seeing the nurse, she can write all the prescriptions anyway

[Oner]

Dboy28, i have had the exact same experience as you. I don't even know why people go to dermatologists! Not only did mine make my skin worse, but she never even made eye contact with me. If anyone has seen "Requiem for a Dream", it was very similar to the scene where the mother is asking the doctor about side effects of the weight loss pills she is taking (which happen to be uppers) and the doctor just totally ignores her symptoms, signs a piece of paper and leaves without eye contact. The way that my dermatologist treated me I believe is a reflection of the whole industry. I think its better to take acne into your own hands rather than leave it with some tactless, money-squeezing "doctor" that has no grasp whatsoever of their clients experience.

[PrettyInside]

I litterly cant even talk to my dermatoligst about my acne. I should video tape my next appointment I bet everyone would get a kick out of it. She walks in looks at my face says "Hi" gives me my prescription and says ill see you in 3 months! Make sure to pay on the way out. Its a joke. Shes the only dermatoligst in my area so I kind of have to deal with it.

I am not excusing your derm.'s cold manner at all, but she may be very brief/abrupt, if she is the only derm. in your area. I can only imagine what her patient load must be like. Yikes... But, still, she should give genuine time and show real concern for her patients.

You could call your general practitioner and see if s/he is willing/able to treat acne. If so, you could see how well s/he is willing to listen to your concerns and try (reasonable) medications that you'd like to try.


All the best,

P.I.