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How dermatology became the 'it' job in medicine

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47 points bookofjoe | 1 comments | 18 Nov 24 12:56 UTC | HN request time: 0.257s | source
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amluto ◴[18 Nov 24 13:53 UTC] No.42172284[source]▶
> Recently, her hospital’s dermatology program received more than 600 applications for four residency slots.

Perhaps if supply of dermatologists was not so strongly limited, prices and wait times would improve.

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readthenotes1 ◴[18 Nov 24 14:01 UTC] No.42172327[source]▶
Apparently cosmetic dermatology is not regulated so you can go through residency in some other residency program and set up your shingle selling Botox, at least where I live.
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pc86 ◴[18 Nov 24 14:23 UTC] No.42172511[source]▶
My wife is a physician and she knows one or two otherwise very intelligent, well-respected, skilled surgeons who just do Botox because it's more lucrative.
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bnlxbnlx ◴[18 Nov 24 15:52 UTC] No.42173527[source]▶
Sounds soul crushing to me :( I so wish people would choose what to do based on what makes sense to them based on care for the whole.
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1. jmcgough ◴[19 Nov 24 01:15 UTC] No.42179173[source]▶
Many people go into medicine wanting to do good, but then after a couple years of working 100 hours a week for a gen surg residency you realize that this isn't sustainable, especially if you want to start a family.