I just returned from the annual cosmetic dermatology seminar sponsored by Skin Disease Education Foundation (SDEF) in Santa Monica, where I struck up a conversation with the woman sitting next to me. I introduced myself as a reporter, and I asked if she was a dermatologist.
“No,” she replied, “I’m an Ob.Gyn.”
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“Oh, are you planning to add cosmetic procedures to your practice?”
“No, I work for [large HMO], and I’m very busy with obstetrics and gynecology patients.”
“Then why are you here?”
“I was especially interested in the sessions on chemical peels. It’s cheaper to spend the $600 to attend this meeting and learn how to do it myself than to go to a dermatologist to have the procedure done. Now that I know how to do it, I’m going to give my girlfriend a chemical peel, and she’s going to give me one.”
I wonder how many dermatologists you’ll find at Ob.Gyn. meetings learning how to deliver their friends’ babies.
— Bob Finn