Drpimplepopper

That if you shave hair in an area, the hair grows back thicker. This is NOT the case and is a myth. If this were true, then balding men would be shaving there scalp every day to grow more hair!

I'm not resistant.. or ok, maybe I AM resistant compared to the average person, but certainly there are times that I may feel surprise or disgust... but the key is NOT to show this. The patient is the MOST important to me, and I never treat anyone under general anesthesia so patients can hear everything we say. We never say "oops" or "oh my god what is that?!" etc, nor will you hear us gasp or scream... even if something takes us by surprise.. I don't want to alarm or frighten my patients. Later, amongst ourselves, we may comment on what happened but we never do when the patient is present.

First time I told my dad (a retired dermatologist) was last March 2015 when Buzzfeed made a video about my pimple popping on youtube. I told him that I had this youtube channel and that I had been posting videos on it and that one of them went viral. He asked me what type of vids was I posting. I said.. uhhh, well, they are blackhead extractions. He just looked at me and said, "well, that's just ridiculous". Next day, he happened to have an appointment at the Apple store to learn about his computer. He asked the teacher to show him how to post videos on youtube and the teacher said something like "oh my gosh, speaking of youtube you HAVE to see this amazing channel". Yes, it was my channel. That night, I had all kinds of respect from my dad! haha He pulled me close and said: "Sandra, I think if you go to the Apple Store, I don't think you will ever have to stand in line!! " ;)

yes, and in general, it's pretty annoying, unless of course it's a good friend of mine, then of course I don't care and am happy to help. It's annoying because when I'm not working, I don't really want to talk about work, just like any other person in any profession. The worst situation for me was when I was playing golf one weekend and in my backswing I could hear someone driving up behind me in their golf cart. It was a young woman who's father was playing on another hole and told her to ask me to look at a mole on her back...

yes, and we are still learning how to deal with it. The problem with it all is that I'm the "rate limiting step". I can only see so many patients. Of course I'm so flattered that people are willing to travel far to see me.. I've had people from across the state and other countries, even from as far as London, France, Saudi Arabia!