Let me ask you this...Do you think it projects a professional image and it will inspire trust in your pateints? Believe me, trust is an extremely inportant element in this business, it can make a difference between sticking with you and asking for somebody else's help.
Reality number 2, welcome to the real world, not college, not high school anymore, the world of professional business at any level or within any career has it's own set of unwritten rules set upon tradition and conformity like NYladoo said. Individuality at this level is not the norm.
Reality nummber 3, your employer sets the rule of conduct and part of that rule of conduct is your appearance, as part of your condition of employment they can tell you to take it off during business hours, what to wear and not to wear. What you do or how you look on YOUR OWN time, that is your problem.
To answer your question...Will patients find it offending in any way? Will they think I'm less competent as a doctor?
Some will definitely will and will complain about it. How many of them? Nobody can answer that unless you try by yourself, a little social experiment.
Do you care if they feel offended or not? Based on what you answer will give you an idea if you are suited for this line of work or not.
Bear in mind I am not judging you or anything, just letting you know what might happen based on how things really work out there.
Good luck.
Max
how will you feel having a physician with a face tatto a la maik tayson ( a famous boxer) doing ob gyn?
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Originally Posted by b182
So I'm a first year medical student, and for a while now I've been thinking of getting a so called snakebite, which is two piercings in the lower lip (2 lip rings). I'm wondering what people think about this considering my furture profession as a physician.
Will patients find it offending in any way? Will they think I'm less competent as a doctor? I'm not sure how accepted this is... Please share your thoughts or experiences!
(Hope I posted in the right forum)
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