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Originally Posted by unaluna
I got the same reaction from my derm, like i was nuts for even asking. Maybe the message is meant for people who were avid suntanners or who live in california. Not for us pasty white computer nerds! There was a comic about such some years ago in Doonesbury, where three characters were depicted in varying shades of stark white to light green.
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How odd. My dermatologist absolutely insists I come in annually for skin checks (and in between if anything crops up). But I have rosacea and she's already removed several precancerous places -- I have a family history of skin cancers (that German skin) and my father has a rare skin disease, so she says I am the type of person that absolutely needs to be checked carefully every year.
I haven't particularly had problems getting appointments to doctors and specialists in our area fortunately. I set my appointments way ahead though for routine checks like with my dermatologist and dentist, etc.