<p>As for tats on a doc, yes, some people will care and not come back or enroll you or look down upon you. Just like skin color, gender or sexual preferences. Why? cause we’re all people and we like some things and don’t like other things.</p>
<p>I would suggest if you are interviewing for med school, don’t. Getting in is so very hard as it is and possibly adding a negative could keep you out. Not saying for sure as nobody can one way or another, but is it worth the risk?</p>
<p>If you really want a tat, practice delayed rewards. Like the one poster 10 years into his profession. At that point, what’s anybody going to do? </p>
<p>It is just at the early stages of your career that you need to be more aware of what helps or hurts your chances.</p>
<p>To whoever said, how would a tattoo look on “sagging, creeping skin”-- I don’t think it would matter how your tattoo looks like at that point anyways. The skin is already that damaged and inelastic…I don’t think a tattoo will be the good skin hindrance. @Jessicaa- I totally agree that people sometimes (or most maybe, I can’t be sure) are too judgmental.</p>
<p>how narrow minded can you be? having a tattoo has nothing to do with one’s judgement or knowledge… and certainly does not affect his or her qualifications. The doctor with tattoos just might be better than the doctor you change for no tattoos</p>
<p>and why would it matter what a tattoo looks like when you are old? obviously the people who get tattoos are not concerned with what they will look like years from now. I have two tattoos and im going to school for occupational therapy. tattoos are just a different way of expressing oneself and being unique. everyone has a story and some people like to express theirs through art.</p>
<p>I am in my second year of medschool and as of now my tattoo count is six. ‘Think happy thoughts’ on my left wrist, a Celtic clover behind my right ear, a German eagle on my left calf, a butterfly on my right foot, an anchor on my left ankle, and an angel holding a jack-o-lantern on my left shoulder blade. So far I have gotten no grief over them, in fact, when I wear shirts or dresses that reveal my back, I get many comments and questions, most all of them positive. Times are changing. Tattoos aren’t something to be ashamed of. Just make sure you are up for living with them for the rest of your life.</p>
<p>I love how most doctors wear coats and pants to cover up themselves… so to say someone would never go to a doctor that has tattoos is very ignorant.
I work at a hotel as front desk. I am 5’2 very small, very petite. So looking at me people see me as a sweet innocent person. I have over 10 tattoos including a sleeve.
An no one has any idea. I do my job just as hard, if harder than any of my coworkers.
I recently got a promotion to supervisor, even though my managers know about my tattoos. I am 19 years old managing a hotel covered in tattoos, yet I am respected by everyone I meet…</p>
<p>If this tattoo is something you really want, go for it. Just be prepared for questions, especially once you get into the medical world. Though it does help to a small degree if you got it before going medical. Unfortunately there are people who are gonna judge you just because you have it. Though I’ve found that there are people who tend to be more ok with it if they can think of it as something you did as a teenager or in college (when you didn’t know better so to speak). Even if it’s not true. </p>
<p>I am in the medical field, and it’s true that we are held to a different standard. We are more likely to be judged or not offered a job simply because we have visible tattoos. Keep that in mind. I have a couple tattoos myself, but they are all where I can hide them by simply putting on my scrubs. It was probably the best decision I made. Most people I work with don’t know I have them. Just make sure it’s not an in the moment, everyone else is doing it type of decision.</p>