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Article: Check if your trichologist is a doctor: Need for educating the public
- Article from:
- Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology
- Article date:
- May 1, 2007
- Author:
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Recently a spate of high-profile advertisements have appeared in the lay press about treatments for hair diseases by "trichologists". This has led to several questions in the minds of the lay public, physicians and even our dermatology colleagues. Many dermatologists have been approached by their patients with the question, "do you treat hair problems also?" as if only trichologists treat hair diseases and dermatologists do not treat hair diseases. Following these developments some dermatologists have even described themselves as "consultant dermatologist and trichologist'. This situation reflects the power of advertisement and propaganda on the one hand and the gullibility of the ...