More Proof That Doctors Just See Things Differently
June 11th, 2008
 I was getting some ice from the break room and one of the receptionist was reading about Nikki McKibbin (an ex-American Idol finalist, apparently) who will be appearing on the upcoming season of Celebrity [sic] Rehab [sic] with Dr. Drew.
“That’s sad,” I said as I walked by. “Yes,” the receptionist agreed. “Poor girl, she must be addicted to something nasty.” “No, not that. She’s got a bad case of Tinea Versicolor — I can’t believe her publicist let her go out like that. See all those white spots on her shoulder and chest? That’s a fungal infection. She should have had that treated — or at least covered up — before she went got herself photographed.” |
June 12th, 2008 at 12:49 am
I often get tinea versicolor (though my spots are tan, not white), and to be fair even after treatment with antifungals the spots remain visible for a month or more.
Yes, she could have used covering makeup, but given the extent it would take quite a swath to cover the blemishes (so the makeup itself would be very noticeable, especially where the spots are located).
Plus, ironically, heavy makeup can contribute to tinea outbreaks by holding in sweat and skin oils.
The best bet here would be treating the photograph, not the subject. Erasing skin blemishes is much faster and easier with Photoshop clone brushes than with ketoconazole, with a lot fewer side effects!
June 12th, 2008 at 1:44 am
Dang, that’s what that is? I’ve got a patch of something that looks like that. You’d think my dermatologist would have said something. Now I will. Thanks.
June 12th, 2008 at 3:08 am
It’s probably from a sunbed - a fine source of both skin damage and tinea! There seems to be a lot of it about in the late teens/early 20’s female age group.
June 12th, 2008 at 8:49 am
What’s amusing to me is that I wasn’t paying attention to which browser tab is was reading, and I thought to myself, “that’s interesting, my friend Scott does that too- notice and diagnose medical conditions of people he sees in public.”….and then I realized I was on Polite Dissent :)
June 12th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
House would totally take her case.
June 12th, 2008 at 5:08 pm
The moral of the story is be careful of the pictures you take.
Wait, or should we take pictures of ourselves and send them to our doctors! Hmmm! I’m sure my mom has a huge photo album we could go through. :-)
June 12th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
Huh… but that’s irregular patterns, right? Small circular albino patches that develop in your teens and lack pigmentation even in the hair, that’s perfectly normal, right?
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