Often, what such patients mainly are is afraid. Still, the ones who actually show up in our offices are willing to at least consider medical opinion. Those who aren’t would never show up.
Jake had enough faith in me to let me calm him down enough to do the biopsy.
It was benign.
Dr. Alan Rockoff
Dr. Rockoff practices dermatology in Brookline, Mass., and is a longtime contributor to Dermatology News. He serves on the clinical faculty at Tufts University, Boston, and has taught senior medical students and other trainees for 30 years. His second book, “Act Like a Doctor, Think Like a Patient,” is available at amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com. Write to him at dermnews@mdedge.com.