Hi THT community! If you have a second, please help me settle an argument with my parents. I am a woman in my 3rd year of medical school and I have a nose stud, 2 lobes on each ear, a helix on my left, and a rook on my right. I don’t plan on getting any more face piercings, but I may get more ear piercings (daith, forward helix, etc).
My parents are worried that multiple piercings will be perceived negatively and that this will limit future opportunities for matching to residency and beyond. Is it viewed as unprofessional to have multiple ear piercings as a doctor or any similar professional space?
Thank you in advance!
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My parents are worried that multiple piercings will be perceived negatively and that this will limit future opportunities for matching to residency and beyond. Is it viewed as unprofessional to have multiple ear piercings as a doctor or any similar professional space?
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I’m nearing 50, am office manager in a corporate setting that caters to medium town, red politics, and multiple of our college educated, well paid professionals have pretty extreme tattoos and piercings. I can think of 5 neck tattoos, 3 whole hand tattoos, 1 face tattoo. 2 septum piercings, whole ear piercings and stretched ear. One snake bite, and 2 Monroe’s. And that’s with only 12 employees at our location.
The nose stud might turn off certain people so I would probably take it out for your interviews. The ear piercings so far are fine imo as long as the jewelry is small and good quality.
realistically, it depends on where you work. these days more places are open to hiring people with abnormal hair color, piercings and tattoos, but itll definitely limit you. i say this as someone with facial piercings who wants more too. its just kinda the way of the world, you cant do much about it. i dont think its the huge barrier it used to be though
For the medical field as a person who has sleeves and multiple piercings with stretched ears with other coworkers who also have the same style they really don’t care your credentials carry you further than how you look.
As long as your capable of the doing the job and have the legal certifications and open to time they won’t care unless your becoming a surgeon.
After a stream of old white male docs who don’t listen to a word their patients say, I would 100% want you to be my doctor.
Can you take some out should the situation warrant?
Im sorry to be shallow but if my doctor a bunch of piercings I might feel uncomfortable. I don’t want to be operated on by someone who looks like they’re on the way to a rave