I didn’t let my plastic surgeon take before and after photos for this exact reason. I asked him whether it was necessary for the procedure and what they were used for and he couldn’t really give me an answer beyond it’s nice to be able to compare the finished product. So I told him when I came back in for my post-op I’d be more than happy to pull up a before picture on my phone for him to use to admire his work. I even let him take the “before” photo on my phone. I’m sure he thought I was a paranoid tinfoil hat type but he really didn’t seem to mind.
This is one of the rare pieces of advice few people get. You can tell the professional in the room "Your idea is stupid and I as a paying customer do not want that." It's amazing how many people concede to the request.
The only place I can't get away with it is a dentist. They love giving x-rays...because apparently that helps with scaling.
if its in the US, its probably that once you have the machine, and the tech, the cost of time and materials is probably less than 5 dollars, but they can bill the insurance $50-100. So they do it as often as they can, which under most insurance is covered one or twice a year. I could imagine it helping plan treatment for cavities, but for scaling? I doubt it...
They can feel cavities with their scaling tools. That's like half the reason why they train in school. They don't need a damn x-ray to do that. And they all say "We will not continue unless we do an x-ray" which just floors me. How is shooting x-rays in my skull even remotely healthy for my brain? I get we can tolerate x-rays, but jesus every damn time I switch dental practices or minimum once per year?
Its like when I went for a broken tooth... The dentist insisted on a panoramic xray of my head/jaw... Then he came back and said: yep you have a broken/chipped tooth... And the funny thing is that he protected my chest from the xray with a lead cover but not my brain... And the tooth broke because it was repaired from a previous cavity
