Dermatologists like Dr. Brod still use sunbeds to treat cosmetic skin conditions -- psoriasis, for instance. IDENTICAL equipment. They bill insurance companies up to $100 a session for these sunbed sessions, which according to the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology still involves intentionally inducing a sunburn. So a dermatologist can use a sunbed and burn people on purpose for $100 a pop to treat a cosmetic skin condition and dermatology defends that as "safe" but Dr. Brod insists that the same $5-a-session sunbed in a professional tanning salon - where the protocol is to deliver a non-burning dosage of UV based on calculated exposure schedules - is dangerous and has no benefits. Can dermatology even be taken seriously anymore?
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Dermatologists like Dr. Brod still use sunbeds to treat cosmetic skin conditions -- psoriasis, for instance. IDENTICAL equipment. They bill insurance companies up to $100 a session for these sunbed sessions, which according to the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology still involves intentionally inducing a sunburn. So a dermatologist can use a sunbed and burn people on purpose for $100 a pop to treat a cosmetic skin condition and dermatology defends that as "safe" but Dr. Brod insists that the same $5-a-session sunbed in a professional tanning salon - where the protocol is to deliver a non-burning dosage of UV based on calculated exposure schedules - is dangerous and has no benefits. Can dermatology even be taken seriously anymore?
June 3, 2011 - 1:02pmThis Comment
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