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How often do people go to the dermatologist to have their moles checked?

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Considering most are booked 12-18 months out, if they are even accepting new patients, probably not a lot.

Considering most are booked 12-18 months out

I'm pretty annoyed about how far out I have to book doctors these days, but forgive me if I doubt the 12-18 months number. I recently booked a dermatologist checkup and it was four weeks. Maybe if you are only willing to take one specific Doctor. What city are you in?

Happened to me in canada they ended up cancelling the appointment so the wait time was reset

> most are booked 12-18 months out

Err, I hate to sound trite, but citation please? I live in the Bay Area of California, and my wife gets her dermatologist appointments in an annoying but reasonable timeframe - nothing like 12-18 months. Not even 12-18 weeks.

I was able to get into a dermatologist in just a few days, I'm in the US.

I didn’t book, but was told yesterday I could have an appointment beginning of August to have moles inspected.

This - same situation in Germany. And they are not booked out b/c they treat so many people with maladies. It's just that most dermatologist are glorified beauticians who can cut and inject. So, they prefer to make rich people more attractive. Usually with a focus on women. Proof: Check out dermatologist websites. They usually advertise themselves on them like the primary product with pictures you'd expect on Tinder but not on a physician's website.

Usually a GP can do a scan for you and spot suspicious looking moles during your annual checkup.

I go every year.

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