On Sun, 19 Dec 2010 16:00:14 -0500, Brooklyn1 wrote:

> Many Dermatologists collect photos of their patient's tats as a hobby.

99% chance this is bullshit along with all the other stuff.

More likely they collect "Before and After" [removal] photos for
professional reasons.

I had a dermatologist film a cyst removal. I didn't have real
insurance at the time and was planing on paying almost $500 for
it's removal. But once he took a look at it, and even X-rayed it,
he was pretty impressed. Even I felt proud of it the way he was
referring to it.

It was some sort of rare cyst that was completely enclosed and
perfectly round. It was 31mm wide (1.2") but barely even
noticeable superficially. He said that if I want to come back
tomorrow and let somebody film it's removal he'd do it for free
(and otherwise it would have been much more expensive than I
originally thought).

I said, "Fine with me! Dig away. Just make sure it's anonymous.
I don't want to hear 20 years from now that it broke out of prison,
ransacked your office, found my address and is coming after me.".
He assured me it would be destroyed of properly, "...and humanely"
after they do a brief "autopsy" (biopsy) on it.

And by having it filmed I was somewhat assured that he would do his
best job possible since it would be used for educational purposes.

-sw