doctors with pierced ears

PS In EU animal experiments for cosmetics has already banned. but not in Japan. That wave couldn't reach Japan.

Not true, this was used alot by animal rights protesters - its not cosmetic testing, a advisory committee did twiddle its collective thumbs and said that animal testing was morally not ideal, and suggested limitation, but it never got anywhere near banning. Its actually very difficult to distinguish between 'cosmetic' and 'medical' animal testing.

sinley you sound like you care more about the science , medicine is alot about careing for people , like when you said about earrings your first thought should of been it could hurt someone , not something about experments.

Sorry to be judgemental , but perhaps biomed is better for you at this time , you sound very unwise to the world.

sinley you sound like you care more about the science , medicine is alot about careing for people , like when you said about earrings your first thought should of been it could hurt someone , not something about experments.

Sorry to be judgemental , but perhaps biomed is better for you at this time , you sound very unwise to the world.

I love the idea of a biomedical pre-fresher telling someone whether or not medicine is for them based on a couple of internet posts.

Thank you for your reply

Yes there is even a book whose title is "You are judged 90% by your appearance."( I haven't read this book.maybe the other 10% is judged by your character?) but still as you said I believe pierce-earrings at least for girls are fine (six holes may be frowened though).and I have confidence in looking "decent medic" even with two holes in my ears.

Interesting...thanks!

1. the fact im doing biomedical science has nothing to do that , I base my beliefs from working in health care

2. earrings if are pointy etc clearly are danger to elderly patients if you had seen a stupid girl rip a elderly womens skin because she decided to wear the wrong stuff you would think differently.Its just the way she came across , what is she on about experiments i still dont know , but yeah when it comes to things like that you need assess EVERYTHING you do and wether it can cause a risk to your patient.Any good care assistant will tell you this let alone a doctor.

its simple healthcare thinking , I know this because im a senior at my work and I think clearly about every action I take.( then again I do just get abit OCD about it because I am on my own basicly at night sometimes)

but sure she is allright now she has explained herself.

2. earrings if are pointy etc clearly are danger to elderly patients if you had seen a stupid girl rip a elderly womens skin because she decided to wear the wrong stuff you would think differently.Its just the way she came across , what is she on about experiments i still dont know , but yeah when it comes to things like that you need assess EVERYTHING you do and wether it can cause a risk to your patient.Any good care assistant will tell you this let alone a doctor.

1. How would non-pointy earrings go through the small hole in my ears? :

2. Small stud earrings have always been acceptable as per my medical school & now workplace dresscode policies.

3. My main concern about danglies (that some people do get away with wearing) is to my ears from patients inadvertently/purposefully pulling on them! & I tend not to wear them if I'm going to theatre due to likelihood of loosing/pulling with hats. Same with ring - goes on my badge rather than down the sink when scrubbing!


(Rings are an interesting part of the bare below the elbows mantra - would be a big cultural challenge if trusts wanted to make them a no no.)

As for rings i think the current consensus is you can wear non stoned rings, and a single band, for example wedding rings. As long as it doesnt affect your handwashing too, most people i know including myself take the ring off anyway

Just to clarify - personally I'd never wear danglies to work either (I'm a small pearl studs person when dressing professionally ) but have seen people who do.



I've never seen this enforced though, in contrast to the rolling up sleeves & not wearing ties etc.


There's no way I'd wear the sparkle at work either, for self preservation reasons too (rather than the clear cut literature about hosiptal acquired infections that have as their vector prongs/on stone surfaces!) - it's a manual job! Though this means I'm not habituating to it well & it's veeery distracting when I do wear it.

Just to clarify - personally I'd never wear danglies to work either (I'm a small pearl studs person when dressing professionally ) but have seen people who do.

The rings, ties, and sleeves one though it's trust policy now, not seen any senior managers or doctors or nurses wearing ties anymore, we did have a porter who wore a tie for a week and it very quickly went as soon as it came lol

I've seen it enforced within the nursing team, naturally we do have stricter uniform regulations and have audits on it etc. I've had a few friends been sent home for not wearing proper shoes, too much make up, or incorrect trousers and sister regularly checks our fingernails too before a shift

The rings, ties, and sleeves one though it's trust policy now, not seen any senior managers or doctors or nurses wearing ties anymore, we did have a porter who wore a tie for a week and it very quickly went as soon as it came lol

Although I do question some of the managers who come onto the ward and even the female doctors dress, we had a few medical students on last weekend and one was wearing rather nice sized heels, tight long sleeved blouse showing cleavage, a-line skirt and this really nice yet inappropiate necklace that dangled down and stuff, she looked lovely- but you could just see an accident waiting to happen and it's just not feesable for them or the patient when doing clinical work. I'm glad I have a set uniform, although I do wish they brought back the nurses belt..would make the dresses a bit nicer!

I wear a tie every day!

Tuck it in if I'm doing anything dirty.

I don't understand the rings vs watches thing-it's all a load of ******** IMO.

I'm a big fan of ties, but weren't they banned in the NHS altogether about a year ago?

Are they published in any peer reviewed journals?? It strikes me that people that have to move from ward to ward - phlebs, on-callers, even the night nurse in charge, do not change cloathes, hence isn't it the equivalent of potentially spreading lurgies everywhere?? If it is shown that a 'uniform' has magical antibacterial properties, then fine, but the idea of an audit on (for example) casually defined 'wear what you like) is preposterous. You might as well go and audit a catwalk, different people look different in different cloathes, a bad day will make you look **** in even the nicest of cloathes - so basically, a never ending cycle of audit that is utterly pointless.

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