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Originally Posted by bravotwozero
Have any of you guys received feedback/criticism regarding your personal appearence? I understand medicine is a very conservative environment and thus there are certain expectations with regards to dress/grooming, but I've taken a lot of flak for keeping a goatee and long sideburns  and I'm not even doing rotations yet! The comments are from a physician mentor that I've been shadowing all year at a clinic... |
My brother had a foot long beard when he was interviewing at medical schools and still got accepted...and most importantly, in South Carolina! He kept that beard for most of his first year and apparently no one said anything at all. He did trim it later for some reason...I don't know if I can articulate it properly so I'll let explain why.