Patients ask me to look at different places and ask,

Patient

Doctor, what can be done for this?

I will say,

Dr. Sinnet Roy

What exactly do you want to get changed or modified or improved or removed or added?

Illustration of a patient sitting on an examination couch in a consultation room, hands open, saying 'Yes doc, tell me'
Patient

Hey doc, tell me what all can be done.

Have a look, and tell. I am here.


I can do this, I can do that…

Oh my god. 😳

Interesting.

😈 I can do this, I can do that, oh that also, this also… maybe add a little there, remove a little here…

NO. 🤐

You are a doctor. Don't tell what all your inner devil wants. 😈

Ohkk.

Hmmm. 🤔

Dr. Sinnet Roy

Madam/Sir, what you feel is beautiful might not be what I want. And what I feel is awesome, you might hate it.

So I am not the person to give you suggestions on what can be done on you.

Patient

Hey man, you are the doc. You should be telling 🤬……

So what are you—

Dr. Sinnet Roy

Shhh. 🤫


That I can do.

Dr. Sinnet Roy

Madam/Sir, if you have something specific, I can tell you if it can be done or not. What it will require. Whether it needs a procedure or a surgery. What options you have. Whether what you are asking for is realistic.

I can also tell you,

No, don't do that. 🙅‍♂️

Or,

That is not going to give you what you are expecting.

Or even,

There is nothing much to do there. Leave it alone.

That I can do.


That's a “No No”.

But looking at you and finding things that can be changed?

No.

That's a “No No”.

You tell me what specifically bothers you.

Then I can tell you what can be done for that specific issue. In detail, at length. Enlighten you. 😌

I am not the person to give you ideas about what all you could get changed.

Because once I start looking for things to change…

😈… shhh. 🤫

And then we are going down a completely different path.

A path which may have nothing to do with what was actually bothering you, or why you came to me in the first place.

And ultimately, you may get absolutely no benefit from what I so enthusiastically suggested.

So…

You tell me what bothers you. I'll tell you what can be done about it.

— Dr. Sinnet Roy

😈……Everything else… shhh.

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This is a personal opinion piece by Dr. Sinnet Roy — not clinical advice for any specific individual. If you are considering a procedure, a formal consultation is the appropriate first step.

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