Photos for medical album

Did they ever make any photos for your clinical record? remember how it happened? age, kind of clothes?

years ago it was common but now I think it is not done

Yes, they did. B u t : Fotos of my wound at my leg :-( Neither very erotic, nore very interessting. And I never so these fotos (I was interessted, actually).

I would have preferred fotos of the nurse stething me or taking my BP.

Or even better: Fotos of me auscultating the nurse ;-)

I’ve mentioned it elsewhere, but I e had photos of me topless taken during a consultation for top surgery ( breast removal for trans people).

I think they’re partly to help them plan surgery, but also so that they can show before and after to others.

On my first appointment with the foot clinic I go to, they took pictures of my feet.

I think it would be nice to have photos taken at birth and every year after that. They would be naked and from all angles to show every important detail of your body. At my age (79) I would like to be able to look at an album of myself over the years. Would anyone else here like to be able to do that?

I suppose if someone actually did that the government would find a way to put all participants in jail.

Many years ago my periodontist took photos of the connective tissue graft he did on my mandibular premolar so he could show off his work in presentations.

When I was getting my MSN at Columbia, my future father-in-law hand picked the periodontal resident who did my surgery and I still see him today. My father-in-law has photos of my husband's (then boyfriend) lingual frenectomy from when we were still in college because my wonderful guy wanted to stick his tongue deeper into my vagina! That pretty much let the entire family know what was going on between us. I called my husband Truman (Capote) for a month because of how he mumbled when he spoke for a week after the operation until he healed.

I've also had pictures of teeth and whatnot taken at the dentist in addition to xrays. They even took a portrait type picture of me that pops up when they load my records. I guess to keep me from sending in my brother to get his teeth fixed on my dime I guess. I also remember vaguely pictures of some surgery sites I had done.

I posted this on “A Mental Hospital Experience.” I tried to kill myself by crashing my car. Stupid. Mercedes is designed to protect you. I emerged with seat belt bruises on my left shoulder, and both hips, abrasions from the air bag, couple glass cuts, and assorted contusions. As this was a serious suicide attempt, my therapist sent me to her mental hospital. In this legal liability atmosphere the staff was concerned that my many contusions might, at a later time be construed as having been caused by experiences at the hospital. Maybe I might fight with staff or another patient, suffer contusions from a fall or forcible restraint. To document my pre-existing injuries, they took photos of everything while I was undressed. They photographed my hip bruises, hernia scar too.

I am thankful that they only used Polariods, as this was before digital cameras and computer records were the norm.

I have no family photographs of me naked as a boy, which I think is a shame, I agree with a previous poster that it would be ideal to have photographs taken every year, medical and portrait, the last portrait I have of myself is a school photograph from 35 years ago,

There is no photograph on the cover of my Hospital notes folder, though there is a space provided for one for identification purposes,

I recall that before and after I was circumcised age 6 the surgeon took polaroid photographs, but they were sadly not included in the file when I got a copy of my notes,

I did however get a DVD with the X-ray images taken at a casualty visit.

Apparently in some places they take fotos during a skin cancer check; to compare them later with the actual situation

Apparently in some places they take fotos during a skin cancer check; to compare them later with the actual situation

You can see this video :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWhA9ecrRxk

Apparently in some places they take fotos during a skin cancer check; to compare them later with the actual situation

I've had this done at my dermatologist just recently. There were a couple of suspicious spots (moles, whatever) that she wanted to monitor from visit to visit. So she took a few photos and added them to my digital record.

Yes, and with a female model:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaDo-7qoU5o

Every 6 months or so at my dermatologist the nurse takes mugshot photos (left side of face, facing forward, and right side of face) using their iPad to add to my medical records. On occasion additional photos will be taken such as a mole they want to monitor or just other parts of my body in general.

When visiting small clinic few days ago where I had proctologist appointment there was a form I had to fill. At the very end of it there was a note I had to approve which said I agree for making photo documentation of before and after in case of any procedure like surgery or sclerotherapy. Won't happen to me as I have very mild problem but this made me fantasize a little I admit.

They usually keep record of photos obtained during a procedure.

It happened in hospital, I don’t know if it was for my record or for students. I was maybe 6-7 years old. The doctor made photos of my knees, after marking the positions of the patellas with a pen. I obviously had to take off my pants, but not my underwear.

During the same visit, I also had a x-ray. My mother said I could take all off, which I didn't like. It hadn't been necessary.

The doctor said that an operation would be necessary later. Nobody thought about it anymore and I still have the same knees now and never had a problem.

I once took part in a medical video on how to insert a catheter in a woman, and my boss was the male model who had the procedure done on him.

@Tulip23 this is a great story! what was the video for?

It was filmed where I was training to be a nurse to show other health care professionals around the area how it was done and what to do.

@Tulip23 fantastic story! When it was filmed, were you in front of other people?

I've posted before on Zity that the main thing that fuels my medical fetish is a growth/development/puberty study that I was in for several years. That included being photographed at the visits.

It was filmed when I was 17. The attending nurse was in fact professor of urology and the "ordinary" nurse that did the procedure was actually the matron of the urology ward so it was perfect. If memory serves aside from the medical staff, there was a camera man, sound man and director. What did surprised me was it was not filmed like my sex tape (turn camera on and get on with it). It was all stop and start.

My dentist has taken x-rays and photographs of me since setting up a new practice recently

Unfortunately I've had no such experience. Would be very interesting to see them now so many years later.

No, here in Spain there are a lot of regulation about photographic exposition. But I will enjoy watching real exams photos.

@maria_fetish said

Did they ever make any photos for your clinical record? remember how it happened? age, kind of clothes?

years ago it was common but now I think it is not done

Photos are VERY common in dental practice--more than ever before.

Ones that do not show the patient's face (intra-oral only) generally do not need consent, but if they are recognizeable, you do need consent for photos.

When we see a strange or unique lesion or rash at the STD clinic I work at we photograph it , there are strict rules around this but we can make it work if we need to get an external consultation on it.

Yes, when I went to treatment for Scoliosis, my doctor took many pictures of my spine, also hips and legs. This was many times per year. I had to pose in front of his camera, it was very embarrassing.

I've never had any photos taken of me for a medical reason or in a medical situation.

But like a few others have remarked, I really do think it a shame there is no custom of taking nude photos of a person's development as the years go by. I suppose for some this could be cringe-worthy, but old photos are often no less cringe-worthy anyway. Would it have been embarrassing? Perhaps, but I know that I probably would have found public speaking much more so than just having photos taken.