Is there such thing as being a dermatologist just for the face?

Or do dermatologists have to help people for all skin problems all over the body? I am more interested in helping those who have skin problems with their face. Just wondering. I just don't know what that would be called, a facial dermatologist? I know that Esthticians do some of that too, so I donno, please help!Is there such thing as being a dermatologist just for the face?
No.





A dermatologist is a physician, who is a medical doctor. It takes four years of college and at least eight years of medical schools--and that's absolute minimal.





You won't be looking at people's faces. What you are thinking is an esthetician. She'd do facial, etc. in a spa.





If you were a dermatologist, you'd be working as a physician--but you won't be treating someone with a flu--you'll be checking a patient's skin for cancer, or whatever else the primary care physician (a family practice doctor) originally refers the patient to you. You'll be very busy doing biopsies--removing a piece of skin (and / or deeper) and send it to the lab to have it examined under a microscope to rule out cancer (etc). It is not a fun and game at all--serious stuff. But yes, you'll be seeing people's faces, too. Many patients will be sent to you for severe acne problems that needs to go on heavy duty stuff (like Accutane). You'll also do surgeries--removing a lot of cancer stuff. They're not major surgeries like open-heart surgeries, nor anything a plastic surgeon would do, but nevertheless, you had better good at what you're doing.





Many dermatologists also do a lot of cosmetic procedures-and most of the time it's 'cash only' types of visits, for example, Botox, etc. because insurance does not cover the payment.





But if you limit yourself to ';faces'; only, you might have to move your office to Beverly Hills to please the rich and famous patients--I'm sure there are enough of them to keep your practice busy.





I hope this answers your question a bit.