I don't know the parent's reasoning, much less that of the doctors... but Upton Sinclair said, "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his s

I don't know the parent's reasoning, much less that of the doctors... but Upton Sinclair said, "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” Dermatology in particular has many lucrative continuing treatments and rarely focuses on cures. Although many in the medical fields also say, don't ask a surgeon for an opinion unless you want to cut (e.g. everything looks like a nail).