I am not saying they don't, I am just genuinely curious. I can kind of understand the potential interest in most specialties, but I have never really been able to grasp that of derm. However, I also don't know too many derm residents or people that are planning on going in to derm, so I have never really questioned anyone about it.
Most derm types are visual people. I myself am very visual, early in med school I was considering going into pathology, mainly because I like the visual component of it and being the expert that made the final diagnosis. But in 3rd year I also enjoyed seeing patients as well. So derm and then path seemed like the best fit for me. I told my father who is a plastic surgeon that if I had good hands I'd be a surgeon, or if I had good ears I'd be a cardiologist listening to heart sounds but I don't have ether one. I like working with kids, adults, the elderly, and treating them medically. I also like doing procedures that are under a few hours, because as I get fatigued my tremor increases. I don't enjoy standing around for hours doing a bilateral tram, whipples, or fibular jaw reconstruction, because a few hours into the case my tremor becomes more pronounced. Trust me if I had good steady hands I always wanted to be like my dad, but my talent is visual. I also liked rads alot too because of visual component of the field but wouldn't be able to handle all that time spent in the dark room, reading study after study to get to the point of doing interventions. I'd utlimately would like to see patients 2 days a week, have a procedures clinic 1 day a week, and read slides 2 days a week. I don't think you can get that kind of variety in any other field.
Tell that to the guys in the path forum, I'm sure they'll have a different opinion.
