Hofberg Dawn B

"It took me many years to realize just how awful dawn was when I saw her as a teen. At sixteen years of age, I went to see her worried about some bumps on the outer part of my genital area. She proceeded to pour white vinegar on the area, which burned and caused the bumps to turn white. She told me that this response to the vinegar meant that I had genital warts and prescribed me a cream. I spent most of the next decade thinking that was a carrier of this disease. When I told a health care professional about this later in my life, they looked perplexed and proceeded to do an actual test. I never actually had them and I never had a chance for decent reproductive health care from Dawn Hofberg. Here's a snippet from a website on the use of vinegar to diagnose genital warts: White vinegar, which consists of acetic acid, will turn the warts white upon application. To further aid in the direct visual examination, the doctor may use a colposcope, a lighted magnifying device. However, the white spots do not necessarily reflect the presence of genital warts. Your doctor will still test you for other similar-looking conditions, such as psoriasis, lichen planus, and yeast infections. He/she may also perform a biopsy if any more abnormalities are present. This test involves the removal of a sample of tissue for further examination under a microscope. Scaring me at sixteen did not stop me from getting pregnant at 17. Dawn, please consider being caring and helpful rather than judgmental and bitchy as you are now."