Zumers Seek Doctors in Social Media to Save on Clinics
Young adults and millennials are turning to social media to find doctors among their followers for free or low-cost medical consultations, sharing test results, photos, and symptoms to get advice.
Consensus
- Young adults and millennials are searching for doctors among their social media followers.
- They share test results, photos, and health complaints in hopes of receiving medical advice.
- Commonly sought specialties include therapists, dentists, and surgeons.
- Consultations are received via private messages or through shared analysis results.
- Multidisciplinary mothers and single mothers are also joining this trend.
- Medical consultations in Moscow can cost up to 4,500 rubles for a therapist and up to 2,500 rubles for a dentist.
- Some people receive free consultations in social media through friendship, barter, or from new acquaintances.
Coverage (2 sources)
- Gen Z is looking for dentists on social media to diagnose by photo — РИАМО
- Gen Z and Millennials began looking for doctors among their followers to save on clinic visits. — Baza