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Specialist dermatology is being drowned out by cosmetic-clinic content. The credential is the moat.
An AHPRA-registered specialist dermatologist is being drowned out in search and social by cosmetic injectable nurses, skin clinics, beauty therapists and aesthetic-medicine GPs, all of whom market under the broad 'skin' and 'dermatology-adjacent' banner without the FACD credential, without specialist training, and often without much regulatory restraint. The result: a patient with chronic plaque psoriasis Googles 'best skin clinic [suburb]' and ends up at a cosmetic injector. A GP with a complex eczema patient who'd benefit from a biologic doesn't know which local dermatologist actually runs a biologics clinic. A patient with a suspicious facial lesion who needs Mohs surgery ends up at a non-specialist for an excision that didn't need to be. The marketing job for a real specialist dermatologist is to make the FACD credential, the medical-dermatology depth, the skin-cancer-surveillance pathway, and the Mohs sub-specialty unmissable against the noise.
Good specialist dermatology marketing has three layers, in this order: a medical-dermatology page library that demonstrates depth across the chronic conditions (psoriasis, eczema, acne, rosacea, alopecia, vitiligo, hidradenitis suppurativa, paediatric dermatology) with FACD-credentialed authority and PBS-biologics prescribing visibility for the conditions where they're indicated; a skin-cancer-surveillance and Mohs-surgery sub-specialty section that's prominent enough to compete for the referrals that should never go to a non-specialist; and a cosmetic-dermatology section (where the practice offers it) positioned separately under the right (less restrictive) rule set with realistic outcomes-language. Each layer is anchored by the FACD credential and the ACD sub-faculty memberships, and the AHPRA Medical Board advertising rules are baked into every piece of copy.
Six agents, working in your accounts.
Account Lead, Web, SEO, Advertising, Social Media, and Content. One platform, one bill, you approve the work.
Sets the plan around the FACD-credential moat against the cosmetic-clinic noise, the medical-dermatology page library that drives the GP-referral pipeline, the Mohs sub-specialty positioning, and the biologics-clinic acquisition. Briefs the other agents so the medical pages target referring GPs and patients with chronic conditions, the skin-cancer pages target the Mohs-pathway referral, and the cosmetic side (where present) stays positioned separately.
Imports your existing site, builds out the medical-dermatology page library (psoriasis, eczema, acne, rosacea, alopecia, vitiligo, hidradenitis, paediatric), promotes Mohs from a buried paragraph to a sub-specialty page, surfaces the FACD credential everywhere, and builds the downloadable GP-referrer PDFs for each major condition cluster.
Owns whether you appear for the specialist-condition searches ('psoriasis dermatologist [suburb]', 'eczema specialist [city]', 'Mohs surgery [city]', 'paediatric dermatologist [suburb]'). MedicalCondition schema, FACD-credential markup, internal links from the sub-specialty pages back to the FACD-credentialed bios. Auto-applies low-risk fixes, flags AHPRA territory.
Runs Google Ads on the specialist-condition searches where the cosmetic clinics don't compete (Mohs surgery, biologics clinic, paediatric dermatology, hidradenitis). Never bids on broad 'skin clinic' or 'facial' terms; the cosmetic-clinic budget owns those. A small LinkedIn layer for GP-referrer acquisition with clinical-education content. The cosmetic-dermatology ad set (where present) runs under separate rules and requires Account Lead approval.
Posts AHPRA-compliant patient-education and GP-education content in your real accounts: a LinkedIn-led post on HS diagnosis pathways for GPs, an Instagram-led explainer on biologics for moderate-to-severe eczema, a Mohs-pathway explainer, a paediatric eczema management post. No testimonials, no patient images that breach AHPRA, no comparative claims. The TGA Therapeutic Goods Advertising Code is respected for any prescription-medicine content (Schedule 4 prescription medicines can't be advertised to the public).
Drafts the long-form pieces that pull GP-referrals and informed patients: 'when to refer to a dermatologist for psoriasis', 'the difference between a dermatologist and a cosmetic skin clinic', 'what is Mohs surgery and when is it indicated', 'accessing biologics for moderate-to-severe eczema on the PBS'. Two drafts a fortnight, evidence-based, in your voice.
Your first 30 days.
- Existing site imported, hosting torn down; the existing consult-booking system stays untouched
- FACD-credential-versus-cosmetic-clinic positioning plan set by Sam against the chronic conditions and sub-specialties on the roster
- FACD credential and ACD membership surfaced on every dermatologist's bio page and procedure page
- Mohs surgery promoted to a dedicated sub-specialty page with ACD Skin Cancer Sub-Faculty membership surfaced
- Medical-dermatology page library indexed: psoriasis, eczema, acne, rosacea, alopecia, vitiligo, hidradenitis, paediatric dermatology
- Biologics-clinic page live with the PBS pathway for Stelara, Cosentyx, Dupixent and Skyrizi
- Downloadable GP-referrer PDFs emailed to the top 30 local referring GP practices
- AHPRA-compliant and TGA-aware content cadence queued in the dermatologist's voice across LinkedIn (referrer-led) and Instagram (patient-education-led)
Specialist dermatology is being drowned out in search and social by cosmetic clinics, injector nurses and aesthetic-medicine GPs who don't have the FACD credential and don't have the 12-year specialty training pathway. The marketing job is to make the credential, the medical-dermatology depth, the Mohs sub-specialty and the biologics-clinic capability unmissable against that noise. The practices that grow are the ones that build out the medical-dermatology page library, the GP-referrer infrastructure, and the Mohs-pathway positioning, then leave the cosmetic-clinic noise to fight over the 'skin clinic' broad searches that don't matter.
Agencies are too dear at $4k a month and most run cosmetic-clinic-style content that doesn't fit a specialist dermatology practice. Tools are cheap but the GP-referrer PDFs and the biologics-clinic page never get built. In-House is the third option: for $299 a month the agents surface the FACD credential everywhere, build the medical-dermatology library, run the Mohs and biologics positioning, and respect the AHPRA and TGA rule sets. Two taps to approve, minutes a day.