Dr. Dressup and nose hair

I recently gave up wearing ties to work, so I was interested in the Globe and Mail article about appropriate attire for physicians. Looks like anything goes, within the boundaries of clean and neat.

I have never worn a white coat at the office (much to the chagrin of my father, an old-school general surgeon). The "image consultant" gave the OK for that degree of informality, but for some reason would still like cardiologists to wear a white coat. As far as I can tell, a white coat's main function is to provide plenty of pockets. It's certainly not for better hygiene.

Physicians of the excessive-facial-hair persuasion (you know who you are) should check out the comments on nose hair.