Ignatious

Well thank you all so much for your opinions. I noticed a lot of you were describing dress code rules about piercings. In a medical field I can understand piercings to be unacceptable simply because of the risk of infection. I'm most concerned, of course, with whether or not a mohawk is acceptable. And yes, a mohawk CAN be tastefully done. Many people see or hear the word mohawk and think this: http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/wp-content/trapshoot-mohawk1.jpg Or if you're truly frightened by them, this: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.nofxofficialwebsite.com/photos/borejournal/img/mohawk.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.nofxofficialwebsite.com/photos/borejournal/photo.php%3FID%3D75%26img%3D2&h=467&w=350&sz=18&hl=en&start=3&tbnid=qAloUjGIUiyg_M:&tbnh=128&tbnw=96&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmohawk%26gbv%3D2%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG I assure you I do not have any hairstyle of that nature. What I mean when i talk about a tastefully done mohawk is something along the lines of this (just concentrate on his hair, I know I'm not going to get a job dressed like him or with that facial hair): http://www.poorsportmusic.com/assets/pics/Ben_Mohawk1.JPG Remember, none of these pictures are me.

I have a question regarding dress code. Generally it's just an accepted rule that you should wear some form of scrubs or other professional looking attire to work in a medical field, but should dress code also apply to other things such as tattoes, piercings, or certain hairstyles? I'm asking this because I myself have a mohawk but it's nothing extreme or over the top, and i personally think that with a little creativity a mohawk or even a tattoe or piercing can be tastefully done so as not to create a bad image. Some of my peers are concerned that in job interviews my would be employers might be less inclined to choose me because of my hairstyle, but my logic is that if I'm well qualified, good at my job, and have a professional attitude towards my co-workers, what difference does it make if I, or anyone else, has a mohawk? Am i wrong in thinking this way?