Health and wellness creators increasingly provide medical knowledge, especially in places without universal health care, creating a new channel for brands to reach potential customers. A Pew Research study found that 41% of health and wellness influencers report medical professional backgrounds, and 17% work in conventional medicine. Growth accelerated in the last 18 to 24 months as audiences shifted how they evaluate trust and health became part of culture. “Phys-influencers” have increased demand for actual experts, including physicians who feel a need for a louder voice. Physicians and brands must follow licensing rules, state medical boards, specialty ethics guidelines, and professional reputation, making compliance more rigorous than standard influencer advertising.
""A traditional influencer answers to the FTC and the brand's legal team. A physician answers to all of that plus their state medical board, their specialty's ethics guidelines, and their own professional reputation, which took years to build. That's a much bigger deterrent against saying something misleading than anything in an advertising contract," said Dylan Flinn, head of AI at Underscore Talent and leader of the agencies new "expert" divisi"
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