Have you ever wondered why that convincing doctor on TikTok seems to have an impossible career? Gynecologist, dietician, plastic surgeon and proctologist all-in-one, in just 13 years of career. The answer is simple and scary: It doesn't exist. It's not a real person. It's a product of AI, a digital avatar programmed to repeat whatever it says. And the result is an epidemic of fake doctors plaguing social media, dispensing unverified medical advice on everything from vaginal pH to breast shape, from miracle diets to home remedies.
More and more content creators (real people, this time) are sounding the alarm, teaching users how to spot these dangerous digital impostors before anyone takes some of their pseudo-medical nonsense seriously.
The Factory of Fake Doctors
A simple search on TikTok reveals dozens of videos featuring doctors who they start with sentences like “13 years as a gynecologist and no one believes me when I say this,” and then dispense alleged medical secrets about firmer breasts, flat stomachs, defined jawlines, and balanced pH levels. But behind these “experts” there is no professional, no verifiable resume, no real person.
Secondo as reported by Media Matters, the same deepfake characters appear in various contexts: sometimes as wellness product salesmen, sometimes as Hollywood insiders spilling exclusive gossip, sometimes as (appropriately) fake doctors. It’s a digital theater of the absurd, where the same “faces” play different roles depending on the needs of those controlling them.
It’s super easy for anyone to create this content. With apps like Captions, you just pick an avatar (like “Violet,” who appears in many of these “doctor of the intimate area” videos), type in some text, and the avatar will faithfully repeat it, creating the illusion of medical expertise where there is none.
Many of these AI-generated personalities come from an app called Captions, which presents itself as a tool for generating and editing videos with talking AI. The company claims to have 100.000 daily users and more than 3 million videos produced each month. Ford doesn’t mince words: he calls the service “deeply insidious.”
You may have noticed some of these “creators” on your “For You” page. None of them are real.
How to “unmask” an artificial doctor
Luckily, there are still some telltale signs that can help you distinguish a real expert from a digital clone. And believe me, they are pretty obvious once you know what to look for.
Mouth movements are the first suspicious element. The lips never sync perfectly with the audio, which is the “first alarm bell”. It is 2025. No one should have audio-video sync problems.
Other telltale signs: eyes that are too big when they shouldn't be, unnatural head movements and a slow speech pattern, with strange pauses that a normal person wouldn't make.
A worrying phenomenon
The reaction to the revelations has been one of general dismay. “This looks so real, it’s terrifying,” one user commented. “This should be illegal,” another added.
The proliferation of these fake doctors raises profound ethical and public health questions. Consider the consequences of unfounded medical advice being followed by vulnerable people or those looking for quick fixes (there are more and more of them, perhaps frustrated by the long and often futile waits to speak to a real doctor). Medical misinformation is not only annoying, it is potentially dangerous.
The most valuable piece of advice? Always verify the credentials of anyone giving you medical advice online. If it seems too good (or too weird) to be true, it probably is. And, of course, when it comes to health, nothing beats a visit to your real-life doctor.
It is true that AI has even already won half a Nobel, but at least for now he doesn't have a medical degree yet.
