Combining their medical focus in the local community with their ability to grow facial hair, the friendly doctors - Albert Liebenberg, Nishan Silva, Attique Zafar and Ian Carey - are invested in the cause.
The Movember movement aims to improve awareness of men's health.
Men seek sponsorship while growing a moustache during November to raise money for supporting services.
Dr Liebenberg said the doctors agreed to get involved after a women’s health focus at the clinic last month.
“October was women’s health month, and in our own practice we had a lot of pink around in recognition of breast health awareness.
“Now it’s Movember there are a few moustaches around the practice both on the walls and on our faces.
“It’s a chance for the boys to get involved.”
Dr Liebenberg said Movember is important as a reminder for men to focus on their health.
“Men’s health remains a little bit of an issue, as men tend to try and just harden up.
“Solutions to mental health problems are often ignored, or even ‘this thing on my skin, I want it to go away’.
“But as men we just ignore it or try just putting different snake oils and creams on rather than get it checked as it might be skin cancer.
“You wouldn’t do that to your dog. If something was wrong with your dog, you would get it checked out.
“Men also tend to be much more wary of prostate exams than women are about cervical exams.
“There are lots of in-jokes at the footy club and the golf club about your prostate but getting it checked could save your life.”
Dr Liebenberg said the campaign and fundraising initiative has been well supported so far.
“Incidentally, three of the doctors here already had moustaches, so we might come out of this with all four having moustaches.”
If you would like to contribute to the Ochre Health fundraising efforts, go to https://au.movember.com/team/2466412.
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