Advanced DermatologyReviews of advancedderm.com

One of the worst medical experiences of my life and I will never go back to this office! I had never been to this office before and wish I had read the reviews before going. I arrived 20 minutes early for my appointment and waited for 1 hour and 45 minutes before I was finally brought back to a room. I would say approximately 5 patients who checked in after me were led back first. I was in the room another 30 minutes before I saw the doctor, who said I'm sorry for the wait we are trying something new and had a mix up, but clearly based on the reviews that is not the case they just are not capable of managing their appointment times adequately. I was with the doctor for 15 minutes only to be diagnosed with what I already knew I had. Then told let's try this medication and if it doesn't work, we will try this other medication. I asked what the side effects of this other medication were and was told nothing serious. When I looked it up cancer and heart/circulation problems such as heart attack and blood clots in the lungs or legs were among the serious sides effects that may occur. I would cleverly deduce that these are serious side effects and not ones I am willing to risk. The doctor also acted like the autoimmune skin disease I was just diagnosed with was some common occurrence when in fact only 2% to 5% of humans in the world have this diagnosis and it is forever. I wasn’t even told it was an autoimmune disease, I knew it was because another family member has it. Upon leaving they scheduled a follow up appointment with me for 30 days later. I canceled 48 hours in advance, and they had the audacity to change me $50.00 for a no show/late cancelation fee.

I had a skin lesion burnt off. The PA barely acknowledged me, giving minimal eye contact. After treatment, he said come back in 3 weeks. On the 2nd visit...still no eye contact or acknowledgement. The lesion had reduced to 1 mm in diameter and he cryo burned it again- this time to about 14mm in diameter. There were no instructions on how to care for the treated area and the resulting very large blister. It'll be ok as I'm monitoring closely. I had to go online to download care instructions from competing dermatologists. The care seemed substandard tbh. They charged this as surgery. PA didn't wash his hands, didn't prep the area, and didn't bandage the area on both visits. At the very minimum, a surgery should be clean. At the end he said to the room "come back as needed" and left. I had to ask for a bandaid from the 'nurse'. The admin then proceeded to attempt to collect the amt that they should bill the insurance. I asked to be billed after the insurance remitted what they would pay. They agreed. IMO, it seems they're bullying people to pay up front. I imagine older individuals would be comply even tho they say they accept insurance. Can you imagine the nightmare if they overbilled you? How long would it take for them to send back money? How much time would you have to spend to get them to agree they owe money and to write a check? How long it would take for them to generate said check? They're banking on that, pun intended. Many give up. Last, Advanced Dermatology bills the patient the 3% that they are billed by the credit card companies. This 3% is a surcharge by the credit card company for that business' privilege of having a CC billing system. They don't tell the patient that they are going to collect this beforehand. They could include this info up front, or in their reminder emails (but it might cost them patients perhaps?). They also don't tell the patient that they only take exact change if he/she wants to avoid this unwarranted charge. Make sure to take quarters, pennies, nickels, dimes, dollar bills, 5s, 10s and 20s with you so you dont have to pay the 3% that is their responsibilty over your deductible amount. You pay this before you can be seen. They seem to be a well-oiled machine when it comes to collecting money but when it comes to care.. maybe not so much. I saw a doctor 20 years ago at this office but the last few times that my husband and I went, we could not get a doctor. I think we are done.

All I Did Was Ask How Much A Consultation Would Be, The Woman On The Phone Was Soooo Condescending That I Just Hung Up.

I have been three times and they have been unable to properly address an issue I am having. Very very expensive that you have to keep paying for because they can’t properly address the issue. Going to a new dermatologist. Oh and prior to that they misdiagnosed a brown recluse spider bite causing sepsis that caused me to land in the ER two days after the misdiagnoses. Follow up has been horrible and takes too long.

I was given a skin biopsy on 1 Feb 2024 and was told it should take 7-10 business days for the pathology. I asked the PA if I should worry about these next 7-10 business days, and she said "yes". I called on business day 8 and they said, "you'll have it at the end of the week" then I called today, business day 12 and she said she would call the lab. I called in the morning and never heard back. It is now 16 days after my appointment and I have no idea if I have cancer.

The ladies at the front desk were super sweet but I cant get past how dismissive the doctors and nurses were. I would say something then be contradicted for an experience I had. Since the techs or nurses were not actually listening, the doctor would come in and say that the heard I said this when I didnt. THE BIGGEST ISSUE was that there was an uncapped USED syringe on the floor

I paid my consultation fee for an appt and then the person I had an appt with went into labor on the morning of my appointment. They offered another doctor who said he wasn’t comfortable giving injections and I should wait for the girl to come back from leave. It’s been 6 months and the girl resigned and I can’t get my fee back nor could I get my injections in time for my daughters wedding. Extremely disappointed in this facility.

Waiting room so narrow that people have to pass right next to you. I caught a cold and am just glad it wasn’t COVID. The alleged skin check covered barely 60% of my skin. Like nobody ever got a skin disease on the other 40%. Prescribed for redness on my stomach without even looking at it. 3% surcharge for using a credit card is not the industry standard. Careless at best.