1/5 Tatiana M. 6 months ago on Google
tl;dr:
don't
get
a
dermatology
appointment
here
unless
you
want
to
be
told
the
problem
with
your
skin
is
that
you
need
to
buy
their
expensive
skincare
(and
also
that
masks
don't
stop
COVID
transmission)
I
received
a
referral
from
my
family
doctor
to
the
dermatology
clinic
here
to
talk
about
acne.
When
I
asked
the
doctor
about
the
possibility
of
my
breakouts
being
caused
by
a
fungal
issue,
given
that
I
had
found
a
specific
antifungal
cream
was
helping,
and
if
I
could
get
a
fungal
scrape
to
check
this,
she
said
that
it
definitely
wasn't
fungal
and
she
wouldn't
do
that
test.
->
which,
ok,
fine,
I'm
not
an
expert
so
you
could
be
right...
but
would
it
really
have
been
that
hard
to
do
this
test
and
confirm
this?
She
then
said
the
cream
I
had
been
using
had
hydrocortisone
in
it,
which
was
what
was
helping
reduce
the
inflammation.
I
had
actually
checked
to
make
sure
the
cream
didn't
have
that
ingredient
in
it,
but
I
kept
quiet
during
the
appointment
in
case
I
was
wrong.
I
have
since
rechecked
the
ingredient
list
and
the
cream
definitely
does
not
have
hydrocortisone
in
it.
->
she
didn't
even
ask
me
which
cream
I
was
using
so
that
she
could
confirm
this
for
herself
—
she
just
made
this
assumption.
She
then
asked
me
if
I
had
used
retinol
before.
When
I
said
yes,
she
asked
me
what
my
process
for
applying
it
had
been.
When
I
started
to
tell
her
the
process
I
had
followed,
she
interrupted
me
and
said
something
like,
"the
issue
is
that
you're
using
The
Ordinary.
You
need
to
use
medical
grade
skincare,
like
the
one
we
sell
here,
and
layer
retinol
between
two
layers
of
moisturizer"
->
which,
fine,
maybe
The
Ordinary
is
actually
terrible
from
a
medical
perspective,
but
at
least
let
me
finish
my
description?
and
give
me
options
other
than
the
extremely
expensive
option
you
sell?
She
then
told
me
she
was
too
busy
to
walk
me
through
what
my
skincare
routine
should
be,
gave
me
a
prescription
for
retinol,
and
sent
me
to
a
skincare
representative
(who
I
believe
may
be
an
aesthetician
at
the
clinic,
but
who
was
not
a
dermatologist)
to
whom
she
had
not
given
any
other
context.
I
had
to
explain
to
this
person
what
my
current
routine
was
and
listen
to
her
tell
me
which
products
I
should
buy
to
go
along
with
the
retinol
prescription
I
received
—
again,
all
expensive
products
that
they
sell
at
their
clinic
—
without
being
asked
what
I
had
already
tried.
In
my
opinion,
this
is
a
gross
abuse
of
power.
It
would
be
one
thing
had
she
said
"this
is
the
brand
I
recommend,
but
here
are
the
ingredients
it
uses
so
you
can
find
them
in
other
products"...
but
to
specifically
recommend
only
one
brand,
that
you
sell,
which
is
not
a
prescription
and
that
people
have
to
pay
for
out
of
pocket,
feels
extremely
irresponsible.
From
my
perspective,
people
struggling
with
acne
and
other
skin
concerns
are
in
a
vulnerable
position
—
I
at
least
feel
very
insecure
about
my
skin,
and
it
feels
like
in
promoting
one
specific
product
that
their
clinic
sells,
they're
trying
to
take
advantage
of
people's
insecurities
for
profit.
If
I
wanted
to
be
sold
a
specific
skincare
brand,
I
would
go
to
Sephora,
not
an
actual
dermatology
clinic.
It
was
also
extremely
frustrating
to
a)
not
be
given
the
test
I
asked
for
and
b)
be
interrupted
so
that
I
couldn't
share
what
I
had
already
tried.
I
do
not
consider
myself
an
expert
in
skincare,
which
is
why
I
had
asked
for
this
appointment
in
the
first
place,
so
I
would've
appreciated
the
chance
to
walk
through
what
I
had
already
tried
and
get
a
well-rounded
perspective.
On
a
different
note,
I
also
asked
about
reducing
breakouts
caused
by
masks,
and
was
told
"If
you're
young
and
healthy
and
taking
your
vitamins,
you
don't
need
to
wear
a
mask
or
worry
about
getting
sick.
The
effectiveness
of
masks
against
COVID
was
really
overstated
—
there's
no
evidence
that
it
really
stopped
the
transmission
—
and
at
this
clinic
we
don't
really
believe
in
them
—
I
rarely
wear
them
myself.
It's
better
just
to
not
get
into
crowded
spaces,
though
if
you're
really
concerned
about
it
you
can
wear
a
cloth
mask"
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