Dr. Hood is the best dermatologist in the Bay Area! She has taken care of me and my family for as…read morelong as I can remember and I can't recommend her enough! Her staff is always so welcoming and helpful. She helped me so much when I was struggling with acne as a teen. I can't even put into words how thankful my family is to be able to see her!

Great patient care ever time I've been there! The entire…read morestaff are qualified and always accommodating to my individual needs. Thanks for always taking care of me.

We've been taking our son to Walnut Creek Dermatology for about a year now, and I gotta tell you,…read morewe could not be happier. The office is very nice, staff is friendly, and Dr. Radelll had been wonderful to work with. She diagnosed his issues, created a long term course of action, and made sure our son understood his face care responsibilities. We've checked in with her a few times. Every visit was great. But Dave, you have Kaiser, why would you pay out of pocket? We tried Kaiser. It took several weeks just to be able to message a dermatologist. Then more messages with pictures and still no course of action. I wanted someone to actually look at his face. Plus, it's not super expensive. So we took matters into our own hands and never looked back. Give Dr. Radell a try!!

I highly recommend Dr. Raddell and her team! Both my daughter and I see her, and she is just so…read morepatient with all our questions. My daughter is on the spectrum and came in with skin irritations, and Dr. Raddell was so wonderful with her, giving us all a little extra grace. Extra shout out to the office team for keeping my little one entertained while I was in the appointment. We've had nothing but great experiences every time we go.

This is a great practice. Dr Browne is very caring and thorough. Treatment plans may include on…read morethe spot elimination of pre cancerous lesions, return for more in depth surgical procedures or referral to associated doctors for Mohs surgery. The staff is very efficient and friendly. I highly recommend Illustra Dermatology.

I came in as a new patient with three problems and within half an hour Dr. Brown had a plan for…read moreeach of them. She also identified several skin concerns I had not even noticed and had plans for those too. Over a very short time I experienced great improvement in each problem. Extremely professional and competent front desk staff, with a great doctor (whose skin is like a walking advertisement for her services, btw!) They don't take most insurance but in this case you definitely get what you pay for. I will remain a loyal client, and if I ever take the plunge into Botox (shut up, I'm scared), Dr. Brown is the one I will trust with my face. A very solid five stars!

Posted on behalf of my wife: Dr. Tajirian literally saved…read moremy life! She found early signs of leukemia in her careful exam. puts our health first--and the care back--in health care. She's the best!

Ani is #1! It's been a couple months since my first appointment/exam with her, but a neighbor was…read moreasking for a recommendation and Ani is the first person that came to mind. My new Internist had recommended a baseline skin exam so I set out to Yelp to see who was available. Ani was rated 4.5 stars and generally received glowing reviews. As others have stated, it takes a couple of months to be seen for an exam. She has offices in both Oakland and Lafayette, but since the Oakland office had more available time slots I opted for Oakland. She explained to me that, along with exams, she performs surgery on certain days therefore it can be somewhat difficult finding an appointment in the very near future. I was first impressed with her sense of humor and fun spirit. It's clear she loves her profession and she is very competent at her work. Like other reviews on this site, I found that she and her assistant were very prompt. The exam consisted of a lighted Jeweler type magnifying glass which she used to inspect my body from head to toe. The exam is very thorough. I was give a "clean bill of health". When I told her that I golf, she explained that not only should I wear sunblock and a hat but make sure to wear a golf glove on BOTH hands. She stated she sees golfer patients from time to time that have gotten skin cancer on the hand that is not normally gloved. I would definitely recommend Ani to anyone searching for a highly competent Dermatologist.

The staff and providers have been amazing. Like many busy medical practices, they have a high call…read morevolume, so I understand that they may not always be able to answer every call right away. They also offer the option to text, and the receptionists have always gotten back to me. Personally, I prefer that over an AI scheduling service. I saw Quynhly for a persistent case of facial dermatitis. I had been dealing with a rashy, bumpy face for three months, and after seeing her, she prescribed a medication that started clearing my skin within just two days. I can't thank her enough for her expertise and her wonderful bedside manner. Thank you again, Quynhly, I truly appreciate everything you've done!

I visited a while ago and was left in the hands of a younger doctor. He was polite and friendly,…read morebut he took a look at a few concerns I had and didn't know how to help. I mentioned a scalp issue, and he said it didn't sound like dandruff but he didn't know what else it could be... I waited for a follow-up like "Here's what we can do to test it" or "Let me ask another doctor", but the visit ended with him giving me medication for an issue that he didn't think I had to see if it would work (it didn't). Anyway, I sought a second opinion from another dermatologist who was able to explain all of my issues clearly without any hesitancy, citing prior patients he'd seen in his career. I hate to blame lack of experience because doctors need to gain training somewhere, but I was really disappointed that I paid to get someone as stumped as I was. I'm not a dermatologist, so I hoped to get someone who knows more than I do? :/

I've had Botox and lip filler with Dr Ellis and she's just amazing. I went a couple of weeks ago…read morefor both and she said I didn't need lip filler that's how honest she is. Normally it's painful but not with her. She has also done a few biopsy's and left no scarring. 100% recommend.

I have been coming to this establishment for a bit. I think maybe i'm on my 2nd package with each…read morepackage contains 4 or 5 treatments. Danville is a tad far from my home, which is SF. But since I liked what I saw and heard from Dr. Ellis' YT channel, I thought it was worth the drive to come here. I saw Dr. Ellis for the initial consult but since they've made her a partner at the practice, all my treatments were performed by a nurse. And I love my nurse, her name is Emily, she seems competent and friendly and funny. What's not cool about this place is: 1) The pricing 2) The front desk The pricing is much higher than other cosmetic practices in the Bay Area, incl in SF where I used to and still get some treatments done. To compensate for this, you'll need to buy a package, just to make the pricing comparable to other places where you could buy as a single treatment. The front desk seems to be employing a gestapo approach to customer service. So I made a mistake in my calendar with the start time, so I ended up arriving 1 hour earlier than the 2:30p appointment time that they texted me. I arrived and I told them I had a 1:30p appointment, but was informed that my appointment was actually 3:30p, with a 2:30p start time just going into a room waiting while getting my face numbed. I told them it seems that I've made a mistake but I do have a full day ahead of me and I live all the way in SF so I wanted to see if they could please let my nurse know that I'm there early. I was asking them for an accommodation for a mistake that I clearly owned. They wouldn't talk to Nurse Emily. They told me Emily is all booked with not a 5 min to spare. I told them that's fine, if they could please maybe leave her a little note letting her know of my situation. Loren at Front Desk initally told me yes they would tell Emily when she's out with a patient to the cashier at front desk, but within minutes, she had told her manager in the office and her manager came out to tell me there's nothing they could do. They wouldn't let Emily know! They also told me they absolutely have no spare room to put me in. But when I was finally admitted to my treatment room, I saw a ROW of empty rooms. Bravo!

Jared was super in assisting me b/c I am in a wheelchair; he explained m9hs treatment very wellread more

I had a very frustrating experience with Golden State Dermatology this morning, and my biggest…read moreconcern is less about one individual employee and more about how the practice appears to be staffing and managing its front desk. I had a confirmed 8:00 a.m. appointment and took the day off work specifically to attend it. When I arrived, the front desk was clearly overwhelmed with multiple patients checking in at once. I gave the employee my name several times and my date of birth, but she initially told me there was no record of me in the system at all. She then told me I did not have an appointment that day and instead had an appointment on a Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. I explained that this could not be correct because, due to my work schedule, I only make medical appointments on Fridays. Unfortunately, I felt dismissed rather than having anyone pause to investigate what might have happened. After going outside, I checked my appointment history and confirmed that my appointment was, in fact, scheduled for that morning. There had clearly been some kind of scheduling or technical issue. I called the appointment desk to explain what I had found and happened to reach the same employee. Despite explaining that I had a confirmed appointment and had already taken the day off work, there was no attempt to investigate the discrepancy or accommodate me. I was simply offered the next available Friday appointment, September 11 at 8:00 a.m. I want to be fair to the front-desk employee: she appeared experienced and professional, but also visibly rushed and overloaded. That is why I believe this is ultimately a management and staffing issue. Golden State Dermatology's physician partnership and management team should take a hard look at how the front desk is staffed, particularly during the morning rush, and at the reliability of its scheduling system. When a patient has a confirmed appointment, rearranges their workday, shows up on time, and is turned away because of an apparent system error, there should be a process for investigating the problem and making a reasonable effort to accommodate them. Instead, I lost a day of work, made an unnecessary trip to the office, and left feeling dismissed. I hope Golden State Dermatology takes this feedback seriously. A medical practice can have excellent clinicians, but the patient experience begins at the front desk, and today that experience fell well short.

This might be the most uncaring office I have ever worked with. I am a physician and would never…read moretreat patients this way. I understand being busy. I am also busy and have a 3 month wait for non urgent patients. But when you have established patients with urgent concerns you accommodate them in an urgent fashion. 3 weeks is not urgent. A 13 year old with a new onset raised itchy facial rash is not something that can wait 3 weeks. I told them this is not up to my expectations of care and is poor patient care and they said "we are sorry to hear that but we do understand if you will need to see another dermatologist. We have a lot of urgent concerns that has been requesting to schedule but we cannot accommodate everyone." Wow. As a physician I am appalled. I would never let my staff say this to a patient!

I love Dr. Chaudhari! It's clear that she really cares about her patients and is very knowledgable…read moreand well trained. She has helped me tremendously in getting my eczema under control over the past 2 years and was also really helpful with a nail issue that I had earlier this year. Her and her staff are the best!

I was here recently for the first time. I was surprised about how quickly they took me into the…read moreoffice. I literally hadn't finished filling out the forms. This never happens. The doctor also came in quickly. He was efficient, diagnosed the problem, and provided suggestions. He didn't ask me anything about my dermatology history, though, which was a bit disappointing. But the doctor was obviously very knowledgable. I would definitely come to this office again.

Appt with Whitney Fisk was such a bummer. I'd been having these recurrent skin infections on my…read moreface (originally caught from my toddler blech) which landed me in urgent care several times to get antibiotics. Urgent care docs said I needed to see a dermatologist to evaluate whether i needed long-term antibiotics to deal with bacterial colonization (?!), and I was excited to see someone who could help me with the scarring and hyperpigmentation caused by the infection, which has been so embarrassing. I was really looking forward to getting help! But I've honestly never been to a less interested doctor than Dr. Fisk; she seemingly could not care less. i mentioned the recurrent infections and she said "well, good thing it's cleared up." and nothing more; she made me feel like it was silly to keep talking about it. And then I asked about the scarring and hyperpigmentation and she said, "Hmm, I'm not sure there's anything that can be done about that." And then she just stared at me blankly and said, "Is there anything else we can do for you?" FYI, I'm now seeing a different doctor and there's so much that can be done to help! I don't know why she would say that! And then to add insult to injury, it then turned out that they were wrong about being in network and so i had to pay $170 for this horrible 5-minute visit. I know doctors have off days but, just, why do this job if you don't care about people & their problems?!

Aside from confusing directions from Waze and an elevator requiring keycards to access the building…read moremy first experience was great. True my visit was just a few minutes but in those few minutes I believe I received the information and treatment I needed for two warts on my feet. I avoided getting any kind of spa treatments on my feet because of a wart on top of one of my toes and another near my hell on the opposite foot. I was told they are contagious and should not be touched. I could put a band aid on them and still get a pedicure. Also I was informed that warts are historically difficult to treat and could require multiple treatments- up to nine! I had gone to a local podiatrist whose treatment was a very mild freeze with a canister that was very small. At Berman they had a canister that was roughly 5 times as large and delivered quite a punch to the warts. I was told it might sting a little and sting it did! I'm hoping I won't have to go 8 more times but I think I went to the right place. I know my feet will be beach ready before summer.

Medical esthetician Reagan is the best. She helped me so much when I was experiencing a hormonal…read moreacne flare up. She goes above and beyond just treating your skin, she helped me identify areas of my lifestyle that could be affecting my skin, helped me analyze my skincare routine by checking all the ingredients of the products I use and recommending me substitutions and additions where necessary. She is so kind and understanding, and within just a couple visits with her my skin made tremendous progress. Highly recommend seeing her if you struggle with acne, it really helped me see accelerated results in combination with my new prescription regimen.