:) 5 perfect stars for this excellent doctor and her friendly, professional team, and their super-clean surgery room with a big window. Dr. Spring Golden, MD and her team likely saved me from the basal-cell carcinoma/skin cancer in my nose that would spread eventually into my bloodstream, face and head. Their waiting area both times I went had plenty of older military veterans and their spouses all with bandages on their noses, getting treated for skin cancer by Dr. Golden and her warm and friendly office staff. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (Veterans Choice Program) generously paid for my Mohs surgery at Dr. Golden's office because Dr. Golden is highly respected by the primary care physicians at Tripler Army Medical Center, Tripler V.A. Clinic, and the military community for being a top-tier dermatologist and surgeon with an amazing education and training. Her immaculately clean operating room and her fast, warm, professional explanation of Mohs surgery and all her followup help are among the best I've experienced in my life of near-constant sport and military injuries and military service-connected disabilities. Veterans Affairs is very selective about who they allow to operate on us, and Dr. Golden is widely respected. I can highly recommend her (see my surgery photos below) and my face has fully recovered from the surgery and the cancer. Dr. Golden made sure I would still be even more handsome after my nose fully recovered. At first, for the first few months while my face recovered, I was (foolishly) so upset that I thought my face would be disfigured for life. Never fear. Dr. Golden has very good cosmetic and aesthetic sensibilities, she's an artist who shall make you look wonderful. Just because I am a little paranoid and anxious to protect my health and face and time, I carefully double-checked her biopsy research and findings before my surgery by requesting copies from the lab who did my nose/skin biopsy. The lab confirmed Dr. Golden was correct about everything. She wins my salute as a fine doctor and clear communicator. Her process is also fast to respect your schedule. The surgery was absolutely painless (your nose will swell pretty big from the pain-reliever injection first), and the recovery from stitches was fast and painless too as she will make sure you get the proper meds. I think Tylenol was enough for my recovery. The human face is amazing and heals fast anyway, IMHO, in my experience, so if you have pimples or lesions or patches of skin on your face that won't heal for years (mine were skin cancer lesions that fooled many earlier dermatologists in 3 different nations who blamed bacteria and viruses instead) despite your trying everything to heal those, please see Dr. Golden ASAP to check your skin. Skin cancer is nothing to play around with or take risks with. If you spent your life outdoors and had numerous sunburns in your life, save your skin by making an appointment today. All the good reviews about Dr. Golden are absolutely accurate and true. She's really special, and she assembled a wonderful team of professionals to help you conquer skin cancer and keep your good looks/great face. Wishing you all healthy skin for a lifetime, and please say hi to Dr. Golden for me too when you visit her!! --Steve Fahl in Kapahulu read more