Complaint Review: Rapaport Dermatology

first of all let me preface by saying that doctors are human, they, like the rest of us, make mistakes, but it is only the good doctors among them take responsibility for their mistakes.

now let me get to the juicy meat of this review: rapaport dermatology is in my experience and opinion an unprofessional dangerous fraud and con scam.

i went to see this group a few months back for what looked like a dark circle under my eye. after a quick visit with the doctor, i was diagnosed with excema, and sold the in house steroid cream.

i applied the cream for a period of time, and not only did my condition worsen, but the cream caused swelling and pain. 

unable to see the doctor because of strict time constraints, i continued to apply the cream with no improvement in my condition. 

after a couple more weeks of suffering, i was ready to try something else, with the dark circle now making me look like someone had applied a fist to my eye, i decided to see another doctor. the only problem was that at 1200am on a saturday night, there were only two options 

1)cedars sinai emergency = $5700 insurance bill

or

2) san miguel low income clinic in downtown los angeles

i opted to go with san miguel, if a big beverly hills dermatologist couldn't get it right, maybe the people who treat homeless people would.

so i drove to a seedy part of downtown los angeles, paid a whopping $40! and was seen within 5 minutes by a very nice, very professional, and very knowledgable african american pa, whose name i have since forgotten(i mention her race so you can ask for her by description, she is great!)

after a lightning quick look at my eye, the pa said i did not have excema, but a bacterial infection, which would clear up with antibiotics.

she went on to say that beverly hills derms like rapaport dermatology are famous for not using the the effective treatment the first time, so they can double dip insurance.

anyways to make a long story a little less long, the antibiotics worked, my condition was cured and i was happy.

i called rapaport dermatology group for a refund, explaining that i had to spend money on another doctor and meds. they of course laughed at me. the office manager said the doctor didn't misdiagnose me(how would she know without looking at both office charts?? weird), and she went on to say that they had "rendered service" and dont provide refunds once services ar rendered! so in other words.....they told me to go f. my self.

if you want good derm care go to the san miguel homeless clinic, at least they wont try to sell you their over priced face creams and potions that dont work!