Question:
can someone raccomend a good dermatologist in the East side of Seattle. I am
new to the area and I wish to have raccomandations.
Answer:
I live in the Seattle area. Sorry, but I don't know anyone on the Eastside
well enough to recommend them (I can give you some names of derms in Seattle
if you're interested).
Looking in the yellow pages, I see that there is a clinic (Eastside
Dermatology) in Bellevue that lists PUVA & UVB, so maybe they are better at
treating Ps than the average derm. Also, Woodinville Dermatology Clinic
lists PUVA & UVB if Woodinville is any closer for you. But since I don't have
any experience with these clinics, I'm NOT making a recommendation here and I
suggest that you subject either of them to your own screening process.
You might try contacting the National Psoriasis Foundation
(http://www.psoriasis.org) to see if they have any Eastside derms on their
list.
I've been to several in Seattle/Bellevue and my favorite one was
Cooperrider Peter A MD PS
12911 120th Ave Ne Suite G-100 KIRKLAND WA
For psoriasis??? I'm surprised, because his yellow page ads don't even
mention Ps and emphasize laser treatment for wrinkles, rosecea (redness
reduction), tattoos, scars, acne & spider veins, dermapeels, botox and
collagen therapy. Plus he does a lot of radio advertising promoting this.
I wouldn't be surprised, actually. In *ads*, derms appear much more
likely to go on and on about the more "elective" procedures, rather than
disease maintenance of the psoriasis kind. Advertising is, of course,
designed to drum up new business, and I doubt derms would advertise
those things they're perfectly capable of doing, yet most-often come
into the office via referral. They won't see a lot of people referred to them
for tattoo removal, for example, so they advertise it.
Of course, you rarely see any ads on TV or radio for general practitioners
at all. People know where to go to start the process of getting fixed up.
Along the same lines, one sees plastic surgery ads for tummy-tucks, but
generally not for facial reconstruction. Dentists advertise tooth-whitening,
but not cavity-filling.
No offense meant to Dr. Joe, but here's what he's got to say on his "Our
Practice" Web page:
http://www.dermconsultants.com/new/practice/default.htm
Not a word about psoriasis (although he does mention it in plenty of
other places on his site, the above page was picked as an example).
