I had to see a derm for medical reasons. It was excellent that this office was right in the medical centre my doctor practiced.
I am always surprised by reasonable wait times - 30 minutes I'd say, in the wait room - even when I have an appointment.
I am even MORE surprised that once I am in the room I'm waiting for the doctor for another 10 minutes in no- ventilation.
But I am a regular complacent Canadian that's completely used to waiting.
I hear that people who come to this office for cosmetic reasons have fantastic experiences - medically not so much. I had been prescribed (and NOT in small doses- which cost quite a lot in total) a few different types of creams for a rash- like thing I had at the back of my neck.
The dermatologist STRAIGHT UP told me he had no idea what was going on and wasn't sure why the topical creams he assigned wasn't working because it worked on most of the skin problems people had.
So, what? this dude just prescribed 5 bottles of topical cream that generally works because - he was too lazy to actually preform his job and think about what it might be, since he didn't know? Wonderful way to build credentials - really.
5 different kind of creams later, I ended up in a tiny Chinese medical store in the annex where the man sold me plant stem essence and a cream in a tiny tube ( I wasn't sure that there was enough) for $4, which cleared my skin right away.
Even if it hadn't, I felt better about spending $4 on a tiny cream then on 5 bottles of ineffective topical cream that cost me well into the hundreds. It was like he prescribed me every one of the creams on his list, and hope that one of them would work. I am sure that if I'd not stopped going, I would still be trying each item on the list.
Thank goodness my wallet couldn't take it - sometimes, being cheap can lead to quicker solutions...