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| - Dr. Susun Kim at the 7 Hills office is exactly as bad as her numerous negative reviews indicate. Avoid her at all costs.
It is my "bad" for failing to research her before seeking removal of a small skin growth in the sternum area; and for a general skin screening exam. I wrongly assumed the latter would be a comprehensive mapping of my skin. Not so. It was a 20-second (if that) glance at most of my skin and a "looks good!" No report of any kind, no baseline comparison, no discussion of SKs, moles, other spots. I was in such shock I did not know what to say, nor did I have the time as she zoomed out the door.
The growth was observed (1st visit), removed (2nd visit), and biopsied. It was a squamous cell carcinoma and the last step was removing the area around it to ensure no cancerous cells are left behind. This was my lovely 3rd visit. Dr. Kim gave me 2 options: have it chemically burned off and be left with a red mark scar area, or have it surgically cut out and be left with a white line scar.
It is very hard to read Dr. Kim as she is so brusque and impatient; I got a vague impression that she preferred the chemical burn option. But when I pressed for a comparison of the resulting scars, she admitted the white line scar would be less noticeable, so I opted for that since the subject area was in the center of my chest below the collarbone.
The procedure went very quickly--but then, everything w/ Dr. Kim goes very quickly. The numbing took longer than the "surgery" and all the stitches, dissolving stitches in the dermis and black plastic thread on the top layer.
As she stitched the last layer she was very rough. I felt like an old leather saddle with a gash that she struggled to pull together. Literally, she yanked hard on the non-dissolving thread used at the epidermis. It was just as if she was late for a run and had to vigorously lace up her tennis shoes in haste.
I actually wondered if I pissed her off by choosing the cutting option instead of the burning option. I was nonplussed. Before I could think of anything to say, she was done and out the door. It's the last I saw of her. On the 4th visit for stitch removal, a PA did the honors.
My scar looks like a fake scar by a bad makeup artist for a horror movie. I get the occasional facial from an aesthetician who has been working in Vegas for over 30 years. She says my scar is the worst-looking suture job she has EVER seen. So much for the unobtrusive option smack in the middle of my chest...
At my aesthetician's suggestion I have been applying Mederma to the scar and will continue with this for a long time in hopes that the hideousness fades somewhat. The aesthetician was shocked that no one in the LVSCC office suggested Mederma on the scar once it had healed over.
I agree whole-heartedly with every negative adjective used to describe Dr. Susun Kim: curt, rude, dismissive, in a hurry, can't be bothered. She is a machine, churning through patients to rack up billings. For someone in a healthcare profession, the "care" part of it is completely and utterly lacking.
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