Need recommendation for female dermatologist for potential skin cancer problem.

[Anonymous]

I have a couple of suspicious looking moles on my private area. I would be much more comfortable with a female doctor checking me down there. Does anyone use a woman dermatologist that is more interested in health than cosmetic procedures?

[Anonymous]

Where do you live? If you're in VA, I really like Dr. Nims and Dr. Barry in Vienna. It's an all-female practice. There are two other docs there, but I haven't seen them. It's the one derm practice I've found in this area that I feel wasn't there to push cosmetic procedures. Good luck.

http://www.nimsderm.com/

[Anonymous]

yes absolutely -- Dr. Brenda Berberian in Chevy Chase. She is all about the skin cancer and suspicious moles. I actually tried once to talk to her about something pretty cosmetic and she sort of pooh-poohed my question.

I switched to her because I care about staying alive and being aggressive re: my many suspicious moles. My prior dermatologist, a "Washingtonian's Best Doctors!!!!!" in Chevy Chase, only cares now about Botox, Restalyne and plumping.

Dr. Berberian is still about the medicine.

[Anonymous]

Dr Lindgren in Bethesda.

[Anonymous]

OP here - Thank you, thank you, thank you! I hope they take new patients and can get me in ASAP!

[Anonymous]

Love Dr Barry, but found Dr Nims to be very cursory in her assessment.

[Anonymous]

Dr. Amy Cole in Silver Spring.