Today I went to my appointment with Mr. Dubner. I have had acne problems for the past 10 years, and I've been seeing him for 6. Since I'm 22, this is the first time I have actually gone into see him by myself without my mom. My mom and I always thought he was so nice. When the nurse asked me the usual questions I told her I was there because I was wondering if I could get accutane. My brother suffered with acne too, and accutane saved his face and cleared his acne. As soon as Dubner came in, he asked me belligerently "How do you know about accutane?". I told him my brother took it, he cut me off and raised his voice even more, ranting that he doesn't give accutane to just anyone and that I don't even have bad enough acne (yet my face is completely red and full of pimples, I use 100% tea tree oil on my face 2 times per day just to keep the HUGE pimples away). I listened to him and when I tried to speak he screamed "No, excuse me, I'm talking!" Wow, I have never been spoken to that way, especially by a Doctor. I started crying, I was scared and I was sad because I knew my acne would continue. I tried to speak again, again he screamed "Excuse me, I'm talking! You need to find another doctor because obviously the only reason you came here was for accutane, and I'm not giving it to you." I started crying and said "I have to look like this everyday. Sometimes I don't even want to leave my house because my face looks so horrible." He quickly replied "Depression is a side effect of Accutane and with your overreaction I don't think you should be on it anyway." I looked at his clear face, then I looked at his nurses clear face, and I cried more. I couldn't believe I was being diagnosed with depression by a Dermatologist, insulted on top of being screamed at and not getting any help for my skin. He then quickly ran outside to get another doctors opinion, I was in tears at this point. I just wanted to leave. The doctor comes in, looks at me "No, I wouldn't give you accutane." I tried to tell him I don't have the huge pimples because I use Tea Tree oil to dry my face. If you look at my face, its flakey, tight, dry, with pimples everywhere. Dubner said "Keep using it then." Somewhere in his rant he mentioned that I have to use an antibiotic before I can use accutane. I agreed to it, and that's when he said "No, you just want it because you want accutane. If you think you know everything you figure out what you need." Well, I cried. And at the end of this disgusting ordeal I told him "You're treating me badly because I'm young." He said he was sorry I felt that way but that I was rude first. He said if someone is rude to him, he's going to be rude back. I guess my tears were rude. I told him "You're a Doctor, you shouldn't treat patients like this." So, I left. Now, I'm going to file every complaint I can with the help of my mom. Hopefully, I will find a Dermatologist that can help me. He told me not to use any doctors in his group, so I won't.
by heathers123
September 23, 2008