I would strongly not recommend Dr. Alan Anthony, Samantha Reith, or anyone else affiliated with this Kingsbury Grade office in Stateline, NV. I have nothing but regret for going there, for their permanently damaging my face in different ways, which a medical expert confirmed, and which I took photos of to prove. The doctor/office would not provide me with their malpractice insurance information or licensing/credentialing information of their technicians (and a name for one of the two technicians), so I was therefore prevented from pursuing a legal case and/or filing a complaint. The Nevada Medical Board also would not provide the office's insurance information for me (the consumer) or take any public corrective action with this group who broke "treatment" protocol in various ways, such as by not abiding by their own consent form; by improperly advising and performing a procedure in an excessive and unprofessional/untrained way; and by not fully informing and protecting the patient. In fact, the one acne spot never even got "treated" even though I asked if it could still be done after it was missed the first time around, which photos of the bruising locations also confirm. I am so sorry I went to this office for help/advice because treatment quickly turned in to a massive, unnecessary lasering job that created such changes as wrinkles, fat loss in the cheeks, and saggy skin in the jowl area and lip shape change and sensation. The office offered me a $50 refund and Dr. Anthony referred me to another cosmetic doctor for a facelift as a remedy.
I wish I had more room to respond to Dr. Anthony's healthgrades.com response. If patient satisfaction is so important to him, why did he remove himself both during and after bad laser treatment? I had to insist on seeing him after laser job and not a tech that staff said I had to see. And yes, I already stated that his office offered me a $50 refund, but that's hardly adequate for damages done. He implied I could have filed a malpractice claim, yet he withheld his malpractice insurance policy information and number and the NV Board would also not provide it (as reflective of the Board's longstanding poor consumer rating), so where would I have filed it? Another issue here is he now says the laser techs aren't licensed. His office claimed, however, and wrote me that Samantha was "Board Certified Aesthetician" who did "medical aesthetics." The very misleading inaccuracy of that title appears fraudulent when she actually has no NV Board licensure. And yes, techs are licensed with the NV Cosmetology Board, but these aestheticians by law are prohibited from lasering. Dr. A. also claims that his tech followed protocol, yet he wasn't present so how does he know? Her lasering was excessive and supposedly at least triple the laser company's recommended intensity level and not even directed at the target area as even she herself documented (as well as performed at even at a higher intensity number based on what a second tech told me). Please, Dr. Anthony, it's bad enough the consequence of physical and psychological damage to a patient, but then to dismiss those realities? I hope someday you show genuine concern for all your patients and the field of dermatology in which you have the chance to do some real good and effect positive change, especially in the area of laser research and in the state of Nevada where you're given license to harm.
My response to T.F's reply to me on 9/5/17: T.F claims the lasering was performed with "conservative settings." I guess she didn't read the the technician notes that treatment was performed at a "higher setting" and I guess she didn't read the number of times my face was excessively lasered. Maybe it was even lasered more than the 42 times for what was supposed to be only one facial spot. Doctors are not willing to publish bad treatment results in the medical literature, especially when performed by unqualified, unlicensed people (two techs in my case) at their office. T.F. also claims that the "treatment worked perfectly" and that there were "good results." I guess she didn't look at my dated photos of the facial transformation and the fact that the one acne spot was never even treated even though I waited and asked Samantha to re-do the spot. T.F. states the laser "does not cause wrinkles." So why does a medical expert in the case write that "pronounced change is seen in the lower face" after laser treatment with "perioral wrinkling [around the mouth]...far more pronounced" along with "forehead wrinkling" and jowl prominence and cheek volume loss. Yes, lasers can damage skin, and that fact is in the literature. T.F. also claims I received a $50 refund. I never received a $50 refund. Dr. Anthony mentions on the Healthgrades website that he "offered" the $50 refund. He's right: The office offered me this money, but I would not accept a mere $50 for damages done. read more