Dr Mazziotta, seemed like a generally nice guy, but I had the feeling he was not doing his job well. My dermatologist told me I have a cyst, not a wart on my foot. I go see the new to me dr (Mazziotta). He says I'm not sure what it is, and it could be a wart. He said let's try this wart bandaid and see if it clears it up . I did and eventually when the bandaid came off it was white and the area was sensitive. I bought more of the wart bandaid and continued the burning of my skin. It didn't work needless to say. I had communicated with my dermatologist through the Portal and sent pictures telling her that Dr M thinks it's a wart. She said it's not a wart and went back to see dr Mazziotta. He said (which i believe is accurate), that if it's a gel like substance behind the top layer it's a cyst, and if it bleeds it's a wart. He stabbed me very hard with like a needle and blood came out. All I could think at the time was, of course it's bleeding, it went all the way into my toe through all the layers.
He said it's gotta be a wart if it's got blood. I think he mumbled something like and I don't do surgeries any more anyways ( if it was a cyst). I'm sketchy on the rest of the conversation, but I think he said to try the wart bandage again and get back to him with results. Needless to say once it scabbed back up, I peeled the scab. It was all a gel like liquid no blood at all. I took pics of it all.
I sent pictures to my dermatologist explaining what the " professional " foot dr was saying, and she just said I need to deal with Dr M. BTW,The portal sucks for Indian river podiatry. It wouldn't let me send my pictures and later on it wouldn't even accept my payment above and beyond my co-pay for some reason. It had a prompt that said to pay bill click there... nope, didn't work call the office. I did get an email at the office to sent the pics for Dr M to see. I received a reply that stated they can't tell anything by the pictures I sent, and I would have to see the Dr.
In lieu of making another appointment and wasting my time and money for extra billing that I shouldn't have to deal with, I just switched Drs.
I got right in to a different foot Dr and explained the circumstances.
He scraped the top part of my scab and saw all the gel. Below crust and gel substance he saw the cyst. He says it's "a well defined cyst". I will now be getting the service I expect in a doctor, with expertise, and decisive diagnosis. He also will operate when I get back from vacation.
Dr M seemed like a decent guy, but I deserve better. read more