I was a patient of Dr Dimson's for nine years. I saw all the bad reviews and heard many stories about her yelling at patients, kicking people out of her office, and the like...but since she didn't do that to ME, I dismissed it and thought people were too thin-skinned and, after all, I wasn't looking for a friend but a doctor. Since I became her patient when I had MRSA on my face and couldn't get in to any other dermatologist for months, I was grateful that she had openings immediately. Now I know why that is.
Over the years, I sent my husband and three kids to her, and recommended her to numerous friends. She spotted and removed two pre-cancerous skin cancer spots during that time.
Several times over those nine years, I would hear her berate her staff in front of patients and also overheard her staff talking about conversations and hateful texts they had received from her. It's obvious that they are insecure because they never know what's coming next from her. Still, I ignored it because it didn't involve me.
I saw her every six months and more often if anything suspicious dictated a need. On two different occasions she said really unprofessional stuff about her staff to me. One of those times, she actually walked in my exam room shaking her head, slammed the door, and said "I hate my staff". Again, I made excuses and chalked it up her to having a bad day.
Then, in November 2019, I had something show up that looked eerily similar to the MRSA on my face nine years earlier. I got in to see her and she treated me for it. One short month later, December 2019, the early signs of another similar spot showed up. I would have waited it out a few days except that I was headed out of the country later that week, so I got in to see her immediately.
Before even looking at me, she walked into the exam room, and yelled at me, "every time you get a zit doesn't mean it's MRSA!" I told her I knew that and am pretty familiar with zits, but under the circumstances I thought I should have it checked out since I didn't want to figure it out in another country; after all, isn't contacting my dermatologist the proper protocol when something is suspicious? She got in my face, threw up her hands, and screamed "what do you want me to do about it?" I grabbed my purse and started for the door when she stepped between me and the door and said, "okay let's start over, let me take a look". She injected me with something that stung and noticed tears running down my face not from pain but from the experience and a lack of options available to me. She said "man, you're really upset, aren't you?" She prescribed something and I continued the visit without really speaking.
As I left I stopped at the front desk and with a red face said to the ladies there, "she is crazy, I have read all her reviews and what people have said but since she never did it to me, I ignored it...but she's an f-in nut!" One said, "oh baby, I'm sorry". The looks on their faces told me they had seen this many times before.
As I drove home, the phone rang and it was her. She said "my staff told me what you said and I want to tell you to ignore what you read online, everything is fine, you're my patient and I will help you". I pretty much stayed silent and let her say her piece but I knew I would never return.
I immediately changed dermatologists because I knew what the wait situation was and have since seen a great one that has taken over my care. Then a month or so ago, she (not her staff) called me about my daughter needing a recheck and I told her in no uncertain terms that none of my family would ever be back to her and had moved all oour care elsewhere.
I know a large part of this is my fault. I had the information, I saw all the signs of how she treated and talked about others, but because it didn't affect me, I didn't really care. You have been warned. She will eventually turn on you. read more
