Bodhisatva

Thanks for your response and glad to hear you're having a good experience with U of A. I didn't have problems with Mayo's care; but had very big problems with Mayo's billing – so they are not an option. I will say, of the 5 WLE's I've had for melanomas and dysplastic nevi that needed reexcision, the only one that didn't keloid over, look terrible and be painful now is the one their plastics person did, for what that's worth (I'm sure other variables, area of body, etc. may have played in to that).

I have been to U of A as well, like them a lot, and will probably keep going there. My derm there is leaving and so I'm considering if there is somewhere/someone else of if I should keep going there. I know my provider there was about as much of an expert as one can be, which is basically the reason for my question about what training makes someone qualified.

Thanks for your response and glad to hear you're having a good experience with U of A. I didn't have problems with Mayo's care; but had very big problems with Mayo's billing – so they are not an option. I will say, of the 5 WLE's I've had for melanomas and dysplastic nevi that needed reexcision, the only one that didn't keloid over, look terrible and be painful now is the one their plastics person did, for what that's worth (I'm sure other variables, area of body, etc. may have played in to that).

I have been to U of A as well, like them a lot, and will probably keep going there. My derm there is leaving and so I'm considering if there is somewhere/someone else of if I should keep going there. I know my provider there was about as much of an expert as one can be, which is basically the reason for my question about what training makes someone qualified.

Thanks for your response and glad to hear you're having a good experience with U of A. I didn't have problems with Mayo's care; but had very big problems with Mayo's billing – so they are not an option. I will say, of the 5 WLE's I've had for melanomas and dysplastic nevi that needed reexcision, the only one that didn't keloid over, look terrible and be painful now is the one their plastics person did, for what that's worth (I'm sure other variables, area of body, etc. may have played in to that).

I have been to U of A as well, like them a lot, and will probably keep going there. My derm there is leaving and so I'm considering if there is somewhere/someone else of if I should keep going there. I know my provider there was about as much of an expert as one can be, which is basically the reason for my question about what training makes someone qualified.

Thanks for the information! I do have a reccomendation from one of my former providers, but the person is about 2 hours away. Don't get me wrong, I'll drive it if needed; but I'm trying to figure out if there is someone or some center closer to me that might be well suited. To clarify, I am looking for someone to do my skin checks on an ongoing basis, so I suppose I am looking for a dermatologist. I have many, many moles (atypical mole syndrome), and I am an octopus with my mole map photos. They ALL look abnormal to me, because most of them are! I have had derms who want to biopsy everything because so much of it is dysplastic – but then we're getting in to taking off all my skin, basically. Thus the question – I don't know if those other specalities I mentioned are trained to work with a dermascope and mole maps, etc. The issue I seem to be running in to is many derms in my area (Arizona) are practicing cosmetic dermatology and I want to make sure whoever I see has the right training to deal with my history and risk.

Thanks for the information! I do have a reccomendation from one of my former providers, but the person is about 2 hours away. Don't get me wrong, I'll drive it if needed; but I'm trying to figure out if there is someone or some center closer to me that might be well suited. To clarify, I am looking for someone to do my skin checks on an ongoing basis, so I suppose I am looking for a dermatologist. I have many, many moles (atypical mole syndrome), and I am an octopus with my mole map photos. They ALL look abnormal to me, because most of them are! I have had derms who want to biopsy everything because so much of it is dysplastic – but then we're getting in to taking off all my skin, basically. Thus the question – I don't know if those other specalities I mentioned are trained to work with a dermascope and mole maps, etc. The issue I seem to be running in to is many derms in my area (Arizona) are practicing cosmetic dermatology and I want to make sure whoever I see has the right training to deal with my history and risk.

Thanks for the information! I do have a reccomendation from one of my former providers, but the person is about 2 hours away. Don't get me wrong, I'll drive it if needed; but I'm trying to figure out if there is someone or some center closer to me that might be well suited. To clarify, I am looking for someone to do my skin checks on an ongoing basis, so I suppose I am looking for a dermatologist. I have many, many moles (atypical mole syndrome), and I am an octopus with my mole map photos. They ALL look abnormal to me, because most of them are! I have had derms who want to biopsy everything because so much of it is dysplastic – but then we're getting in to taking off all my skin, basically. Thus the question – I don't know if those other specalities I mentioned are trained to work with a dermascope and mole maps, etc. The issue I seem to be running in to is many derms in my area (Arizona) are practicing cosmetic dermatology and I want to make sure whoever I see has the right training to deal with my history and risk.