David Charles Rish, MD

The best dermatologist in town! He has an A-​list clientele and he’s sweet as pie and cures everything! I’ve sent tons of people his way. He can get rid of pimples immediately, cures acne, gets rid of any rashes! Love this man!

I saw this doctor on an emergency visit because of an injury to the back of my hand which resulted in a huge hamatoma that had to be reduced. Dr. Rish, a skin doctor, continued to treat the wound repeatedly for several weeks with no improvement to the hand. At the end of at least a half dozen visits, he informed me that he could not treat the wound any longer because he was unable to reduce a hematoma and referred me to a hand specialist. It appears that this doctor treated and continued to treat this injury in spite of the fact that he did not posess the necessary skills to repair this kind of injury and should have immediately referred me to a doctor who was equipped to repair the damage to my hand. In other words, he treated me on numerous occasions for an injury that should have been referred to another doctor who had the skills and knowledge to provide appropriate medical care. He just kept treating and billing me. I welcome Dr. Rish’s response to this review.

Amazing physician and a hell of a funny, nice guy. I first encountered Dr. Rish after other Dermatologists couldn’t pinpoint my issue, so I decided that, «Cost be damned, I want the best!» (He’s not cheap, but he’s worth every penny. — Also, he doesn’t take insurance, so be prepared to pay for all treatments at the time of service.)
Every time I’ve gone into his office worried that no one will know what’s wrong with me, he knows instantly what my problem is and how to remedy it immediately. I’ve developed a slight reputation for hypochondria to him, I’m sure.
I’d recommend him all day and all night long. I’m just terrified he’ll retire one day and I’ll have to find someone else! Go see him, you won’t regret it.

Dr. Rish is not only the best dermatologist ever he is also a very caring doctor with down-​to-​earth compassionate manner. The office is beautiful and very inviting with great friendly staff.

I went to him for a burn on my leg, from tanning. He was amazing. He carefully examined me and knew exactly what I needed.
He make you feel comfortable. He’s extremely well versed.
Im glad I found him.

I have known Dr Rish since I was in my mid 20’s…and that’s a long time, trust me!
He’s a wonderfully caring doctor who has always been there for me — literally and
metaphorically. He has opened his office on a weekend for me when I was having an
odd allergic reaction, has met me early morning to zap an unwanted blemish and has
been incredibly kind and generous to me during a particularly difficult period in my life.
He is humorous, upbeat and smart. What more could you ask of a doctor and/​or
friend?
I love the man. Truly.

Dr. Rish is amazing. I’ve been a patient for over 20 years. He’s always been attentive, friendly, and professional. Once, when I had a serious cut over my eye, I had called him on the way to the ER to ask what to tell them, and he told me to meet him at his office instead. It was long after hours, but he and his wife showed up in formal wear as they were on their way to an event. He stitched me up and spared me having to deal with Cedar Sinai’s ER. He’s also who I call for referrals for other specialists

Surprised to read any bad reviews for Dr. Rish. I’ve seen about 9 different dermatologists in my lifetime, and he is hands down the best, not even close. I’ve been seeing him forever, as well my other family members for over 30 years. Every office visit I’ve ever had, I’m always the one trying to end the appointment soon because I feel guilty he is spending so much time talking to me, sometimes I have to kick HIM out. As far as his knowledge and experience base is concerned, he is one of the best. The staff are sometimes short and not overly-​friendly, just matter-​of-​fact which is surprising because it’s not in spirit with Dr. Rish’s jovial personality. If you’re looking for a friendly, knowledgeable derm you can’t beat Dr. Rish!

Dr. Rish is HANDS-​DOWN the BEST derm in LA — period!
Having seen at last a dozen LA derms over the past 13 years, I can tell you this man not only knows his stuff, he doesn’t rush you ((much less rish you!)) and he is HIGHLY astute in all things dermatology. Extra props that he’s always super friendly and truly cares about each and every patient as an individual … I say FIVE stars! WOOT!

I highly recommend Dr. Rish. After having a skin condition which other qualified doctors couldn’t diagnose properly, within 60 seconds he knew what my problem was and treated me appropriately.
He can be a little quick with the in-​and-​out approach, but he’s a busy guy. He’s not cheap, but doesn’t try to sell you all these unnecessary procedures and what not. He also gives you samples whenever possible to save you money so you don’t have to pay for prescriptions.
I’ll be a patient as long as he doesn’t retire.

I’ve been going to Dr. Rish for years and years and I have family members that go to him as well. He is very nice and pleasant and doesn’t push unnecessary procedures or products.
But I always feel like he zips in and out and doesn’t take much time with me. Also, some of his staff (esp. reception) is very cold and rude. Sometimes I feel like since I’m not a celebrity, my business is not appreciated.

I had a very irritating raised growth on my head for many years. As a teenager, my Orange County dermatologist either told me «forget about it» or removed part of it, only for it to grow back.
When I was in my 20s, I went to Dr. David Rish’s office to have him look at the growth, which was starting to irritate me greatly. He took a biopsy and about a week later, he completely removed the growth. I had a follow-​up visit to make sure the procedure was properly healing, and it did.
It is now more than 20 years later, and the growth remains completely gone.
I am forever grateful to Dr. Rish and his staff of professionals who assisted me with this and other dermatological issues.

I was amazed to see a bad review of Dr. Rish. I found Dr. Rish to be a higly skilled dermatogist who, among other things, diagnosed and removed cancerous growths on my body. He does have patients who are well know movie stars (I’ve seen them waiting for him in the office) but he always treated me as if I was important. He explained the procedures, researched drug interactions and devoted all the time I needed to have explainations and recommendations to prevent future medical problems. I have been able to contact him by phone, even on the week-​ends, for medical advice. None of my other doctors are that easy to find.

I used to be a patient of Dr. Rish’s, that is until he disgracefully ripped me off! Here’s what happened:
I chose Dr. Rish because he was an associate of Arnold Klein’s. Dr. Klein was the top physician in their office, he had invented and marketed Collagen (the bovine form, when injectible skin care was in its infancy). Klein was busy, and was treating major stars. As I was young, unknown and not rich, Klein was difficult to book with. Klein was also self important (the times I did see him… strutted into the treatment room with an entourage and seemed to have bought his own press.)
I initially sought Klein’s help to fill in several rather deep and elongated facial scars I had (the result of a badly healed childhood attack from my eldest sister). Periodically Klein improved the appearance of the scars with collagen. It’s noteworthy that on one occasion that Dr. Klein was treating me, he asked me to take a look at the face of a particularly lovely member of his staff (she was standing in the group in the small exam room at the time). I remarked that she was lovely. Dr. Klein then informed me that he was augmenting her lips with Collagen he had «left over from [his] patients»!
Note: this was a number of years ago… undoubtedly the guy would change the needle (let’s hope) but I’m just warming up here, things get worse:
One of Klein’s staff suggested I book with Rish It was just too hard to get in with Klein each time. BTW, the office staff can be rather high falutin and unprofessional. The last time I went in they were mocking a well known t.v. star for making her appointment under her married name (God forbid! The woman hoped to keep her skin treatments private! How dare she!). They were snide and insulting behind this woman’s back. they also made sure that all of us in the waiting room were duly impressed. I felt like dropping the woman a heads up (maybe though her publicist or agent).
But none of this is even the worst of it. I saw Rish a number of times as his patient. Here was my last visit: Rish enters the room, jovial as usual. He quickly treated my three scars (the final one was on the tip of my nose). After injecting this one he said, «There! All done! All empty! (Meaning the syringe). See you next time!»
He immediately whipped his gloves off, laying them directly on top of the «empty» syringe and hot footed it from the room.
I sat there, now alone in the room, applying pressure to the sites he’d just treated thinking…“that was a little too weird… he’s not that good of an actor… why’d he cover it with the gloves?“
I lifted the gloves and bingo! The syringe was barely used! It still contained more than half or three quarters of the product!!!
This stuff was more expensive gold. It would have been disgraceful enough if I was some rich movie star he was ripping off… I was waiting tables, living pretty much hand to mouth (back then) trying to afford acting classes, head shots, groceries and rent.
I couldn’t believe my eyes! I should have walked directly to the front desk, shown the many other patients in the waiting room and then walked directly (okay, driven directly) to the Medical Board. Unilocalers, my self esteem was not jelled enough back then to do justice to this corrupt medical practice.
I did squeeze the syringe out onto the tray, though. Three loooong lines of Collagen later!!! This man needs to be stopped.