Debra Jaliman, MD

If you’re looking for a dermatologist who cares more about her profits than your health, go to Dr. Jaliman. Despite several bad experiences from the start, I still continued to give her several chances. First off, as a patient who was dealing with a skin condition, I was very vulnerable and looking for a doctor who could help me. During my first visit, her solution to address my former skin condition — a series of unexplained breakouts (mind you, I have sensitive skin) — was to completely ditch my skin regimen (which was very simple and suited for sensitive skin), so I could use her 5+ products (her private label of course) instead. And these also included serums and anti-​aging creams (all worth over $ 500). Despite my hesitation at shocking my face with a million new products, I agreed to give them a try, money wasn’t a factor if it could heal my skin. However, one of her incompetent assistants actually wrote down the usage directions wrong, bringing me back to her for an emergency visit after horribly breaking out in itchy rashes all over my face. I was mortified to even go outside. After I insisted I no longer wanted to use the products, she took all the products back for a refund. That’s when she realized that my sensitive skin was indeed very sensitive (no kidding?). She then proceeded to attribute my skin condition to a hormone imbalance and started me on Spirolactone (a diuretic used to treat patients with high blood pressure that also doubles as a hormone regulator apparently). Great, except she failed to mentioned that it was used for patients with high blood pressure. I normally have low blood pressure. Did she bother checking my blood pressure first? Nope. Did she even ask me, or mention this to me? Nope. So how did I find out? An ER visit due to chest pains. ER doctors were shocked to know that this was prescribed to me. I then stopped taking this medication and notified her of the issue. She never seemed genuinely concerned. She just apologized and saw what else she could prescribe. She’s cold, and barely spends time with her patients, unless your in for Botox or fillers. Fast forward two years later, the reason I’m writing this review, I noticed through credit monitoring that I was sent to collections for a medical bill. Must be an error I thought, I have no outstanding medical bills. So, I attempted to do some research and contacted the collections company. Turns out Dr. Jaliman sent me to a collections company for a bill I never received (a ridiculous $ 102). I also contacted their office and was told it was my fault for never forwarding my mail to my new address. I gave Dr. Jaliman’s office my new address at my last visit (when I had no outstanding bills with them)! When I asked why they never contacted me via phone, they said they did not have time for that. Incredible! Not only did she do more harm than good to my health, but she completely damaged my credit score! Beware, there are two types of doctors in this world, those that only care about how much money they make and those that care about helping and making a difference in other people’s lives. She’s definitely not the latter and her office staff follows suit.

I love Dr. Jaliman. I got her name off an old episode of AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL (because she treated Yaya DaCosta for acne).
I am an actress, and a few years after I graduated college I developed adult acne. I would find myself crying over it some days I was so frustrated by my appearance. And in my line of work, appearance is everything… Well, after using the topical meds that Dr. Jaliman gave me, my skin cleared up in a month, and I’ve been acne free since. I feel so much more comfortable on camera now, and in fact, I was on the set of Law and Order: SVU last week, and the makeup artist couldn’t believe that I was only wearing powder and no foundation, saying to me, «God, you have really great skin!»
I have recommended Dr. Jaliman to many of my actor friends with skin problems (since she takes the actors’ health insurance), and I will continue to do so. =)

This is my second review of Dr. Jaliman. I had a pesky skin issue on my leg. I called it my neurotic dog itch. I would find myself scratching it when I was annoyed about something. I tried everything and I just couldn’t kick it alone. I went in to see Dr. Jaliman, and she gave me some very sound advice, don’t use soaps that strip off your natural lipid skin barrier, even if they are ‘natural’, they could still be detergent like and strip your body oil off, use this ointment at night for 1 week and this cream in the morning. I also started using her Mild Cleanser on my entire body and I love it, my skin feels so soft and retains it’s moisturized feel. I’ve only been taking her advice for 3 days and the inflammation is gone, it’s finally going away! I’m ecstatic.