Petrin Dermatology

Great customer service! So understanding when my skin got better and I cancelled my appointment 2 hours prior with no cancelation fee.

Taj Roc rocks! She is always on time and listens to you. While Dr. Petrin is always late and is irritated if you ask any questions.

I hate to say it but others have noticed what I ran into yesterday. Dr. Petrin and his assistant where robotic and most mechanical in the way they treat me. No people skills at all. If I was disturbing there time they sure were letting me know it. I was recommended by my usual dermatologist because she did not have the treatment I was looking into trying. I most likely will not return.

Quick, efficient, courteous, on schedule and best of all Dr. Petrin has kept my skin free of any bad stuff for the past 4 years. Fought with psoriasis for 20 years, Dr. Petrin cleared it up with a topical in a few weeks.

I second the review Andrew gave in 2013. I had a couple areas I needed cut out and biopsied, due to worries about possible skin cancer. Serious stuff.
He seems very knowledgeable, quick, and I was very pleased with the experience! I had a long wait the first time I went, for the exam. When I went for my removal, however, I got in pretty quickly.
He did a great job and I had no pain which I was SO worried about! I was a nervous wreck before he started. He and his assistant are really nice! I would agree that he’s more of a serious type, much like my cousin (also a doctor). There’s nothing wrong with that though, I’m not there to make friends with my doctor nor does he need to be super high energy — all I want in a doctor is someone that does a thorough job that I can trust, with no pain and minimal scarring! This guy fits the bill. He even kept me chatting during the removal and sutures, so give this place a shot — regardless of the previous reviews.

Would not recommend. Saw both Dr Petrin and his PA during separate appointments, one for a different family member but I accompanied them both. She had a pretty poor beside manner, didn’t smile, didn’t seem happy, didn’t seem interested in the pain level during a procedure, didn’t warn that she was about to do the procedure, and didn’t seem too interested in the patient at all! Very disappointed. Surprised at the «best of Redmond» accolade. We had to go to a dermatologist again the next year for a separate issue for another family member and I wanted to give the practice another chance with Dr Petrin himself. Was even more disappointed. He had even worse bedside manner… he didn’t talk at all! After 5+ minutes of silence, I finally asked him what he was thinking or considering as he examined my family member’s issue and he gave monotone answers. Just seemed really disinterested. Really really disappointed. Found another much better dermatologist in Bellevue whom I love — you can see my Unilocal review in my profile. I will add that I am generally not picky or particular or critical of a doctor as I feel a lot of their value is in the work they do and secondary is how they are with the patient. In this case the work done was not satisfactory as Dr. Petrin diagnosed my family member with something completely wrong and I had to see another doctor to figure out the issue. And how he was with the patient wasn’t good either. There are much better dermatologists in this area!!!

I’ve been a patient here for 3+ years now. I actually see Taj Rock, PA-​C and couldn’t be happier. She listens to my concerns and is always professional. We even share a common fondness for the Sounders. The only thing I would like to see improved is that on more than one occasion I have left a message on the office voicemail requesting a callback to make an appointment, but the front desk never followed up. If they can resolve that little issue it would be 5* for me.

Dr Petrin ALWAYS runs late. He makes you feel like he is annoyed with any question you might have. Takes very little time doing mole checks even though I have had Melanoma. Had an expensive cosmetic procedure done once with no results as told to me by another Dermatologist, he injected the Juvaderm incorrectly. Seems like a high turn-​over in staff as well. Would not recommend him.

Dr Petrin always seems to be in a hurry. He never paid enough attention to what i had to say. Just spoke as if he is reading a statement and then quickly asked me if he has answered all my questions… Hello. when did you given me a chance to ask questions. He suggested me some antibiotics for 2 months. And when i went back after 2 months, he said that it worked only when you take it. I think he should have explained me the treatment a bit better. Overall, he has done no good to me as compared to what i get from OTC products. I am highly disappointed. Dont waste your money

I was a patient of Dr. Petrin’s for years. Typical teenager struggling with acne, I came in and he sort of just talked over me and gave me some acne medicine to try. He wasn’t concerned with my hygeine routine or anything just wanted to prescribe me some creams. He tried to convince me to take antibiotics and go on birth control but that seemed drastic for a 14 year old who was just suffering from mild acne — not hormonal monthly breakouts. During my followup I came back and said I didn’t really notice a difference besides the fact that my face was more red and irritated. He didn’t seem to care and told me to keep using the medicine. I left and eventually stopped using what he had prescribed and resorted to experimenting around with over the counter stuff which was fine for a year. I had a really weird skin flare up and went on proactiv thanks to a friend’s recomendation. It worked beautifully for 2 or 3 years and then just stopped working. So back to Dr. Petrin I went.
Dr. Petrin prescribed me Retin-​A to apparently lighten up my old acne spots, and Duac for acne. He again wasn’t concerned with how I was washing my face and didn’t bother telling me a whole lot about what he was informing me to take. If you asked him any questions he was annoyed and just wanted to get in and out as fast as possible. He didn’t ever bother to tell me that I should wear sunscreen, which a dermatologist should do regardless — plus the acne medicine makes your skin more sensitive. Luckily I’m a sunscreen freak so it wasn’t a problem, but I don’t get why you wouldn’t inform your patients about things like this. He also failed to tell me that Retin-​A thins your skin, and waxing your eyebrows when you’re on Retin-​A is a BAD BAD idea because it will tear the top part of your skin off. I get that I shoulda read the pamphlet (cause theyre soooooo easy to understand) but again, why not inform your patients.
During followups I told Dr. Petrin that the Retin-​A was giving my eczema around my eyelids and he didn’t even care. I also told him that I didn’t notice any difference if I used Retin-​A or not as far as acne scars and he said to just keep using it because it helps with wrinkles and prescribed it again. I DON’T CARE ABOUT WRINKLES I’M HERE FOR ACNE. I’m a young adult I don’t have any wrinkles yet I just want to get rid of my teenage acne before I even worry about that. But thanks Dr. Petrin…
I continued to see Dr. Petrin when I needed a refill of my Duac, and he continued to tell me to use Retin-​A and I just didn’t fill the prescription. About a year or so ago my acne progressed to a point where it was clearly having extreme hormornal breakouts around my period. I tried calling other dermatologists because I didn’t like Dr. Petrin, but they either weren’t taking new patients or where scheduling 6 months out. So in I went and Dr. Petrin put me on birth control. He very vaguely explained in medical terms when I should start taking birth control and acted like I was stupid when I asked him questions. He would only write me a prescription for ONE MONTH because he wanted me to come back monthly. First off birth control takes a couple months before it really balances out acne and regulates your period etc. Acne also usually takes about 2 months to really have the cycle start over and see any real difference. But Dr. Petrin just wanted my copay.
So for a few months I would come in every month and he would basically look at my face, be upset that I’m not using Retin-​A and then write me another months prescription for birth control. I finally had it with his rushed, non caring, rude and condescending attitute and just went to my primary care doctor and got a years worth prescription for birth control.
This office also has some organization /​patient information problems. Several times when I would come in for appointments I sign in, pay my copay, yadda yadda, and then I get back in the office and the nurse goes «Ok so the last time you were in was for skin tags» Uh, NO. This happened on more than one occasion and clearly shows me that they don’t check names or birthdays before pulling files. I HIGHLY doubt someone is attending the same dermatology clinic with the same first and last name spelled EXACTLY like mine as my first name is spelled pretty uncommonly, and so is my last name. I also have gotten several phone calls to my cell phone of them saying I have appointments when I infact have not made one at all. So I’m not sure if they’re making appointments for the wrong person under my name or they’re trying to trick me into coming in. But I always call them back saying they’ve made an error and they never call back and apologize or say their was a mistake.
Basically I wouldn’t come here unless you had something fairly basic, and a strong sense of what you think you needed and a willingness to stand up for yourself. Dr. Petrin and his staff are not caring and will act annoyed and like you’re stupid if you ask them questions.

I would not want to go back to Dr.Petrin.
1. Reviews mentioned here —
— about doctor not spending enough time to understand patient’s concerns, listening to them or explaining the needful to them are all true.
2. I felt so disappointed and sad for going there today. This was my 3^rd visit, and each time I resisted the urge to write this review and still did the follow-​up. Not anymore. My condition was not diagnosed properly and it got aggravated. When I went for the follow-​up, he was not even concerned about looking at my condition, and was hurrying to get away.
3. The staff, further, is very curt and rude. So rude that I was cut short while showing my hand to say the situation got aggravated. She said she can read about my condition on the ipad in her hand, than listening to me.
4. I went prepared to ask some questions which may not come to me without enough pre-​thought. But with the pressure they put me under, hurrying, I forgot most of my questions. When I called back to clarify my doubts, receptionist answers as a mediator without putting me in touch with either the assistant or the doctor. And, after 10mins of her juggling between me and the assistant, I finally tell her I don’t understand which is when she connects me to the assistant. This lady had forgotten to order certain prescription medicines to pharmacy, which I had to remind her. Then, without even apologizing she says she will send the prescription to pharmacy once again.
A very bad experience overall in all dimensions.

I had a benign cyst on my back, for which I went to Dr. Petrin to have removed. I had a preliminary appointment at which he looked at it, and then I came back for a second appointment for the surgical removal, and then a third time for removal of stitches 2 weeks later. This was, as I understand it, a minor and routine procedure, but my experience was positive and felt I should acknowledge as such in a review.
* Most importantly, Dr. Petrin struck me as a competent, capable, experienced medical professional whom I felt I could trust.
* There was virtually no pain during or after my 15-​minute surgery. Bleeding was minimal in the first 24 hours and then basically nonexistent. I went to my office immediately after the procedure and had a normal working day.
* Scarring was much less than I thought it would be, and much less than that of a mole I had had surgically removed 15 years earlier by another physician (and that mole was actually smaller).
* The staff had someone who kindly and willingly helped me understand in advance of the procedure what would be covered by insurance. The woman who did this could not guarantee accuracy of my out-​of-​pocket costs to the penny, but she turned out to be very close.
* Making an appointment was easy, and they had appointments available within reasonable time frames
* Office is convenient and pleasant — ample parking, easy in/​easy out, nice waiting area, clean, modern.
* The staff and nurses are polite and cheerful. Dr. Petrin himself is a rather «serious» guy, not exactly gregarious, but I came to him for his medical expertise, not for him to be my buddy.