Dr. Lacartia Best, MD

She told me I should check myself in the mirror for irregular moles, and she never looked or examined any of my freckles or moles herself. How would I know if I had skin cancer??

I saw Dr. Best to check my skin over my entire body. I grew up in the 70's & spent so much time in the sun (mostly burning). She spent approximately 1 minute looking me over and said everything was fine! Later I went to another doctor who had to remove several 'pre-cancerous' moles! Please please think twice before seeing this doctor!

Do not trust Dr. Best. I would give her zero stars if I could. I went to this practice to have a hard cutaneous fibrous histiocytoma surgically removed from my ankle that has been growing and now causing increased nerve pain. This is a chronic condition I have that is magnified by my autoimmune disorder. The only effective treatment that I've had for these is full surgical removal. She led me to believe that she would remove it, but first required me to do a partial biopsy. I told her that a partial biopsy would cause more harm based on my past experiences and it would magnify the nerve pain. She insisted on the partial biopsy so she could know "the margins." I agreed with the agreement that she would take care of the entire hard nodule soon afterwards. At my appointment today, she said she's not going to remove it. Instead she recommended steroid injections or liquid nitrogen. I told her that those treatments in the past aggravated my condition. She didn't care. Now I'm in more pain.

She is brusque and has a smug look when you are genuinely detailing health concerns. I literally went there to spend money for a piece of paper on other recommendations.

I wasn’t pleased about my visit with Dr. Best. I was kept waiting for at least 45 minutes because she was running behind, even though I showed up 15 minutes early to see her. Her bedside manner was brusque and I felt very rushed throughout the visit. Her staff was rude. I won’t be returning for a follow up.

Terrible experience with this doctor. Had a rash, pretty bad one. This doctor didn't even spend 5 minutes with me, and gave me a wrong diagnosis. I had to go back to my primary care physician who eventually made a correct diagnosis and prescribed medicine for me.