Academy Skin Physicians

My friend recommended me to Dr. Truong and I’m so glad I found her! Have been in several times and have had a great experience. The products are also AMAZING — the acne wipes and cleanser are the only things I’ve found that help my acne but aren’t too harsh on my skin. Unfortunately, I no longer live in San Diego but I will continue to return. She’s very friendly, knowledgeable, and most importantly, thorough and precise.

Dr. Truong is extremely thorough and thoughtful, she has helped me with my adult acne and sensitive skin issues for years. Unlike other skin professionals, she would never recommend a procedure or product that would be damaging for my particular skin type. I trust her opinion completely.

My entire family has been seeing Dr. Truong for several years now. You could not ask for a more thorough, careful doctor. She is beyond meticulous when checking for skin cancer — we have had a few lesions located and removed by her which turned out to be precancerous. Great with children and adolescents (and acne) too.

I went to Dr. Truong for a year and it was a dreadful experience. She is nice and cheery, but spends as little time as possible with you. This however, is not the root of the problem.
I’m a 24 year old male who has suffered for many years with terrible rosacea, and occasional mild breakouts. I had been suckered into Pro-​Activ, and it just made my rosacea worse, so I came to Dr. Truong, who had apparently helped my cousin with his acne. She put me on clindagel, which seemed to help, but after a few months, it stopped working so she switched me to finacea. BIG MISTAKE. My skin broke out and my rosacea got much worse. I went back within 2 weeks and she told me to keep using it, and she gave me some cheap benzoyl peroxide for my breakouts. But the more I used the finacea the worse it got. When I came back yet again, she looked at me, stumped, shrugged, and said «I guess you’ll have to be one of my patients who stays on clindagel forever.» She told me to get IPL treatments which I did, which only made my face swollen and didn’t help. She also told me to stop drinking milk, because she had «read in a magazine» that milk can cause breakouts.
Now clindagel or finacea or milk-​drinking may all have different effects on different people. But Dr. Truong’s lack of options and her inability to manage me properly as a patient and just throw hearsay suggestions out to see what sticks, versus taking a comprehensive approach and looking at different options makes me strongly NOT recommend her to anyone.
I finally got a second consultation with Dr. Milstein in La Jolla. Best decision I ever made. My skin has been pristine since. Skip Dr. Truong, she doesn’t offer many remedies, and gives terrible advice.

I like Dr. Truong. She’s nice and friendly, and answered all of my questions. Her office is nice and her staff are professional. Also I was able to get an appointment in a week!