Amelia Kaymen, MD

I just don’t want anyone to go thru what I went thru 4 years ago. she burned my face in a simple procedure to zap a broken capillarie. i found her on Unilocal and she had 5 stars. she was disorganized and the zapping laser was in repairs and when she got it back she did not test it. the part that freezes the skin before the laser didn’t work and she burned my face and it blistered that night, but before I left she did not tell me it was burned… and when I went back to her… very upset. she blurted out that she said she was sorry what more could she do… bad practice and I don’t want anyone else to go in to see her and not know what she’s capable of. all of which to this day is still a bad experience

Dr. Kaymen is a wonderful doctor. She gets directly to the point and addresses any problems I have had and then takes care of them. I was concerned about a red spot on top of my head which turned out to be cancer. She worked w me right away and was sched. for surgery w/​in a couple days.
She has a great sense of humor which is refreshing to me. And she is very kind and empathetic w/​o lots of emotion.
I have sent others to her because she is so good. And I have been to many dermatologists in LA and the bay area.

Dr. Amelia is a life saver!
For a month I had been dealing with what turned out to be eyelid dermatitis. It had gotten so bad the skin had pealed off and my eyelid had swollen to the point where I could not open or close it.
I went in thinking I could at least get something for the pain. I am on day 3 of meds and completely healed!!!
First off I didn’t have health insurance. Knowing that, Amelia gave me a ton of samples and told me if they didn’t work by day 3 there was a prescription for the hard stuff waiting for me. She also gave me tons of shampoo and conditioner samples incase that was what was causing my break out. All in all it was the best money I’ve spent and I no longer have to worry about wearing sunglasses in public.

Dr Kaymen is calming, non dramatic, personable, warm, and brilliant. She saw my son and made us both feel relaxed and reassured. I HIGHLY recommend her.

I am Asian, and Dr Kaymen doesn’t know anything about Asian skin. I went in for laser treatments to get rid of brown sun spots on my face. Asian is skin is treated differently than Caucasian skin. She FRIED my skin. The weeks following my treatment I had brown then red burns on my face. When I sent her photos of the burns, she admitted she used the wrong setting on me and «assumed» I had skin just like hers (note: she is fair skinned with dark hair; I am a dark-​complected Asian). While she seemed sincerely apologetic and prescribed some hydroquinone, this mistake was due completely to ignorance about ethnic skin. My caucasian friends do really like her though.

They seem great, I went in to get a few moles removed and things looked at since I’m fair skinned process was easy. also has a few weird white bumps on my face she gave me some cream to use said it’s just calcium deposits in the skin, cleared it up. I seem to get in and out quickly which is nice I hate spending time in waiting rooms.

I am an informed health professional and I’ve been disappointed by Dr. Kaymen’s cursory and hurried assessments in my several visits — and will not be back. Specifically, I pointed out to her that my fingernails were turning yellow. She shrugged and said «who knows». Well, now I have full-​blown case of fingernail fungus on all of my fingers because I did not treat the early signs and it’s going to take a lot of time and money to fix it. Yellow fingernails are well-​known to be an early sign of fungus and she should not have simply told me to ignore the problem.

Like another reviewer, I was surprised at the negative reviews. Granted, I’ve never had botox or anything else that insurance wouldn’t cover, but I’ve never had billing issues and have had nothing but pleasant experiences with Dr. Kaymen and her office staff. She’s knowledgeable, respectful, and will spend as much time with you as you’d like.
The first time I saw Dr. Kaymen was on a referral from my OB/​GYN (who is also the best in the world… Dr. Secily Bason-​Mitchell) in 2008 or 2009, because I wanted to have all my moles and freckles checked out. Dr. Kaymen was very very thorough and honest. She removed one from my between my lip and nose that had recently appeared and annoyed me — it was fast & painless. I figured while I was there, I’d ask for skin care information. She didn’t try to sell me on anything unnecessary, simply suggested daily use of a strong sunscreen.
I referred a friend to her and they sent me a little thank you note — nice touch.
The next time I went back was a few weeks ago for these weird little cysts that started appearing on my hands. She checked them out and thought they were innocuous, but wanted to confirm with bloodwork and so she did. She personally called and left me a voicemail to say that the bloodwork came out negative, and to come back if they hadn’t disappeared in a couple weeks. They didn’t disappear, so I called back and she saw me on short notice and even let me bring my toddler with me to the appointment. She gave me a couple possible alternatives, of which I choose to wait and see.
While I was there, I again took advantage of the opportunity to ask about skin care. Now I have what I call «perma-​stache» (my pregnancy mask didn’t go away). She recommended a little skin bleach and she also offered to remove another little bump on my face — again fast & painless. She didn’t even charge my insurance for that visit since it was so short. Even if she had though, I would still be 100% satisfied with her.
I’m on Unilocal now only to get her phone number. I’ve decided I no longer want to grow old gracefully, so I’m going to make an appointment to get the secret to eternal youth. I’ll let you know how it goes…

Doctor Kaymen is an amazing and extremely knowledgeable dermatologist. I had been suffering from severe acne problems for more than 15 years and I had seen many dermatologist before I went to Doctor Kaymen. I was at a point that I lost my hope for healing. Doctor Kaymen is a very effective, no nonsense type of medical doctor. After her examination, she came up with a solid treatment plan and explained it to me together with its risks and benefits. I trusted Doctor Kaymen and agreed on the treatment plan. After the treatment was completed, I not only got rid of my life long acne problems, but also had flawless beautiful skin! More importantly, my acne has not come back after 6 years! I can’t thank Doctor Kaymen enough…

I had an extremely good experience with Dr. Kaymen. She’s thoughtful, thorough and she really listens. She’s one of the best dermatologists — and doctors! — I’ve ever been to see.

It’s hard to find a good Dr. And Dr. Kaymen is so great I wish she was my GP. Simple and to the point: my face is clear of zits and I’m not paying a small fortune for it. I strongly recommend her!

Love Dr. Kayman and her staff! They have managed to get me in on a moments notice when I had a subacious (sp?) cyst burst. She has always been thorough and professional. Have brought my teenager there for acne. She suggested some easy, over the counter, inexpensive treatments to try prior to going to more substantial treatments. Have since found out that my G. P doc also goes to Dr. Kaymen. I would highly recommend her.

Dr Kaymen gives a super thorough skin cancer check. One of the best. Her staff is friendly and helpful. I really enjoyed meeting them all. On this last visit I needed to have some skin tags removed — all I can say is that Dr. Kaymen was fast and there was hardly a mark and almost no pain. No need to have ugly skin tags on your face or anywhere!

Dr. Kaymen and her staff are first rate. It was first time seeing her, my
visit was the best doctor experience I’ve had for some time.
Dr. Kaymen was on time, friendly and made feel completely at ease.
The staff called quickly with the results of my biopsy.
I would highly recommend her.

I love Dr. Kaymen. I am actually shocked that she has as many negative reviews as she does — though they seem to be mainly problems with billing.
I have been going to her for about 5 years now and have only had positive experiences. She’s into simple, effective solutions, which generally translates into easy, inexpensive treatments — which is great for me.
She is also super efficient! I have never had to wait in her office — and she somehow manages to be conversational and cover all of my questions in about 15 minutes. On top of that, I never feel rushed.

I can’t honestly speak to Dr. Kaymen’s abilities since I only went for a consult then one treatment (administered by someone else) but I won’t be going back.
During my consult she asked to include a male (intern?) and I hesitantly agreed but felt uncomfortable reviewing the reason for my visit in what was now a very small and claustrophobic room. I brought a small bag of the products I was currently using and explained why I was using them and her comment to her counterpart was, «This is what you have here a product junkie.». Hello, I’m right here! I was floored and looked over at the (now uncomfortable) guy and he too was uncomfortable. Wow. If this is her way of being funny, no thanks. Not recommending her, not going back. I’ll pay for good service but not when I’m treated with such disrespect.
She didn’t even bother to make me feel comfortable, standing the entire time so that I felt rushed.

Shady billing practices-​period. Browbeaten for several months based on their mistake. After seeing Dr. Kaymen for about a year, I will never go back and will always relay my experience to those who are looking for a recommendation. Clearly I’m not alone…
Happily changed to a very respected and much more focused dermatologist in SF with a well run office but still angry and will not forget.

Love Love Love Dr. Kaymen and her staff. From the receptionist to the doctor herself, everyone is great!
The office is clean, neat and stylish. Exactly what you are hoping to find when you are trusting someone with your cosmetic issues.
I didn’t wait more than 5 minutes from the time I walked in the office, filled out forms and was taken back into a room with the assistant. My medical history was taken and I was asked what my cosmetic concerns were as well as health issues, skin disease concerns and mole removal. And almost immedaitely after she left Dr. Kaymen came in-​total sweetheart! Very calm and nurturing demeanor, and very funny. She addressed the skin care issues I was having and gave me easy to follow treatments that incorporated what I was already doing with an antibiotic and topical cream. I like that she didn’t push expensive and complicated products on me-​she made solving my problem easy. She also quickly and painlessly removed a mole that wasn’t so much a health issue as much as I didn’t like it-​she sent it off for a biopsy to be safe but gave me her opinion that it wasn’t anything to worry about.
I am scheduled for a follow up appointment in 6 weeks-​hopefully we’ll see results. I highly reccomend Dr. Kaymen!

I have never been so angry at a medical office for their billing practices. They just called us to tell my husband and I that they have NOT been taking our insurance for the past year and a half… and to pay up. He was on Blue Cross PPO from Massachusetts, and swapped over to Blue Cross PPO here in California in March 2008. He has been happily seeing them since and they NEVER EVER sent a bill, or said a WORD in 18 months about NO LONGER taking his/​our insurance.
How can they have the wherewithal to ask us to make up for their year and half of billing issues at one time? They are in a building OWNED by California Pacific Medical Center and don’t even take the health insurance offered by California Pacific Medical Center to it’s employee’s?

This woman is a God send and the best thing since sliced bread. She will actually take the time to talk to you about things other than your medical situation. I also have referred several people to Dr. Kaymen and all have had nothing but praise for her. You gotta love Liz too, she remembers your name and always has time to book my appt. even if it does not fall on her list of responsibilities…
Great area to grab some lunch or coffee after your appt. too…