Huachen Wei, MD

Arrived 15 minutes early and waited an hour and a half. Actually, the place needs to review their business practices — you’ll pay $ 100 co-​pay no matter WHAT the co-​pay on your card states. I really can’t believe I put up with that, it’s such BS

THIS REVIEW IS FOR THE CHINATOWN LOCATION.
Do yourself a favor and research for your own dermatologist and not go to the one that’s recommended by your primary doc. I regret going to this place so much. Originally I wanted to see a dermatologist because I always have a pimple or two on my forehead, it would go away and then come back. The dermatologist i saw came in and out of the office within 5 mins of talking to me. And I was prescribe with medication (minocycline) and the cream (Clindamycin phosphate topical gel). Upon taking these two, it made me break out sooooooo muchhh!!! I spoke to my Co-​workers and they told me to ask for Retin A, which during the next visit I did. I ended up buying Avene Retrin AL from them for like 80? and end up buying their own cleanser product. Boy, am i a little dummy –o-​. I gave this dermatologist 3+ months a chance and there was no improvement. Left me with red spots as scaring, still with pimples here and there.
FYI, They do not do appointment. Avg wait is over an hr to be seen for a 5 min consult.

Do not go here unless you want to wait for 2+ hours only to see the doctor for 3 minutes! And the wait is at any time of the day. Even if you try to get the first appointment you will still be waiting. It’s ridiculous how they over book patients. Also after the doctor sees you he will try to sell you all sorts of treatments and products from his own line. Avoid this place!!!

I’m not sure about other locations, but the office in Manhattan is beyond horrible. The doctors are not knowledgeable, and the receptionists are so rude and they have absolutely no customer service experience. This place is all about making money. They don’t really care about your well being. I went there to get an injection on my nose, and it made my nose worst. I called back a day later and they said I have to pay another co-​pay to see a doctor, but I have to wait for a month. I asked to speak to the doctor, the receptionist said the doctor is busy and it is the receptionist responsibility to answer all the questions. Really??? A receptionist can answered medical questions!!! It was my second visit and my last. Oh yes if your co-​pay is $ 50, they will charged you $ 100. When they get paid by the insurance company, they’ll refund you the $ 50. That is if you remember to go back to get your money, because they won’t call you. I have visited other dermatologist and never experienced that. I’m surprised they’re still in business. I went to this place, because the place I used to go had no appointments available and my nose needed a injection before it got worst. I would never recommend anyone to this place. If I have the option to put a –5 stars here, I would most definitely do it.

I should’ve went with all the bad reviews for this place on Unilocal.I figured a dermatologist office couldn’t possibly be so bad. I was wrong, It really is as bad as all the reviews say. I had a rash and went to get treatment. The doctor prescribed me some pills that did nothing for my condition. It was completely pointless. I went about 5 times in one month for nothing. Thanks for nothing.

This review is for his office in Manhattan
this doctor seems knowledgeable. He also run a beauty clinic which gives IPL and other laser treatment for anti-​aging purpose.
the patient pay a lump sum and will become club member and receive discount service after one year.
The questionable business practice is that he charged you an amount, and then later said it should be 1000 more. For the discounted service, he said will be $ 100/​treatment and after you paid the money, he raised to $ 150/​treatment at the front desk without letting you know.
waiting for long hour for his office hour is also another bad experience.

When we visited twice, the PA again PRETENDS to be a doctor, and the physician is no where to be seen.

BE EXTRA CAREFUL!!! First, the Registered Physician Assistant (RPA) call themselves doctors!!! When i had skin problem i went to them and request to see a DOCTOR, and all this time i saw 2 RPA instead, because all the staffs would call them doctor so or so. These so call doctors all thought i had fungal infection so they prescribe me with the wrong medication and creams. Until i realized they’re only the RPA, i decided to go to another dermatologist to find out i had some skin bacteria infection. They could have killed me if my condition was wrong, and not to say all the staffs are rude and disrespectful. Second, i was a cash patient so i skipped all the insurance patients even if im late. Since im a cash patient i wasted hundredSSS of dollars on office visit and the stuff they prescribed me. If you are thinking of going there or currently going there, make sure you’re see a real MD doctor or they might make your condition worst!!!

I waited 4 hours to be seen even with an appointment. I don’t understand why they bother scheduling appointments. I saw the doctor for less than 5 minutes where he hastily prescribed some medication for the rashes on my skin after a mere glance. I also had a mole where the doctor suggested getting a biopsy done for it. The other person in a white lab coat (no idea who she was, doctor or MD student? She just randomly walked in) started prepping the anesthesia even before waiting for my answer. Thankfully, the long wait to see the doctor gave me plenty of time to read the doctor’s ratings on Unilocal.I did not do the biopsy after reading that he hastily removes moles. I went to a different dermatologist directly after this visit. I was told the moles looked fine and to just keep an eye on them. This second doctor also told me about the scarring that would be left if she were to do a biopsy procedure and carefully explained the procedure to me, which Dr. Wei did not do at all. Dr. Wei did not even mention there would be a scar, and when asked, he merely scoffed and said «it’s on the back» as if a scar in the back was unworthy of telling the patient. I would not recommend going to this doctor. He is not very attentive and rushes through his patients. He also does not explain things and clearly just wants to through as many patients as possible for financial gains.

I waited like more than 3 hrs. first two hours was in the waiting room and 1hr. had been called into an office with nurses who recommond their products for like 20 mins. and the rest you wait in the office. When dr. wei finally arrived to my room, he just briefly explained what treatments should i take and also recommond their fking products within 10mins. they are expensive, because they always like to fool the non-​english chinese partients and make profits from them. as you can see, dr. wei has completely disobey the Hippocratic Oath. and the staffs in the front has fking terrible attitude. TAKE MY ADVICE, DO NOT GO THERE. IF YOU CAN WAIT FOR 3 HOURS AND SUITABLE WITH THEIR FKING ATTITUDE.

I’m only available on Saturdays due to work and made an appointment for this office at 1:30pm on a Saturday. I arrived on time to a packed waiting room and didn’t see the doctor until 3pm. I’m not sure if Dr. Wei is ever in this office, but on Saturdays the place is run by Talley, a young MD who’s been practicing for only slightly over a year, her medical assistant and 2 money-​hungry receptionists.
I came in to look at a rash on my right hand, and Talley prescribed some bactroban cream to put on it. I used it for 5 days and my hand started breaking out in hives and itching like crazy. I immediately went back the next Saturday first thing in the morning and saw Talley. The receptionist had the nerve to stop me from seeing the doctor before paying my $ 20 co-​pay. I showed her what happened to my hands and she didn’t dare touch me. After a 3 minute session with the doctor, she gave me some Topicort cream samples and told me to stop using the Bactroban (to state the obvious).
The topicort didn’t work and for the 2 weeks my hand was affected, I had to hide my hands from clients who wanted to shake them. It was extremely embarrassing for me. So instead I went to another dermatologist before work mid-​week who gave me clobetasol for all the hives, and I recovered in a few days.
I went back to Talley (Dr Wei’s office) for a third consecutive visit the following Saturday because she wanted to schedule a follow-​up, but my hand was recovering nicely per my other dermatologist’s recommendation. She tried to shirk the blame from herself and asked if I came into contact with poison ivy and that bactroban shouldn’t have done this. No. I live in a city, I don’t have a chance to touch anything green. I don’t even know why I listened to the receptionists who scheduled the follow up for me and came back to her office a third time. I got nothing out of it except for Talley trying to prevent me from filing a malpractice on the office and I paid my $ 20 co-​pay for that. What a waste of my time and money.

i have been to both the elmhurst and chinatown offices and everytime that i am there, so is this male asian assistant that is extremely rude and dismissive.
everytime that i had the displeasure of having him GLANCE, not look, at my skin issues, he would automatically narrow it down to one thing and check off a gazillion webmd symptoms on the computer. any questions asked would be dismissed and i was told that «he went to school for this.» he would cut me off midsentence and then tell me to wait for the doctor.
unfortunately, the doctors there are just as bad as this snotty assistant and takes one look at whatever skin problem that you have, prescribe you some pills at a local pharmacy that you apparently can’t get anywhere else, some cream, give you directions in a very condescending tone, and send you on your jolly way home.
i will be looking for another dermotologist that uses my insurance and i do not recommend anyone to go to dr. huachen wei’s offices.

I am so agreeing with Annie, I had very bad experience with Dr. Wei.
He was rushed and not even offer me lay down or giving any anesthetized treatment before cut out my mole on my face which wasn’t cut clean and left the room soon after. His office assistant took care of rest of the procedure.