Sunil S Dhawan, MD

Office is moved to suite 25! (Second floor)
Dr.Dwahan is the best dermatologist I’ve ever seen and I’ve seen about 4 in the past 4 years. You can tell that he has a lot of experience and knowledgeable by how quickly he answers your questions and the way he consults. The staff here is also great!

Awesome doctor. I usually see the PA, Amanda Lapointe, but Dr. Dhawan does the surgeries. In a three month period, he removed two aggressive basal cell carcinomas, one from my leg, and one from my cheek. Procedures went smooth and can not even see where it was removed from cheek.

Now that I know that Dr. Dhawan has his own separate listing, I want to be sure to write a review of him specifically.
Last October, I saw Dr. Sunil Dhawan to have some skin growths evaluated and removed. I was surprised at his flippant and unprofessional attitude. I’d had the same type of growths removed several years ago and know that most of what I have right now are seborrheic keratosis. Dr. Dhawan said, «oh, those are just warts.» He seemed to be uninterested in doing anything about them and only grudgingly sprayed two with liquid nitrogen after I asked him to. I had to specifically ask him again to get him to spray a third one. He spent a very short time with me.
He’s also more than a little strange.
I noticed that the liquid nitrogen he sprayed made no visible difference. I’ve had liquid nitrogen treatments in the past but I noticed that the areas he sprayed didn’t even turn red, which would have been the minimum visual difference. Liquid nitrogen is, of course, killing cells via freezing and it’s expected that the area sprayed will turn red and swollen. I’ve wondered if the container Dr. Dhawan used was empty of liquid nitrogen and had only the propellant in it. Seeing him was a waste of my time and money.
Definitely NOT recommended.
Note that other reviews of Dr. Sunil Dhawan are contained within the reviews for two listings that are the same business, all located at 2557 Mowry Avenue in Fremont, CA:
— East Bay Dermatology Group
— Center For Dermatology Cosmetic and Laser Surgery

Dr. Dhawan is a lovely dermatologist who is quick in his appointments, but tries not to rush you. He tries to take the most gentle approach at first with his treatment plans and then steps up the agressiveness of the game plan after that. He does great work.

Dr. Dhawan is great. I have been his patient for 11 years and he, like the other reviewer (Sonja) says, doesn’t start you out on anything too heavy, but tries the gentlest then moves up in the arsenal. He is very conservative with his treatment plans, which is a good thing for you!
He answers all questions you might have and never makes you feel like you are a bother to him, like some doctors who rush you out!
The office staff, however, in Fremont is a different story, alas.

Dermatologist (Skin specialist) and an Amazing Doctor:
I have been a patient of Dr. Sunil Dhawan for two years now. I see him once in two to four months. He is very nice and caring. He will not chat too much and might come across as slightly reserved but he is a fine doctor. His treatments work very well. He will give you the mildest possible formula first and then if it suits your skin, he moves up – once things start improving he moves back to a milder form.
I have chronic adult acne but I have been mostly clear for the last two years. What is best is that unlike other doctors he did not give me oral antibiotics (that mess up your stomach) and did not make me go through constant extractions. I still have some black heads and I get good facials that will take ‘em off. My skin has also started tolerating a wide range of products compared to two years ago.

I’ve been a patient of Dr Dhawan’s for about 16 years.
He has a big practice and had closed to new patients several years ago but he’s so nice that I think he’s opened to new patients once again. He has a great beside manner; they always book multiple patients into the same time slot (kinda annoying) but he will take the time to patiently answer any questions you have.
Big plus — they have 2 estheticians on staff and their nurses perform acne surgery [they’ll pop your pimples (sometimes with a blade) so that you don’t get scars].