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Hank Kearse, MD
Summerville Dermatology
(91 Review)
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85 Springview Lane C Summerville, SC 29485
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(91 Reviews)
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4.5 star average for Service
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4.5 star average for Environment
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4 star average for Expertise
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If you want to read our experience you can, but here is the summary. I have great respect for doctors (my father and sister are doctors), but when you get a bad one... one that doesn't care, it is our duty to say something.

THis doctor is full of himself. He treated my wife horribly and never answered any questions, just handed her a sheet of paper with all she needed to know (of course they didn't). He billed us for treatment he did not perform (we are reporting him to the board at the moment). He never stayed longer than 5 minutes to look at my son and was gone...

My son has a molescum (we think). Our pediatrician suggested going to Dr. Kearse.
My wife has gone for a total of 5 visits and each time was the same. Average wait time, but when the doctor came in the average visit from the five times she was there was less than 5 minutes with the doctor.
On her first visit, our son had 5 total molescum bumps. We asked the doctor to take them off to prevent them from spreading. He prescribed a cream and told my wife to schedule a new time to review what had happened. When she asked what to do to keep them from spreading, he handed her a sheet and walked out of the room without saying a word.
She scheduled a new time 2 weeks later and nothing had happened with the use of the cream (this is not the doctor's fault). One bump had really grown and we asked for all of them to be removed. He recommended taking off the biggest, he is the doctor and knows best and so my wife agreed. She rescheduled.
By the next visit, the molescum had grown on all of the bumps and had multiplied. He just took off one (never biopsied it, so we don't know if it is molescum) and said the others needed to come off, but to try something called beetle juice to get rid of the others without having to cut them off. We were excited, because finally our son would be rid of this stuff and be able to play with his friends. She scheduled a new time.
She went in this time and got our son undressed, the doctor came in put something on our son and realized it was the wrong bottle...! And what they needed they were out of, even though they had had ample time to make sure they were prepared from the last visit. My wife rescheduled... Dr Kearse said he wouldn't charge for that visit, since he hadn't done anything (I am holding the bill now from that visit... meaning, he charged!).
The last time we went to this doctor, he had everything in and started working on our son. Of course no 1 year old wants to sit in place, and had a fit. Not something that was really a problem, but the doctor said he had tried and gave up after dabbing 6 bumps with beetle juice (he gave up before getting to the 4 minute mark). He billed for this as well. Now my son has over 70 molescum bumps and it might be impossible to get rid of until they just go away by themselves.

I should also say that each time, my wife had to take off from work to come in for appointments, which is lost earnings for her
I have potentially over $2000 in bills in my hand and my son is scarred from the first ointment they put on him by accident. Luckily we don't have a problem paying, but if you do... think twice before your come here. I welcome the doctor to contact us to make amends and I will remove this post. I would just like to see that a doctor cares about his/her patients.
by patientstephen
February 13, 2011
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85 Springview Lane C, Summerville, SC 29485