I saw Dr. Epstein for years before, sadly, my insurance changed and I could no longer. He provided excellent care and he was honest and succinct in his assessments of the various conditions I presented him with. He listened to my concerns and idealized preconceptions as to the nature of my issues and assumptions of their subsequent treatment and promptly disabused them in a non- condescending manner. If you can appreciate truth without needing to be constantly babied during the entire process, he is the dermatologist for you. That being said, it isn't as if he won't be reassuring, he definitely will. But you will never be told an untruth. Some people have difficulty facing that. At any rate, Dr. Epstein (and Associates next door at Mountain View Aesthetics) have been some of the best and certainly some of my favorite medical personnel I have had the pleasure of dealing with throughout my life.