Central Carolina Dermatology Clinic Inc

I am so sorry that this happened to you. I have been seeing Dr. Smith t CCDC for 15 years and he can't be any more attentive, kind and sweet and his staff is also fantastic... but....in the past year Dr.S's nurse retired and a new over weight, young, white and impatient nurse has replaced her. ( This is the only way I can describe her since I do no know her name)This nurse is mean, impatient and impulsive. I reported her and she was written up. I would go back and make your concerns noted. This nurse needs to go. I switched from a PA in that office and I would recommend Smith, he has children and is thee most patient and attentive dr I know

My 2 year old and 7 year old were recently treated for molluscum contagiosum using cantharidin. Cantharidin is secreted from blister beetles and forms a blister over the molluscum so that when the blister dries and falls off the molluscum does as well. After the cantharidin was applied an occlusive tape was applied over it. The PA told me to wait 4 hours and to bathe them and that the tape would dissolve. After letting them soak in the bath not once but twice I finally tried to peel the tape off of my 7 year old which resulted in bringing the blister off along with it, leaving an open wound. I decided not to try this on my 2 year old and called the office first thing the next morning. I was told that they usually apply paper tape to children which is a lot more gentle and would have easily come off in the bath. They applied the wrong tape over a forming blister! The nurse told me I could try to use baby oil to get the tape off of my 2 year old which still didn't work. The tape had to come off so I finally had to peel it off and everyone of my 2 year olds blisters came off along with it. So now both my children have painful open wounds because of a careless mistake. Furthermore from research that I have done, the occlusive tape that they used could have caused the cantharidin to absorb more and caused complications. On top of all this their bedside manner where children are concerned is lacking. I don't recommend this office to anyone seeking care for their children or themselves for that matter!