Miami Center for Dermatology – Dr. Deborah Longwill

If you’ve got cash to spend and don’t need medical care, this could be the place to go. If you need medical treatment and want someone who cares about your situation, this is not the place to go. I was not able to see Dr. Longwill who canceled two appointments and she didn’t return my calls when I needed medical advice.

I have been very pleased with the service and medical attention I have received at this dermatology practice. It is centrally located right in Pinecrest off of US 1 and 104 Street. Besides the office being state of the art and beautiful, the staff is just as warm and friendly. I initially went for acne and breakout on my face. I saw the Physician Assistant, Jennifer Martinez, she started be on a at home regimen of combination of medicated washes, prescription gels, oil free moisturizers and sunscreen. Later I started getting facials and finally a peel. My face is now clear and I could not be happier. She takes her time to listen, picked a detailed and customized skin care regimen for my skin type and schedules follow ups to see the progress and change meds as needed. As my acne cleared up, I have been seen for a rash and a mole removal which healed amazing almost scarless. I highly recommend the practice, my coworkers and family all go there as well. We have been very pleased.

This practice is my go to office for acne, to skin checks, rashes and any rejuvenation treatments. My family and now children have also been patients for years. My kids have been treated for their eczema and a mole removal. The Doctor and PA are both gentle and very informative. My Daughter and I felt at ease and the procedure was simple and went well thanks to their caring doctors and assistants. We really feel well taken care of and their office is very efficent and calls for follow up on the treatment. I referral all my friends and coworker there and they have all be very happy too.

I had a wonderful experience and would highly recommend this office. My best friend went to every other dermatologist in Miami to get a diagnosis and no one but Miami Center for Dermatology knew what it was. They are friendly and experienced.

Everyone in this office is so nice and professional, I have been a patient for years and the service and attention to detail is outstanding, I highly recommend Dr. Longwill and staff

I’ve been coming to this office for a few years now, and very happy to say I’ve finally found an office I like! I’ve seen Dr. Longwill a couple times and she is really great!
Most of the time, I see Karen Baker-​Mesa, the PA, and she is awesome! I have never had to wait very long, and she always listens to any of my concerns. She really knows my skin, and that is very important to me! She always remembers our conversations from the last visit, and follows up on them. I feel very comfortable putting myself in her hands. My husband and my two daughters see her as well, and are very happy. I highly recommend her, and the whole office!!!

I went to Dr. Longwill’s office for a visit and she recommended laser hair removal treatments. I purchased hair removal treatments for my underarms and was severely burned from the lasers. I now have scars on my under arms from the burns. I went back for an emergency follow up with Dr. Longwill to discuss my burns/​scars and she was extremely unprofessional, not once did she apologize for what was done to me. She was arrogant and made it seem as if it was my fault that this happened. Save yourself the headache, pain, and emotional stress… STAY AWAY from this place!!!

I’ve been a patient of Dr. Longwill for over 10 years… while yes, her practice has become more cosmetic — whenever I’ve needed to be seen for medical reasons they have been great. Yes you will wait a bit, and yes they are busy, but its a very pleasant place with professional staff. The doctor doesn’t see patients anymore but her PA’s are great too. Do your research people, we live in Miami — there are many options for cosmetic procedures. I hate when people write ridiculous reviews… I am a fan and will continue to visit Dr. Longwills office.

Don’t judge a book by its cover. You walk in this place and think, «oh this is nice.» But looks are deceiving and do not be fooled. This office is the shadiest, most unethical «doctor’s» office I have ever come across, and would caution you stay away from it. My poor husband went in due to a mole he had on his back that he was concerned about and wanted to get it checked out. He had health insurance and called beforehand to verify if they accepted it. Well sure enough they did, or so they said (just to get him in the office). So he met with some assistant or whatever and she looked at it and said they could go ahead and do a biopsy right on the spot, but beforehand they would call his insurance and confirm that it was okay. So she steps out for a few minutes and comes back and says he could do it. So of course trusting this lady he went ahead and did it. He paid a copay and that was it.
Well, I’ll have you know few weeks later he gets slapped with this huge bill for the procedure. WTF right? Apparently they coded the visit as a procedure and not an office visit so it supposedly wasn’t covered? UHHHH. That is so wrong on so many levels. Had he known about this he would definitely not have gone, and how DISHONEST for the woman to say she called and it was covered??? And then to code the visit in a way where it would cost him to cover it out of pocket completely? So then began the battle over the phone. One thing is to be dishonest, but not only that that whole office was soooo avoidant, they (amanda) never returned phone calls and always avoided talking to us, saying «michelle is busy» or so and so is not in, and she «promises to call you back.» BS. They neverrrr called back. Eventually after much back and forth and wasting time trying to talk to anyone, the manager said she would drop the bill and waive it. But guess what? It wasn’t over! She just lied to get us off her back, because sure enough we got slapped with another bill, guess she didn’t waive it as she said she would but found a loophole to bill us in the end. So they won and we lost. It is quite sad that you can’t trust DOCTORS anymore. Makes me nervous to trust them with any care of mine. Definitely wont recommend this office to anyone, even if for free, hell, even if they PAID me, because this is your HEALTH and this place is so unethical, who knows what else is going on there. Not to mention the unprofessional staff and way things are run in general, lying to patient’s faces. Sickens me. This place is definitely for just cosmetic beauty stuff, not for serious matters. Not to mention you HAVE to valet your car??? Good riddens «Dr.“Longwill…

This was my first time at the office, the office is clean and and the wait time was not too long, but I felt rushed during the consultation and not all of my concerns were addressed. The young girl that sits at the counter where you pay for the products was not informative nor friendly. I got some of the products as they were recommended by the doctor I will try them and leave a review in a month.

Went in to get sun spots removed form my face and hand. I was charged $ 600! The procedure did not work — when I called back to notify them they said I would have to come in again and pay another $ 600 — that the treatment sometimes requires 2,3 and 4 treatments. They never told me that — she said the would just peel off — no one ever said come in for a second and third round of $ 600 treatments. I couldn’t believe how rude Fernanda was to me.
not too mention they tried to shove $ 250.000 of cleansers.
Bring your wallet if you choose to go

UPDATE: September 2015: I was called with biopsy results. Told to make an appointment to have further procedures. Show up to the appointment for the procedure, just to be told (after I paid the copay) that the appointment was to discuss my biopsy results (already done over the phone) and to schedule the procedure (which is what I was told this appointment was for). Now told that they needed to get authorization from insurance, which is expected of most things and I understand that it needs to be done. It is now over 1 month later, I still have not heard back from them. I called 2 weeks after the appointment, was told these things sometimes take a month (again, insurance things that I understand). Waited another 3 weeks before calling them back, and still nothing. Was supposed to receive an update call from them today (10÷30÷15) and still nothing. I understand that it is my responsibility to take care of my own health, hence why I am diligent about following up. However it is their JOB to take care of their patients and follow through on their care. My follow up visit was very important and urgent to them when it came to taking advantage of my insurance copay so that I could waste a morning of my life just to be seen for five minutes to say the same thing I was told over the phone (again barging in the room with no introduction from either the doctor or her mystery-​man assistant, I still don’t know his name). It has been now well over a month since my last visit, And now that they should be working with my insurance to get the procedure approved, the urgency of my care is not so important. Can’t wait to get this over with so that I could go somewhere else.
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Pretty office. The end. No bedside manner, Dr. Longwill walked in, with a male assistant, and neither introduced themselves. Very rude and unprofessional… I expect to know your name if you’re gonna see me stripped down to my underwear. She saw me for all of 5 minutes (and I think that’s stretching it), biopsied 2 birthmarks that I had to point out because she missed them in my «whole body» scan. Lady barely spoke to me, and apparently didn’t even try to read my chart before going in the room because she didn’t even address me by name. Will call in a few weeks for my results, because judging by the visit, I do not expect a call back from them. I will never go there again. And no, I don’t want to buy your sunblock.

I had my first appointment today, waited around 20 minutes or so which by the way is pretty darn good for any doctors office! I can’t complain. I was seen by Dr. Longwill which is so beautiful! She has amazing skin and of course why wouldn’t she, she’s a dermatologist! But that just made me that much confident in having anything done. She was so down to earth and came up with this whole skin care regimen to help my rosacea, and of course I ended up doing a little bit of Botox and lip injections, which by the way looks amazing! I wanted a natural look and that’s exactly what I got! Dr Longwill is such an artist and by the time I got to check out the girls were so kind and scheduled me back for a complimentary touch up in two weeks! I will recommend this office to all my friends and family.

A nightmare. If you are the type of person fooled by pretty décor– you will love this place. I took all preventative measures to ensure my insurance was taken and they understood my insurance type. To make a long story short– when I got there and was done seeing the doctor –suddenly they don’t use my insurance 100% as they promised. On top of that, front desk was extremely rude while I tried to figure out the issue with my insurance company.
Gave me attitude and rolled her eyes– through out. Worse experience at a doctors office in my life. Please don’t waste your time.

I’ve been here only four times and it was four times too many.
I’ve never been seen by Dr. Deborah Longwill. Instead by two other Drs. (Or maybe P.A.s?)
The only enjoyable aspect of this place is the waterfall in the waiting room. At least it can keep my blood from boiling from this outrageous wait time.
My first visit here was about a year ago to have a couple birth marks biopsied. No one ever called me with the results… not ever.
I’ve always arrived 10 – 15 minutes early because I used to park at Target and walk over here. I absolutely hate valet parking and refuse to do it. On my 3^rd visit I decided to politely ask if I could self-​park. The valet attendant reluctantly agreed. I did the same on my fourth visit.
Last time I was here I waited 1 hour and 30 minutes to be seen for a total of 7 minutes. Yet on each of my visits the waiting room has been only 20−30% full. While checking out they tried to sell me 5 products– All cheap– looking «Dr Deborah Longwill» brand yet all expensive. No thanks.
My most recent appointment was scheduled for 1:00pm. When I began writing this review at 1:45pm I was still waiting to be called into a room. But don’t go getting too excited when you do get placed in a room because you’ll be sitting in that uncomfortable chair for another 20 – 30 minutes before the doc comes in. I was finally called in at 1:55pm and was seen for a total of 4 minutes.
I think this place is more for facials, botox, body sculpting, cellulite treatments, other god awful skin injections and treatments. Not my kind of place. But I’m stuck like Chuck. Bleech– I hate my insurance company.

Great Dermatologist, and the staff is super friendly!
I would recommend this office to anyone looking for exceptional care!

I’ve had the pleasure of being a patient of M.C.D for several years. Never once have I ever had to wait more than one hour, even on days when I didn’t have an appointment the wait was brief. I’ve been fortunate on different occasions to be seen by their Physician Assistants. Not only were they very knowledgable but had exceptional bed side manners. With each diagnosis I was given a treatment that would end up curing my skin condition. Never once had Office products nor cosmetic procedures shoved down my throat.
I am also a laser hair removal patient. The Nurse was very pleasant and explained procedure and post care with such detail, I was able to feel relaxed to make my decision to start treatment!
Thank you M.C.D for taking great care of me!

Everyone was very friendly and making an appointment was fast and easy. I was scheduled for the next day which was perfect. Dr. Deborah Longwill was very knowledgeable, kind and really had a warmth about her which helped me be more relaxed than I expected.
It makes a difference when the doctor is nice, knows their profession well and really cares.
Management and staff was very friendly and knowledgable as well. I will be coming back and referring my family and friends for sure.
Thank you to everyone there!

I had my first appointment with Dr. Deborah Longwill today and I have NEVER had a better experience with a doctor. She was the nicest, most comforting and down-​to-​earth doctor I have met. She was so caring and understanding and she put me at ease immediately.
I have had problems in the past with horrible doctors who never listened, would get irritated with my questions, cut me off and be very judgmental. I wish all doctors were like her, She is amazing!
Thank you so much!

This place sucks.
My first visit consisted of the PA coming in (not even the doctor!), glancing at my skin and prescribing me some creams. Even worse, my husband came in for his back-​acne and she prescribed him something without even looking at his back.
And forget calling to make an appointment– the phone keeps ringing and ringing until it eventually just hangs up on you. I had to call 7 times to get a person to answer and when they did, they sent me to a voicemail and said they would call back. They never did.