Michele S Green, MD

It has been hard to find the right dermatologist. Since my last one retired I have been looking for the right one to address my skin conditions. Others suggested «quick fixes» that were too good to be true, as I have had this issue for several years and have been looking for a treatment that works long term, but was aware it can require several treatments. For example, I have tried microdermabrasion prior with limited success.
Earlier this year I found Dr. Green and have been seeing her now for close to six months. She recommended a series of five lasers over the course of the last six months and with each successive treatment my scars have gradually diminished with only some light redness and swelling which took about a couple of days to recover from.
Overall, I have been extremely happy with the results of the treatments and would recommend Dr. Green and her staff. She listened to all my questions and was very realistic about my situation and gave me a treatment program which was able to give me great results.

The doctor is very chatty and makes you feel comfortable. However, she disses other doctors while chatting with you.
I had fractional laser on my face in September. I was told it would take a few days for the peeling to be completed. Well, it was 2 weeks, not a few days. I now see no change and when I had initially asked if I would need more than one treatment with this laser, I was told they couldn’t tell me until they saw how I responded to the first treatment.
Well, I now know that no one gets just one treatment. When I came back for the follow-​up, Dr. Greene looked at my face and said «I’m very happy.» Well, glad she is! But I see no change at all. Then they wanted to set me up with more appointments for additional treatments, which I’m sure they knew I would need for any change to truly occur, when they first recommended this laser. At $ 1500 a pop, I decided not to continue.
If they had been honest in the first place this would have been fine. But they weren’t.

Dr. Green continues to wow me with her bedside manner, professionalism and expertise. She spent at least 15 minutes with me at my last session to review what we would doing that day (a VI peel and removing some angiomas). She talked me through each procedure and gave detailed instructions for post-​procedure protocol. I am also excited to try her skincare and review that in my next blog. Definitely will be a repeat patient, many times over.

Dr Green has always been very thorough with meeting my derm needs from acne to facial rejuvenation. She’s always very delightful to be around and has amazing bed side manner. I refer her to all of my friends!

I went to Dr. Green because (1) she seems reasonably reputable as she appears on Charlotte’s Book, and (2) because she is one of the few doctors in the City who apparently perform Cosmelan (for which she charges $ 3k in case anyone’s curious). Turns out the Cosmelan treatment won’t do anything for me as it only treats brown hyperpigmentation, not the red hyperpigmentation that troubles me.
As at least one other reviewer pointed out, she charges a $ 300 consultation fee that can’t be applied towards the cost of treatments. I didn’t have to wait TOO long to see her (I had an 8:30 AM appointment, and we got started around 8:45, even though I arrived early as requested at 8:15 to complete paperwork). But as I was waiting, it did occur to me that if you’re going to charge $ 300 for a visit, you should try to be on time.
I learned from the nurse that she starts out such consultations with a full body skin cancer check. Great. So she very quickly goes from examining my body to removing (via scalpel, not the puncture method) two beauty marks from my body that no dermatologist has ever thought twice about during a lifetime of regular appointments. During check-​out, I learned I owed $ 1,100 (each biopsy cost $ 400). I paid up (but wished either she or the nurse had mentioned this to me prior to whipping out the scalpel, as I would’ve said, no thanks, I’ll see my regular insurance-​accepting dermatologist) and left. She mentioned at the end of my appointment that if a nurse called me with my results, I could expect good news, but that if I found her on the other end of the phone call, I could expect bad news. Ok.
By the way, the biopsy process is not painless; she scraped at both sites multiple times. I was apparently anesthetized with a spray but if so, I don’t think it helped much.
Dr. Green called me the next morning (ACK I HAVE SKIN CANCER?) to let me know that the lab told her it needed a larger skin sample from both biopsy sites, and that I should come back in a week after healing up for more scalpel action. The call was so quick I had to call back to (reasonably) confirm that I wouldn’t have to pay another consultation fee, or $ 400 per biopsy for the re-​scraping of my skin. Apparently it is not reasonable to ask this doctor to make up for not scraping enough off the first place (you would think she’d know how much is enough and how much is not enough. right?). She made me feel like I was asking for a «free procedure» and gave me 2 options: (1) pay another $ 800 to get re-​biopsied, or (2) keep an eye on the sites and decide in 6 months whether or not I should get re-​biopsied. Since both beauty marks look completely harmless, I was not surprised that she was suddenly comfortable letting it go having already pocketed $ 800 for the initial biopsies. During this phone call, she repeatedly talked over me (even when I asked her to let me speak) and never admitted once that all of this possibly arose from her failing to remove enough skin the first time. Both of these are, in my opinion, pretty unattractive qualities in anyone.
I will definitely be going to another dermatologist from now on.
The receptionist though is pretty responsive and very bright/​cheerful, so at Dr. Green has that going for her.
Lastly, I might as well share the few tips I gleaned from her during our $ 1100 appointment for anyone who has congested/​acne prone skin like me – she doesn’t think much of Clinique products (even the oil-​free skincare ones) but she does recommend Oil of Olay and La Roche-​Posay (and her own skincare line of course). I also learned she charges $ 800 per VBeam treatment.

My experience at Dr. Michelle Green’s office was one of the most dismissive, brief, uninterested, and discouraging encounters I have had. She not only told me that there was nothing that could be done to help me but then convinced me to buy some overpriced cream her office was selling at the time that could help. She was with me for no more than 5 minutes and the entire time seemed totally uninterested in engaging with me. I have since come to find out from research that there are countless remedies (though none permanent) to my condition (keratosis pilaris), that it does indeed have a name — she couldn’t be bothered to tell me — perhaps she didn’t know what it was, and it is extremely common.

I have always been a bit nervous about getting any type of injection in my face. I was going to someone who I loved for years but they are no longer local. I spoke with Dr Green about how I was a little scared to try someone new. Let me tell you within minutes her and her staff made me feel so comfortable, all my worries went out the window. She did my injections and it was quick and painless. After, her and her staff chatted with me and didn’t rush me out of the office. It really was a great experience. I look amazing and she made me feel like a million bucks. I am going to use her for other services she offers. I would recommend Dr Green to anyone!!!

I went to Dr. Green because I thought I had a pre cancerous condition on my face. While I was there she asked if I wanted a little Botox? I had had it twice before. I said yes. I was placed almost flat on a table was given no numbing cream and she proceeded. In the middle of the procedure I said «this does not feel right». She said it was fine. She would use the filler and then her assistant or nurse would put ice on my face. Then she used some collagen which at one point I said I felt in my mouth.
The result was not a droopy eye it was one completely closed eye, one almost closed. My face was bruised and crooked. I had a young son at this time and could not drive him to any of his activities… some which were out of NYC and could not work for 3 months. When I went back she said she used a stronger form of botox. The collegen that I thought went in my mouth did.
It was a horrible experience I had to tape my eyelids open when they finally started to move. Also because of my «haunting» look I had to purchase many glasses to cover my face.
When I went to other doctors, and I went to many, because I thought I could have been blind permanently they were totally taken back.
I have never written a bad review on anyone. I feel it is my responsibility to let other know of this horrific experience.

FINALLY, someone who knows what they are doing! Michele is absolutely amazing as far as derms go, trust me I’ve seen my fair share. I don’t have major problems with my skin, but I definitely have a few breakouts occasionally and for some reason Laser hair removal wasn’t really taking. As soon as I walked into Michele’s office I thought something was different. It wasn’t commercial and modern, it was comfortable and as another reviewer noted, refreshing.
Michele really takes the time to figure out what the problem is, she isn’t interested in tossing a ton of messy topicals at you and hoping it works. She thought that maybe I had a hormone imbalance and made me get the blood work. Turns out I definitely do. Seeing her convinced me that my current doctors are all quacks and I found another internist who has the same type of approach. Talking to the patient, not spending 10 minutes with you and then going to the next like an assembly line at a factory.
One thing I was concerned with when I had my first appointment, was that I knew she had her own line of skin care products. I was worried that she would push me to purchase things I didn’t necessarily need. My fear was completely unfounded. When I asked her about a cleanser she said «The one you are using is great and I wouldn’t switch». She doesn’t push her own line on you unless its something that you actually need. Additionally, her products are reasonably priced, so when you do buy something from her, you are getting a great product at a reasonable price.
If it helps at all, even my oh so picky mother (Who likes no doctor I’ve ever seen) wants to shake Michele’s hand. I highly recommend her if you are looking for a genius dermatologist and great skin!