Is UCLA or UCI or UCSD better for cosmetics?
ucla or uci for sure
UCI has very strong cosmetics
uci!!
If you're looking at the UCs, would also mention Davis. Get significant cosmetic exposure.
Orange, CA
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✅1. Faculty are excellent clinicians and teachers. They are experts in a wide range of subspecialties (hair, oncoderm/ctcl, immunobullous, rheum-derm, cosmetics, procedural derm/lasers, peds derm etc) and seem well connected. Beautiful place to live in with access to top tier food and amazing beaches. Some of the clinics are the nicest I have seen. I rotated there and loved it. Every day was different because there was so much to see and so many faculty to work with. It could seem overwhelming at first, but it shows how much you will be able to learn and get exposed to during residency.
❌1. Long drive between sites, parking isnt free, and all that just to be treated like a scribe in clinic
Is UCLA or UCI or UCSD better for cosmetics?
ucla or uci for sure
UCI has very strong cosmetics
uci!!
If you're looking at the UCs, would also mention Davis. Get significant cosmetic exposure.
Which derm programs have the best cosmetics training? I've scoured some of the past sheets/SDN and sometimes UCI, Kaiser LA, and Samaritan are mentioned. Any others?
saw in previous sheets that cosmetics were top-notch at nyu, especially compared to other t5s
Yes for UCI and Kaiser LA! I'm not familiar with Samaritan
How is UC Irvine? Not much on the website
Great cosmetic training, really good if you are interested in private practice
what does great cosmetic training look like at this program? just trying to understand how to compare! thank you!!
what does great cosmetic training and preparing you for private practice look like at this program? just trying to understand how to compare! sorry im not too familar with it. thank you!!
Very good training, lots of experts in the field of hair, oncodermatology, bullous disorders, rheum derm, CTCL, etc
ucsd