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The clinic
Where is the clinic?
The Skin, Cosmetic & ENT Care Center is at No. 742, 1st Floor, Bhagyashree, 18th Main Road, 37th F Cross, 4th T Block East, Jayanagar, Bengaluru 560041. It is next to Cafe Coffee Day, near GNR Kalyana Mandapam. Some older leaflets give the building number as 40/1. It is the same address.
Is parking available at the clinic?
Appointments
How do I get in touch or ask for an appointment?
You can call the clinic on +91 90350 66108, which is also the WhatsApp number. The landline is 080-2663 1108. The clinic email address is [email protected]. You can also book an appointment on this website, or through Just Dial.
What are the consulting hours?
The clinic is open Monday to Friday from 9:30 am to 2:00 pm and again from 3:30 pm to 7:30 pm, and on Saturday from 9:30 am to 2:00 pm only. It is closed on Sunday. Each doctor sits at their own times within those hours, and the days change, so please call the clinic before you travel.
Do I need an appointment, or do you accept walk-in patients?
What does a consultation cost, and what do the procedures cost?
Do you accept health insurance or cashless claims?
The doctors
Who will I be seeing?
Dr. D. A. Satish is the Senior Consultant Dermatologist and looks after skin, aesthetic dermatology and laser treatment. Dr. P. Lakshmi Satish is the Senior Consultant ENT Surgeon and Allergist, and is the Director of the clinic. Consultant dermatologists also see patients here; the doctors' page lists everyone who consults at the clinic. The practice has been in Jayanagar since 1984.
What is Dr Satish's training and background?
Dr. D. A. Satish took his MBBS at Bangalore Medical College in 1978 and his MD in Dermatology and Venereology at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, in 1983. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (2016) and an International Fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology. He taught dermatology at M S Ramaiah Medical College for nine years, served twenty years as Senior Consultant and Chief of Dermatology at Sagar Hospitals, founded the Bangalore Dermatological Society in 1992, and was National Vice-President of IADVL. He received the IADVL Lifetime Achievement Award for 2023. His Karnataka Medical Council registration number is 16115.
What is Dr Lakshmi's training and background?
Dr. P. Lakshmi Satish took her MBBS at Bangalore Medical College in 1984, winning the Gold Medal for the highest marks in ENT in the final year, and her MS in ENT at the same college in 1989. She trained in the United Kingdom at Sunderland Royal Hospital and took the DLO of the Royal College of Surgeons, London, in 1994. She was Honorary ENT Consultant at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health for eleven years and at NIMHANS for six, and was Hon. President of the Bangalore branch of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India.
Treatment
What skin conditions do you treat?
The clinic's own patient leaflets cover acne and acne scarring, psoriasis, vitiligo, lichen planus and lichen planus pigmentosus, rosacea, urticaria, hidradenitis suppurativa, pityriasis rosea and keratolysis exfoliativa; fungal infections including tinea and pityriasis versicolor; shingles, cold sores, warts, scabies and molluscum contagiosum; male- and female-pattern hair loss; and the skin signs of polycystic ovarian syndrome. Dr Satish's stated special interests are clinical dermatology, acne, aesthetic dermatology and photodermatology.
What procedures and treatments are offered?
The clinic offers chemical peeling, electrocautery, cryotherapy, microneedling with dermaroller, microneedling fractional radiofrequency (MNRF), laser hair removal, fractional CO2 laser, and the Q-switched Nd:YAG laser (laser toning, pigmentation and tattoo removal). It also offers phototherapy and intense pulsed light, PRP and GFC, and shingles and influenza vaccination.
Do you see children?
Yes. Several of the clinic's leaflets deal with conditions common in children — pityriasis rosea, tinea capitis on the scalp, keratolysis exfoliativa and guttate psoriasis. Dr Satish is a life member of the Indian Society for Paediatric Dermatology and served as its President in 2003–2004. Dr Lakshmi Satish was Honorary ENT Consultant at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health for eleven years, and paediatric ENT is one of her special interests.
How many sessions will a procedure take?
It depends on the procedure. Chemical peeling is usually four to five sittings two to four weeks apart. MNRF is usually four to six sessions four to six weeks apart. Laser hair removal usually needs four to six treatments or more at four- to six-week intervals. The Q-Switched Nd:YAG laser averages four to six monthly sittings, and up to ten for a tattoo. PRP and GFC are repeated every four to six weeks, with improvement usually visible from about three months. Your doctor will set a plan for your own skin at the consultation.
Does hair grow back after laser hair removal?
Dr Satish's leaflet is explicit that permanence cannot be promised. Hair growth is cyclical, and each treatment only affects the follicles that are in their growth phase at the time. Regrowth may become slower and finer over a course of treatment; the response and the number of sittings vary with the area, skin type and hair density.
What can I expect from treatment for my skin condition?
That depends on the condition, and your doctor will explain what to expect. Some conditions, such as fungal infections, scabies and pityriasis versicolor, often clear when the diagnosis is right and the full course of treatment is completed; they can come back when it is not. Some settle on their own, such as pityriasis rosea, which usually takes six to eight weeks. Others are long-term conditions that treatment controls: treatment can clear or greatly improve psoriasis in most people, but psoriasis is a long-term condition and it can come back. Results vary from person to person, and this clinic does not promise a specific outcome for any treatment.
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