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Meet Heather Richmond, M.D.

Dr. Heather Richmond Dr. Heather Richmond is a board-certified dermatologist with over 10 years of experience in both adult and pediatric dermatology. She attended college at Yale University where she graduated cum laude in 2002 with distinction in her major of molecular, cellular, and developmental biology. During her third year as a medical student at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, she was initiated into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. She graduated in the top 10% of her medical school class with distinctions in both service and research. She went on to complete her internal medicine internship at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. Dr. Richmond finished her training with a residency in dermatology at the University of Texas at Houston/MD Anderson Cancer Center where she served as chief resident in her final year. She has a strong interest in both medical and cosmetic dermatology and has numerous publications in both disciplines. She is board-certified by the American Board of Dermatology and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology.

Dr. Richmond has been living in Houston since 2008. She enjoys spending time with her husband and two children. She is an expert in lasers and injectables and takes a comprehensive treatment approach to incorporate both medical management and the use of cosmetic treatment options as needed to achieve optimal outcomes for her patients. Some of her key areas of interest include lasers and skin tightening, fillers, botox, and other cosmetic injectables, anti-aging, the management of acne and acne scarring, rosacea, discoloration, eczema, psoriasis, and excisional surgery. With her cosmetic patients, she believes in providing subtle enhancements over time to maintain a very natural and healthy appearing result. Having practiced exclusively in the Houston area, she has a high comfort level with treating skin of color and all ethnicities. She hopes to provide a warm, approachable, and transparent clinic environment so that her patients feel as comfortable as possible with their treatments and plan of care. She has many patients who have followed her throughout her entire career. She enjoys managing the complete cosmetic and medical dermatology needs of all ages and loves getting to know her patients over the years and caring for multiple generations of patients within the same family.

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