When I actually saw ""Doctor"" Sawan walk in, I should have known to walk right out the door. Her lips were the size of balloons, and she looked like a 60 year woman trying to look 30, and failing miserably. She obviously didn't know much about beauty.\r
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I had an appointment at 5:30 pm for a laser hair removal treatment with Dr. Randa Sawan. I'm from Los Angeles and had three treatemnts there and wanted to get one more done here in Chicago before I went back home for winter break. I spoke with Sawan on the phone earlier and she agreed to match my prices that I got back home for my treatments.\r
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The receptionist was very friendly, but explained that Dr. Sawan would be a half hour late. She went to go get Sawan so I could talk to her and ask her any questions. Dr. Sawan finally came storming in and asked who needed to talk to her. So she came over to me and it took me 5 minutes to explain to her who I was and then she finally said ""oh. you."" She practically bitched at me for wanting to talk to her and I explained that I simply wanted to know what time she would be ready because I had somewhere to be after and I could come back another time. After she left, I nearly left. But I stupidly decided to stay since I needed to get that treatment done.\r
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After crticizing me for leaving my makeup on for the treatment (I never had to remove it back home), she rushed through the treatment. First of all, the machine looked so run down and old compared to the ones I'm used to. She also had to smear gel all over me, which you don't have to do with the newer machines. Not to mention, it was extrememly painful. \r
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We agreed on a price before she started the treatment and when we left she told me it was a hundred bucks. We specifically said that it would 70 before, and when I tried to remind her of that she looked at me and said, ""the prices you have on this list (I printed out a price list for her of my salon) are dirt cheap. I'm rounding up all the numbers. I'm not arguing with you about this."" I ended up paying 30 bucks more for a crappy, rushed treatment. I'm from LA, and I've met my fair share of rude people, but Dr. Sawan takes the cake.\r
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You can barely call her a doctor either. Check out the other reviews she has online. I should have read them more carefully.
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