Terms of Use
Terms of Use
These Terms of Use govern access to and use of the Dermatology and Laser Centre public website. The site provides general educational and practice information; it does not replace individualized medical evaluation, create a physician-patient relationship merely by browsing, or provide emergency care. Appointment forms submit requests only unless the practice expressly confirms a booking.
These are the rules for using the Dermatology and Laser Centre website. The site gives general information about skin and about the practice. It does not replace someone examining you. Reading it does not make you our patient. And it is not for emergencies. When you send an appointment form, you are asking for an appointment. You do not have one until we confirm it.
Terms of Use: the essentials
The short version
Rules for using the public website and its content.
The rules for using this website and what is on it.
Website information is general education and does not replace individualized medical evaluation or advice.
What is on this website is general information. It is not advice about you, and it does not replace being examined.
The website and routine forms are not emergency services.
This website, and the forms on it, are not an emergency service.
A request is not confirmed until the practice confirms it unless a verified real-time booking system states otherwise.
Sending a request does not book you in. You have an appointment when we confirm it.
Acceptance of these Terms
Agreeing to these terms
By accessing or using this website, you agree to the Terms of Use posted on the site. If you do not agree to the Terms, do not use the website.
By using this website, you agree to these terms. If you do not agree with them, please do not use the site.
Is the website medical advice?
Is anything here medical advice?
Website content is provided for general education and practice information. It does not account for your individual history, examination findings, medications, allergies, diagnosis or treatment needs and does not replace care from a qualified healthcare professional.
No. It is general information about skin conditions and about this practice. It knows nothing about your history, your examination, your medicines, your allergies, your diagnosis or what you need. It does not replace care from a qualified professional.
- Do not use website content to diagnose yourself or another person.
- Treatment candidacy, risks, expected results and alternatives vary by patient and require professional evaluation.
- Product/device indications and availability can change and should be confirmed during consultation.
- Do not use anything here to work out what is wrong with you, or with anyone else.
- Whether a treatment suits you, its risks, what result to expect, and the alternatives, all vary from person to person and need a proper assessment.
- What a product or machine is approved for, and whether we have it, can change. Confirm it at your consultation.
Is this website for emergencies or urgent medical care?
Is this site for emergencies?
The website, email, newsletter and routine contact or appointment forms are not emergency or real-time triage services. For a medical emergency, seek appropriate emergency care rather than waiting for a website response.
No. The website, our email, the newsletter, and the ordinary contact and appointment forms, are not emergency services, and nobody is watching them in real time. In a medical emergency, get emergency care. Do not wait for a reply from this website.
Does using the website create a physician-patient relationship?
Does using this site make me your patient?
Browsing the website, reading educational content, sending a general inquiry, subscribing to a newsletter or submitting an appointment request does not by itself establish a physician-patient relationship. A clinical relationship begins through the practice’s applicable intake, acceptance and care process.
No. Reading the site, subscribing to the newsletter, sending a general question or asking for an appointment does not on its own make you a patient. That relationship starts through our proper intake and care process.
What are the terms for appointment requests and online forms?
What are the rules about the online forms?
Unless a real-time scheduling system clearly confirms a booking, an online submission is an appointment request only. Provide accurate information and do not use ordinary website forms for emergency messages or unnecessary sensitive medical details.
Unless a live booking system clearly confirms it, anything you send online is a request. Please give accurate information, and do not use these forms for emergencies or for medical detail you do not need to send.
- The practice may contact the user to clarify scheduling or visit type.
- Availability, insurance coverage, price and treatment eligibility are not guaranteed by a website submission.
- We may contact you to check what kind of appointment you need.
- Sending a form does not guarantee you a time, insurance cover, a price, or that a treatment is suitable for you.
How may the website be used?
How may I use this website?
Use the website lawfully and in a way that does not interfere with its security, operation, other users or intellectual-property rights.
Lawfully, and in a way that does not interfere with its security, how it runs, other people using it, or anyone’s rights over the content.
- Do not attempt unauthorized access, scraping that disrupts service, malware distribution, security circumvention or interference with site operation.
- Do not impersonate another person or submit knowingly false information through forms.
- Do not use practice content or branding in a way that falsely suggests endorsement or affiliation.
- Do not try to break in, scrape it in a way that disrupts it, spread malware, get round its security, or interfere with how it works.
- Do not pretend to be someone else, or knowingly put false information into a form.
- Do not use our content or our name in a way that falsely suggests we endorse you, or are connected to you.
Who owns the website content?
Who owns what is on this site?
Website text, design, graphics, logos, original photographs, videos and other materials are owned by or licensed to the practice or their respective rights holders, subject to applicable law and third-party licenses. Personal, noncommercial viewing is permitted; other reuse may require permission unless the law allows it.
The words, the design, the graphics, the logos, the original photographs and videos, and the other material, belong to the practice or to whoever licensed them to us. You are welcome to look at it for yourself. Using it for anything else may need permission, unless the law allows it.
- Do not claim ownership of third-party trademarks, product names or licensed media.
- Real patient before/after images remain subject to consent/privacy controls in addition to copyright.
- AI-generated or licensed stock assets must retain their required licensing/provenance records internally.
- Do not claim ownership of trademarks, product names or licensed media that belong to someone else.
- Photographs of real patients are also covered by their consent and their privacy, on top of copyright.
- Illustrations and stock images keep their licensing records internally.
Are website information and services guaranteed to be complete or continuously available?
Is everything here guaranteed to be complete and available?
The practice works to keep website information useful and current, but medical information, services and technology can change and the website may occasionally be unavailable. Website content is not a guarantee that every detail will always be complete, current or uninterrupted.
We work to keep this site useful and up to date. But medical information, our services, and technology all change, and the site is occasionally unavailable. Nothing here is a guarantee that every detail is always complete, current, or reachable.
- Clinical information changes as evidence, labeling and guidance evolve.
- Treatment/device availability may change.
- Site outages, maintenance or third-party failures can occur.
- Medical information changes as the evidence, the product labelling and the guidance change.
- Which treatments and machines we offer can change.
- The site can go down for maintenance, or because something outside our control failed.
What about links, maps, videos and other third-party services?
What about links, maps and videos from elsewhere?
External websites and embedded services are controlled by their own operators and generally have their own terms and privacy practices. A link to a third party does not mean the practice endorses every statement, product or policy on that site.
Other websites, and anything embedded here from elsewhere, are run by other people, and have their own terms and their own privacy practices. A link does not mean we endorse everything on that site.
What happens to information or content I submit?
What happens to what I send you?
Information submitted through website forms is handled according to the Privacy Policy and, when applicable, the practice’s Notice of Privacy Practices. Submitting information does not automatically transfer broad ownership of your medical information, patient communications, reviews or photographs to the practice.
It is handled according to our Privacy Policy, and where it applies, the practice’s Notice of Privacy Practices. Sending us something does not hand us broad ownership of your medical information, your messages, your reviews or your photographs.
Do before-and-after photos, testimonials or case studies guarantee results?
Do the before and after photos guarantee a result?
Before-and-after photographs, testimonials and case studies do not guarantee a particular outcome. Individual results vary, and treatment expectations require an individualized consultation.
No. Photographs, testimonials and case studies do not guarantee anything. Results are different for everyone, and what you can expect needs a consultation.
Changes to these Terms and contact information
Changes to these terms, and how to contact us
These Terms may be updated as the website, services or legal requirements change. The posted Terms identify their effective date and provide a current way to contact the practice with questions.
These terms may change as the site, our services or the law change. The version posted here shows the date it took effect, and how to contact us with questions.
- Effective date: September 17, 2026.
- Questions: office@gallachermd.com, or (925) 820-3376.
- These terms took effect on September 17, 2026.
- For questions, email office@gallachermd.com or call (925) 820-3376.
Questions patients ask
Is information on this website medical advice?
Is this website medical advice?
No. It is general educational and practice information. Individual diagnosis and treatment decisions require evaluation by an appropriate healthcare professional.
No. It is general information about skin and about this practice. Working out what is wrong with you, and what to do about it, needs a qualified professional.
Does submitting an appointment form guarantee an appointment?
Does sending the form get me an appointment?
No, unless a verified real-time booking system clearly confirms it. Otherwise the office must confirm the request.
No, unless a live booking system tells you it is confirmed. Otherwise the office has to confirm it.
Does using this site make me a patient of the practice?
Does using this site make me a patient?
Not merely by browsing, subscribing, sending a general inquiry or submitting a request. The physician-patient relationship is established through the practice’s clinical process.
Not by browsing, subscribing, asking a general question or sending a request. You become a patient through our clinical process.
Can I use website information instead of seeing a dermatologist?
Can I use this instead of seeing a skin doctor?
No. The site cannot assess your individual history or examination findings. Seek qualified care for diagnosis or treatment decisions.
No. A website cannot take your history or examine you. For a diagnosis, or a decision about treatment, see someone qualified.
Are treatment results guaranteed?
Are results guaranteed?
No. Outcomes vary by diagnosis, anatomy, treatment choice, settings, healing response and other individual factors.
No. What happens depends on the diagnosis, your anatomy, the treatment chosen, the settings used, how you heal, and other things specific to you.
Who can I contact with questions about these Terms?
Who do I contact about these terms?
Email office@gallachermd.com, call (925) 820-3376, or use the Contact page.
Email office@gallachermd.com, call (925) 820-3376, or use the Contact page.
Something here wrong, or something that should not be published? Tell us and we will look at it. Email office@gallachermd.com or call (925) 820-3376, and say which page you mean. That covers a fact that needs correcting, a photograph or a name you would like taken down, and any question about information of your own that appears on this site.
