Vol. I · No. 04  · Summer 2026Know your skin, and where to take it.
The Dossier

Moy, Fincher, Chipps Facial Plastics & Dermatology (Rodeo Derm)

Beverly Hills (421 N Rodeo Dr, Suite T7); also Torrance and Encino · Los Angeles

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The read

This Rodeo Drive practice sits at the crossing of Mohs cancer reconstruction and cosmetic laser work, with Edgar Fincher's Stanford research fellowship specifically in skin wound healing lending real scientific grounding. Lisa Chipps, President of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, and William Kwan, a noted expert in treating darker skin tones, round out a team whose fractionated CO2 and erbium stack is comparatively modest in named breadth.

The score, examined
40

Reputation

Rating quality18 / 25
Volume confidence11.6 / 15
30

Technology

Fleet breadth6 / 12
Flagship platforms1.2 / 10
Family coverage4 / 8
30

Experience

Longevity12.5 / 15
Verified leadership10 / 10
Bench depth5 / 5

Reputation carries 40 points, technology 30 and experience 30, every one read off a public source. The full methodology lives on the clinic finder.

The bench

Edgar Fincher, MD, PhD (Stanford dermatology + Mohs/laser/cosmetic fellowships, Stanford research fellowship in skin wound healing); Lisa Chipps, MD, MS (President, American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery; Mohs fellow); Lauren Moy, MD; William Kwan, MD (decades of experience, national expert in lasers for darker skin tones)

The fleet

Ablative laser

Non-ablative fractional

RF microneedling

Other platforms

PiQo4Lutronic UltraLase MDEmbraceRFPellevéPollogenXTRAC excimer
What it is strong at
Wound healing & scarsStrong81.1
Maintenance & glowModerate67.2
Wrinkles & resurfacingStrong81.1
The reception
4.4blended rating across 303 reviews on Google, Yelp and Zocdoc (Dr Lisa Chipps)

3 platforms were counted for the blend.

Where it sits
NESWLos Angeles

0.5 km from the centre of Los Angeles, bearing south. See it on the clinic finder →

A Mohs-surgery-and-facial-reconstruction practice where the laser work sits alongside cancer reconstruction · Dr. Fincher's Stanford research fellowship was specifically in skin wound healing

Sources
  1. rodeoderm.com/facts
  2. rodeoderm.com/cosmetic-dermatology/laser-light-treatments
  3. rodeoderm.com/before-after
  4. google.com/maps/search/Moy+Fincher+Chipps+421+North+Rodeo+Drive+Bever…