# Clarity Dermatology and Cosmetic Center, Pasadena: a dermatologist in Pasadena (2026 guide) Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/pasadena/clarity-dermatology-and-cosmetic-center-pasadena-ca. Free to reuse with a link back. By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Fact-checked against 3 sources. Updated 2026-10-22. Owner review: not yet. Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/pasadena/clarity-dermatology-and-cosmetic-center-pasadena-ca ## Photos - ![Photo 1](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmstxn1cd0cdayedrv865kg3d%2F0.png) - ![Photo 2](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmstxn1cd0cdayedrv865kg3d%2F1.jpg) - ![Photo 3](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmstxn1cd0cdayedrv865kg3d%2F2.png) - ![Photo 4](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmstxn1cd0cdayedrv865kg3d%2F3.png) - ![Photo 5](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmstxn1cd0cdayedrv865kg3d%2F4.jpg) ## In short Clarity Dermatology and Cosmetic Center is a dermatologist in Pasadena, CA. Its AI Score is 42 of 100, which is poor. Every fact on this page carries one of three marks: Confirmed (from their website, Google Business Profile, review sites, licensing boards, or measured by Local AI Registry), Visitor submitted (added by a person, with a date and how they know), or AI guess (what AI engines like Gemini and ChatGPT are saying, not confirmed by anyone). Every mark points to a reference at the end of this page. ## Key facts | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Type | Dermatologist | | Address | 10 Congress St Ste 350, Pasadena, CA 91105, USA | | Hours | Mon to Fri 8 AM to 5 PM · Closed Sat to Sun | | Phone | (626) 509-9449 | | Medical director | Nothing found | | Rating | 4.5 across 329 reviews on Google | | Known for | Clarity Dermatology and Cosmetic Center is best known for its skin tag removal services and the expertise of Dr. Yuri Kim, who is a popular choice among patients in Pasadena. | | Prices | Nothing found | | Quietest time | Nothing found | | Parking | Nothing found | | Last verified | October 18, 2026, 7:54 AM | ## All the details Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from. | Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Location info | Address | 10 Congress St Ste 350, Pasadena, CA 91105, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 14, 2026 | | Location info | Description | Dr. Yuri Kim is a top-rated, board-certified dermatologist specializing in medical, cosmetic, and surgical dermatology in Pasadena, CA. We serve communities in the Pasadena, Altadena, La Canada Flintridge, San Marino, Highland Park, Glendale, Sierra Madre area. Dr. Kim diagnoses and treats all conditions of the skin, hair, and nails. At Clarity Dermatology and Cosmetic Center, our top priority is to provide exceptional, comprehensive dermatologic care to the community. We are taking new patients and we accept insurance at our office. Please call our office to book your appointment today! | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 14, 2026 | | Location info | Hours | Mon to Fri 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM · Sat to Sun Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 14, 2026 | | Location info | Name | Clarity Dermatology and Cosmetic Center | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 14, 2026 | | Location info | Phone | (626) 509-9449 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 14, 2026 | | Hours | Monday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 14, 2026 | | Hours | Tuesday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 14, 2026 | | Hours | Wednesday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 14, 2026 | | Hours | Thursday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 14, 2026 | | Hours | Friday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 14, 2026 | | Hours | Saturday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 14, 2026 | | Hours | Sunday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 14, 2026 | | Services | Service | Cosmetic dermatology | AI guess | Nothing found | | Services | Service | Hair condition treatment | AI guess | Nothing found | | Services | Service | Nail condition treatment | AI guess | Nothing found | | Services | Service | Skin condition treatment | AI guess | Nothing found | | Links | Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/claritydermandcosmetics | Confirmed | Business website, checked Oct 18, 2026 | | Links | Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/claritydermandcosmetics | Confirmed | Business website, checked Oct 18, 2026 | | Links | Website | https://www.claritydermandcosmetics.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 14, 2026 | ## Services and prices Services not read yet, back on Scan Day. ### Known for Clarity Dermatology and Cosmetic Center is best known for its skin tag removal services and the expertise of Dr. Yuri Kim, who is a popular choice among patients in Pasadena. ## The team Nothing found ## Visiting Clarity Address: 10 Congress St Ste 350, Pasadena, CA 91105, USA. Phone: (626) 509-9449. Hours: Mon to Fri 8 AM to 5 PM · Closed Sat to Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile, checked August 14, 2026 at 10:25 PM.) ### Location info from Google Business Profile Business description, written by Clarity on its Google Business Profile: "Dr. Yuri Kim is a top-rated, board-certified dermatologist specializing in medical, cosmetic, and surgical dermatology in Pasadena, CA. We serve communities in the Pasadena, Altadena, La Canada Flintridge, San Marino, Highland Park, Glendale, Sierra Madre area. Dr. Kim diagnoses and treats all conditions of the skin, hair, and nails. At Clarity Dermatology and Cosmetic Center, our top priority is to provide exceptional, comprehensive dermatologic care to the community. We are taking new patients and we accept insurance at our office. Please call our office to book your appointment today!" ### When to go Busy times not read yet, back on Scan Day. ### Parking and getting in Nothing found ### Nearby | Place | Type | Distance | | --- | --- | --- | | Fair Oaks / Congress | Bus stop | 1 min walk | | East Parking Structure | Parking garage | 1 min walk | | Fair Oaks Ave & Congress St | Bus stop | 1 min walk | | Pasadena Medical Plaza | Parking lot | 2 min walk | | Burger King | Fast food restaurant | 2 min walk | | Pie Life Pizza Pasadena | Pizza restaurant | 2 min walk | ## Reputation 4.5 average across 329 reviews: Google 25. (Confirmed, read August 14, 2026.) (AI guess, from 329 reviews.) ### What people like - Efficient appointment scheduling - Professional and friendly staff ### What people do not like - Appointments feel rushed - Limited time to discuss multiple concerns - Unresponsive front desk ### Press No press story about Clarity found yet. ### Awards None named yet. ### Directories Directory listings not read yet. ## Recent updates from Clarity Clarity hasn't posted an update here yet. ## Questions people ask ### Any membership pricing here? No answer yet ### anyone actually happy with this place? No answer yet ### best dermatologist in Pasadena No answer yet ### people keep recommending Clarity, what for? No answer yet ### budget options in Pasadena, what is decent No answer yet ### what time does Clarity in Pasadena actually open? No answer yet ### Somewhere to park near Clarity? No answer yet ### medical staff at Clarity, or is it techs? No answer yet ### are prices in Pasadena higher than everywhere else No answer yet ### services here, what do people go in for? No answer yet ### picking between the two, is Dynasty the safer bet? No answer yet ### Downsides nobody puts in a five star review? No answer yet ### numbing at Clarity, do you have to ask for it? No answer yet ### do I need to book this place or can I just turn up? No answer yet ### planning a Saturday visit, is that a wasted trip No answer yet ### last update from here was when? No answer yet ### anywhere on Congress to sit while I wait No answer yet ## What AI gets wrong about Clarity We ask Gemini and ChatGPT about Clarity. These are the answers that disagree with the record. ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 18, 2026. No capture has disagreed with the record yet. ## The AI Score: 42 of 100 The AI Score measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Pasadena dermatologists run 42 to 65. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Clarity scores 42, below the Pasadena average of 52. The same method scores every business on the registry. | Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Clarity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Retrieval grounding | 26 | 25 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Poor | | Off-property attestation | 20 | 42 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor | | AI visibility | 14 | 28 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Named in 5 of 18 answers that recommended anyone. 4 more named nobody, which is not a loss and is not scored. | | Reviews & response | 12 | 80 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good | | Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 53 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair | | Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good | | Speed & mobile | 7 | 60 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Fair | | Content freshness & schema | 5 | 57 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Fair | Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology ## How AI decides what to tell you about a dermatologist When you ask ChatGPT, Gemini or Google for a med spa, the AI does not visit each business. It reads what is already written about it: the business website, its Google Business Profile, review sites like Yelp and RealSelf, news stories, licensing boards and directories like this one. Then it repeats what those sources agree on. That is why AI gets small facts wrong. If Yelp says a place is open Mondays and the website says it is not, the AI has to pick one. The table above shows the answers that disagree with the record today. The more sources agree, and the more specific they are, the more confidently AI recommends a business. A review that says "the nurse did half a syringe in my lips and it looks natural" is far more useful to an AI than one that says "great place." ## How to choose a dermatologist in California, with or without AI A few checks take ten minutes and matter more than any rating. This is general information, not medical advice. - Look up every injector. Doctors are listed by the California medical board, and nurses and nurse practitioners by its nursing board. Both lookups are free. - Ask who does the injections, and check that person's license. - Ask for the price per unit of Botox and per syringe of filler, not per area. - Read reviews that name a provider and a treatment. Vague praise is easy to fake. - Check that the hours and phone number match on Google, Yelp and the website. Mismatches are how people end up at a locked door. - Ask whether they dissolve filler and when they would tell you not to add more. ## How to read the marks on this page - Confirmed (solid circle): from a known source. The business website, its Google Business Profile, review sites like Yelp, Healthgrades and RealSelf, a licensing board, or measured by Local AI Registry. - Visitor submitted (hollow circle): added or corrected by a person, with the date and how they know, like a phone call or a visit. - AI guess (hollow triangle): what AI engines are saying right now. Nobody has confirmed it. ## About the author Steve Lee is the founder and CEO of Local AI Registry and sets its editorial standards. He is a former Google executive in Search and a former Microsoft executive, with more than 20 years in digital: search, local discovery, and how people find businesses online. He is based in Irvine. - Expertise: search at Google and Microsoft, AI search, answer engine optimization, generative engine optimization, local SEO, structured data and entity mapping. - Industry: medical aesthetics, injectables, med spa operations and marketing. - Disclosure: Local AI Registry sells services to business owners, including Clarity if it claims this page. That does not change what this page says. Every fact carries its source. ## Entity map Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other. | Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to Clarity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Clarity Dermatology and Cosmetic Center | MedicalBusiness | #business | https://www.claritydermandcosmetics.com/ | Subject of this page | | Pasadena, California | City | #city | Nothing found | City Clarity is in | | Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page | | Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team | Author of this page | ## Topical map Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the dermatologists in Pasadena, linked to the lists and towns around it. ### Lists - Best dermatologists in Pasadena: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/pasadena/dermatologist - Best businesses in Pasadena: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/pasadena ### Nearby - /los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles - /san-francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco - /san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose - /san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego - /irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine - /fresno: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/fresno ### Every list - Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca ## Frequently asked questions ### What is AI search optimization for local business? Getting a business named when a neighbor asks ChatGPT, Gemini, or Perplexity for a recommendation. Some call it AI SEO, some call it generative engine optimization. Traditional SEO fights for ten blue links; this fights for the one answer an assistant says out loud. The AI Score on this page measures the eight signals that drive it. ### What is Local AI Registry? The public record of how AI sees local business. We score every business we list by one published method, we keep the questions people ask about it in one place, and we never sell rank. Looking up any business here is free. ### How does this page help a business get recommended by AI? Assistants read public pages before they answer. This one states what the business does, what people ask about it, and what the Record answers, in one place a machine can read. Correcting what is wrong here changes what an assistant repeats next. ### Who writes the answers here? Registry AI writes the first answer under every question, from the Record and the public sources named beneath it. Neighbors write the rest under pseudonyms. A registered owner can reply as the business, and their reply says so. ### I own Clarity Dermatology and Cosmetic Center. How do I fix something or rank higher? Register the page. It is free, it takes about five minutes, and it lets you correct the Record and reply as the business. Nothing on this page is for sale, so the only thing that moves the score is the work. ## References ### Sources cited - [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJ1aA9kSjDwoARb2BJ8FT6Swk (accessed Aug 14, 2026) - [2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 18, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 18, 2026) - [3] claritydermandcosmetics.com, https://www.claritydermandcosmetics.com/ (accessed Oct 18, 2026)