Plastic Surgery - Starting With An E-consult

In the past, the only way to learn more about plastic surgery was to set up an in

office appointment for a consultation and show up to talk to a doctor. While this may be easy if both the patient and doctor live in the same area, it can be tough to reach out to someone across the country. An e-consult makes it possible to get general information about a patient and allows the patient to get some idea of what he or she can expect from the doctor.

Required Information

Before any consultation for plastic surgery, a patient needs to go over his or her health history with the doctor. This is to get an idea of the person's general health and look for any red flags that may cause complications during the procedure. Most questions are start out with just yes or no responses with a patient answering whether or not any of the listed ailments and diseases have ever been experienced. From there, the questions get more specific and include queries about any allergies or past problems with operations in the past.

For most patients, this only takes a few minutes. The questions are straightforward and the answers are simple. If there are any responses that give a physician pause, he or she will follow up and get information from the patient. This is the same process that occurs during a consultation for plastic surgery. However, instead of meeting face to face, the two individuals can communicate online and go over the necessary details and questions.

Upload Photos

Facts and data can give a doctor an idea of the general health of a patient but photos will provide more information about how the body currently looks. Even a person's description of the body tends to be general so photos are the best option for helping a surgeon come up with a plan for making changes through plastic surgery.

Several photos are often requested to make sure that different angles are shown. For example, in the case of a breast augmentation, the potential patient should take a photo directly facing the camera and one photo facing each side of the camera. In some cases, it may be necessary to take a photo from overhead to get an accurate showing of the current body situation. From there, a doctor looks and determines what options a patient has and which one will be most beneficial.

Even with the use of an e-consult, a doctor will want to see the patient before the procedure. This appointment can be made several weeks before the plastic surgery or only days before, depending on the patient's travel schedule.

by: Aloysius Aucoin

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