Consultation

The consultation is perhaps the most important aspect of cosmetic medicine. It is very important that you get an honest, informed opinion on whether or not the discussed treatment can achieve your expectations. You as a patient will have certain expectations of what you want to achieve from your treatment and you should express your expectations as clearly as possible. A trained cosmetic physician will have to identify what he or she can and cannot achieve with the treatment and should try to explain this to you as clearly as possible. Ideally your expectations and the treatment outcomes will be very similar.

There are several stages to the consultation:

Medical History
Initially your clinician will take a full medical history of your previous health problems, current medication, known allergies, smoking and alcohol intake etc to ensure that it is safe to undertake the treatment. This will include discussing exactly why you want the procedure and what it is that you wish to achieve.

Clinical examination
Your clinician will then undertake a careful examination to identify what needs to be done in order to achieve your goals.

Photographs
Your clinician will then take a series of photographs. The purpose of this is to record the pre-treatment appearance and also he or she will use these photographs for planning purposes.

Booking your procedure
After the consultation, it is your choice if you want to have the procedure at the time of your consultation or you may book your procedure at a later date.

There is no pressure and there is no cost for the consultation.