With the publics burgeoning desire for aesthetic and anti-aging treatments, comes an identical number of providers desiring to fill those needs. In days gone by, patients choose their cosmetic doctors primarily by word-of-mouth. Doctor reputations were earned by results and longevity in practice. While this still has significant importance today, the of paper and visual media and in particular the internet, has enabled a doctor to shape his credibility and reputation way ahead of what years of experience could similarly do. Such digital and electronic exposure could be extremely helpful or might possibly be potentially deceiving to prospective patients.
Beyond the glitzy advertisements, well-crafted websites, and free seminars with wine and food, what are some helpful criteria that can guide patients on whom to trust to undergo the cosmetic knife, needle, or laser? Many for the most basic criteria are very well known and have been published many times in another place. Evaluating training, education, and board-certification are absolute basics and they’re relatively easy to influence. Of this group, the most significant question is.are you board-certified.and in what specialty? Once past these basics, however, the next confidence level can only be gained in an actual meeting. Someone’s website can get you to the consultation chair, but what you learn filled with more informative than any brochure if you exactly what to look and listen for. I would focus on these issues:
1) Did the consultation feel like an educational experience or a sales presentation?
2) Where treatment options presented and assessed.or was only one treatment approach
offered?
3) Was time given to answer all your concerns.and a way to respond to your questions that may
arise after?
4) Were actual before and after procedure photos filmed by the doctor you are seeing shown or a method to view them provided?
5) Was dealing with actual patients whom have had the procedures offered a great option? Were
these patients whom have had surgery had it inside of past three months so that their memories are vibrant?
6) Finally, once home, did health related conditions and his office feel right? Did the consultation cause you to
feel softer and secure in selection?
In the end, a psychological connection which includes sense of security may be the final layer in the selection process naturally built on the foundation with the doctor’s education, training and certifications.
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