Practical guides
What to do, in what order, with the sources alongside.
The first visit in aesthetic medicine: what to record
History, Fitzpatrick and Glogau, FACE-Q, baseline photos, body dysmorphic disorder, consent and plan: what to write in the record at the first visit.
Read the guideWhat to write in the record after a filler or botulinum toxin
Product, batch, expiry, quantity, sites, needle or cannula, instructions and follow-up: what to note after a filler or botulinum toxin, and why.
Read the guideBefore and after photos: how to take, store and publish them
Light, background, distance and views for comparable photos; health data, privacy notice and a separate consent to publish, with the Garante's fines.
Read the guideInstagram and social media for the aesthetic doctor: what you may publish
What an aesthetic doctor may write and show on social media: titles, treatments, fees, patient photos. Offers and discounts are excluded by law.
Read the guideThe patient asks for a copy of her record: deadlines, method, retention
A patient asks for a copy of her record: seven days in the Gelli law, one month under the GDPR. What to hand over and what can be said about retention.
Read the guideAfter a complication: what to document and whom to notify
After a complication: record, photos, what to tell the patient, report to the Ministry if a device is involved, notice to the insurer. With deadlines.
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