A Surgeon E-mailing

Ever think you may like to have cosmetic plastic surgery from the eminent Beverly Hills board-certified  plastic surgeon Stuart Linder, M.D (who blogs as Dr. Body)? Or, with the equally eminent Beverly Hills board certified cosmetic plastic surgeon Robert Kotler, M.D. who blogs as Dr. Face?

But there you are, 10,000 miles away from California in, say, Japan, Germany or maybe even Africa. And, like many others worldwide, you may be interested in having cosmetic plastic surgery in Beverly Hills. But who has the time to maybe go and see?

Thanks to modern technology, you can learn more about the particulars of your case and the cosmetic surgery you may be considering without physically traveling to Beverly Hills. How? Doctors Face and Body both offer “virtual” consultations through email, Skype and on the phone.

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Dr. Body (Dr. Linder): Keeping up with your e-mail, doctor?

Dr. Face: (Dr. Kotler): Yes, indeed. More patients are asking to set up a “virtual” consultation while considering coming here to Beverly Hills for cosmetic plastic surgery.

Dr. Body: I recently had a woman from San Tropez, France, e-mail me and explain that she had breast surgery twice near her home but still had no cleavage!

Dr. Face: Does she want a breast revision?

Dr. Body: She’s already been here and had the revision breast surgery but our relationship started with an e-mail exchange, including photos. Same thing for some breast revision surgery patients from Denmark and from London.

Dr. Face: I suppose you do a virtual consult like my office does? We like to use Skype as much as possible and get a set of photos through e-mail or regular mail showing the area a person wants treated, their medical history and other information. By the time we get together on the phone to discuss the case, I have also sent the person our computer generated “after” plastic surgery pictures. And asked the person to take care of the physical and other pre-surgery chores before leaving home. (Read more about how distant plastic surgery patients have virtual consultations.)

Dr. Body: Yes, it’s basically the same system although we don’t use predictive pictures. The beauty is, my very capable assistant, Adriana, collects all the information. Then, when I talk to the patient on the phone or through Skype, I have a complete file on the patient. It’s a lot like talking to the person, well, in person.

Dr. Face: I know you do the same thing as I: after the international traveler gets here, he or she comes to my office and we go over everything again as if it were the first time we met. All details are covered and we spend as much time as needed.

Dr. Body: Sure, there are some things in plastic surgery that require hands-on touching that can’t be done in a teleconference or a video conference. But the lion’s share can be completed remotely.

Dr. Face:  An English chap e-mailed recently about his large nose and receding chin line. We took care of all the details and I also explained how the rhinoplasty surgery would be done and provided the cost of cosmetic plastic surgery. We also arranged a limousine pickup from the airport to his hotel. After several days to decompress, he came to my office for an in-person exam.

Dr. Body: Did he also make a vacation out of his stay?

Dr. Face: He did; he stayed for two weeks. He had some business matters to take care of but worked in day visits to Santa Barbara and San Diego.

Dr. Body: The English are very fond of visiting Italy due to its much, much better weather; so most English visitors think those two places in California are the most like Italy. That’s good because we want patients to stay here for at least 10 days after surgery.

Dr. Face: I read a recent study in the Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare that compared a group of patients making both virtual and in-person doctor visits.

Dr. Body: What did they find?

Dr. Face: One of the groups graded the satisfaction rate on the in-person visits at 80 percent and the virtual visits at 84 percent.

Dr. Body: Where can you read that?

Dr. Face:  Just go to: Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare.

Dr. Body: I recently completed a surgery on a Vietnamese woman who spent her after surgery time in Beverly Hills meeting with agents and film producers. Our relationship also started with an e-mail request and pictures from her home nation.

Dr. Face: Speaking of pictures, you can also read more about the best way to take before plastic surgery pictures of yourself for a surgeon’s use during a virtual visit.

Take a look at Dr. Body’s before and after plastic surgery pictures

Here are the before and after cosmetic plastic surgery pictures from the office of Dr. Face