Abstract
Even though many individuals are interested in various cosmetic procedures, only a portion of them would benefit in terms of postoperative satisfaction and improvement in self-esteem, body image, and quality of life. Thus, cosmetic physicians should develop their skills of patient selection. However, their task to identify individuals who would benefit less from aesthetic procedures is difficult, as they lack evidence-based clinical tools to predict postoperative satisfaction. Problematic patients may induce significant stress and financial burden to their doctors, as medical litigation is also on the rise. An algorithm is developed to guide cosmetic physician during the preoperative consultation to optimally select the most suitable patients for aesthetic interventions.
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Milothridis, P. (2020). Clinical Tool for Optimal Patient Selection. In: Cosmetic Patient Selection and Psychosocial Background. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44725-0_10
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