Panel Debates Best Way to Handle Cosmetic Complications
How dermatologists get consent and whether they should get it for every treatment were Dr. Lee's next concerns.
"The nurse provides the consent form. I come back in the room and ask if they have any questions, and I cosign it," Dr. Sengelmann said. "They sign the same consent each time they come in for a treatment."
"I usually don't sign for Botox and fillers, the nurse signs it," Dr. Glaser said. "We have a form with multiple lines, and we get consent for each and every patient."
In Dr. Cohen's practice, a medical assistant asks patients to sign the consent form. "But I review what can happen [such as] bruising, lumps, and bumps." He also asks patients to let him know if they experience excessive pain or "anything purple they don't think is bruising."
Dr. Glaser said that she has "to remind [patients] that even though they have had no complication to date, the risk is the same with each and every injection."
"I re-consent every time," Dr. Flynn said. "I just want to remind everyone there are more and more attorneys graduating each and every year. Remember the trial attorneys are not your friends."
How do you get informed consent? Do you get it every time an established patient comes in for treatment?
Source Dr. Lee
'They sign the same consent each time they come in for a treatment.'
Source Dr. Sengelmann
A medical assistant asks patients to sign the consent form, 'but I review what can happen.'
Source Dr. Cohen
'We have a form with multiple lines, and we get consent for each and every patient.'
Source Dr. Glaser
