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With any patient who is first seen by the physician, a proper history should be obtained. Not only the patient complaints but a proper complete medical history should be taken. In aesthetic medicine, as with many medical specialties, there is a tendency to shortcut the history with the idea that it is not important to learn everything about the patient. Although doing a proper history may seem wasteful of time, there is, sometimes, information that may be significant concerning the treatment that the physician may propose.
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Shiffman, M.A. (2012). Medical History. In: Prendergast, P., Shiffman, M. (eds) Aesthetic Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20113-4_3
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