THE IMPORTANCE OF REMOTE COUNSELING IN COSMETOLOGY AND COSMETIC DERMATOLOGY

Remote consultations are used for diagnosis, treatment recommendations, patient monitoring and health education. The aim of the study was to collect, assess and summarise data regarding remote consultations in cosmetology and cosmetic dermatology. The study is an introduction to the authors' research into the importance of remote counseling in cosmetology. A review of the literature available on PubMed; a diagnostic survey was carried out among those declared and qualified for the study; the author's preliminary unpublished results are reported (JMB). A total of 490 publications were identified in a search of 20 October 2021. A summary of ten research papers was produced in the narrative form. In addition, an analysis of an unpublished diagnostic survey was carried out (JMB research, 2021, respondents n=95, full survey completed n=46). The analysed research papers discussed: telephone counseling (n=2), e-counseling (n=3), e-learning (n=2), automatic counseling (n=2), and mobile health applications (n=1). The aim of each of the research papers analysed in this review was to educate patients in the field of skin care and to con¬solidate proper skin care and photo-protection behaviours. The diagnostic survey, as well as the literature review, confirmed the importance of and need for remote counseling in cosmetology and cosmetic dermatology as regards education, motivation and prophylaxis.