Service Information
Teledermatology results
After your appointment
When the dermatologist has reviewed your photographs, they may decide to:
- offer you further treatment
- contact you and your GP with a letter about your lesion management
- offer you a face-to-face or virtual appointment.
We will send you a letter in the post within two to three weeks of your visit, or we will call and ask you to attend a face-to-face consultation.
If you have not heard from the team, or if you are concerned about changes in your lesion, please contact the Teledermatology service.
If an outcome cannot be determined you may be asked to:
- have a biopsy (skin sample) or the removal of the skin lesion
- attend a priority face-to-face clinical appointment with a dermatologist in hospital
- attend a virtual video or telephone consultation
If there is no indication of anything serious, you may be offered reassurance:
- Through a routine follow up appointment in dermatology, which may require photographs to be repeated
- By a clinical letter with no follow up appointment required and you will be discharged
If you require non-urgent treatment, the dermatology team may contact your GP to arrange treatment for you.
Does an urgent follow up appointment or surgery mean I have cancer?
No. You could be asked to come back urgently for a number of reasons. Urgent appointments will generally be seen within a few weeks, so there should not be a long wait.
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