(Rachel Jacoby Zoldan/ Everyday Health) — Even though your daily life may not look the same as it did in February, now isn’t the time to let up on caring for your health — including that of your skin. While your dermatologist has likely paused in-person visits amid the COVID-19 pandemic, you can use telemedicine to meet with him or her virtually from the safety of your home.
Telemedicine is a blanket term used to describe virtual doctor’s visits, whether they’re held via an app that offers its own providers or a video conferencing service through which you connect with an individual provider you’d typically meet in person.
Amid COVID-19, telemedicine has arguably gone mainstream. Medici, a telemedicine platform launched in 2016, has had a 1,409 percent increase in patient registration and a 1,822 percent increase in provider registration from March 15 to April 15, 2020, says Clint Phillips, CEO of Medici.
But with such a hands-on field of medicine, how is using telemedicine for dermatology appointments — or using “teledermatology,” as some people refer to it — possible? (…)