
What Causes Moles On Face In A Person With A History Of Melanoma?

About referrals:
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Hello XXXXXXX
Negotiating the medical system can be frustrating. Depending on the type of insurance plan you have, they may refuse a primary care doctor's referral for things that they consider a primary care doctor can do.
I think your request to see a dermatologist for a thorough skin survey is reasonable and I do not think you should be satisfied with a cursory exam. The doctor should be looking everywhere, even in remote places, and thoroughly. I would be very assertive and adamant that you want to see a dermatologist for a very thorough skin survey because you have a primary relative who had melanoma. That would be the argument I would make. And that you do not feel comfortable with anything less.
Are you able to refer yourself or does your insurance require that you first go through primary care?


Good luck to you.
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Sometimes being very persistently assertive can get people past the primary practice "gate keeper". Any thing you can provide that might be beyond the primary cared doctor's expertise might get you a referral.
Good luck to you - I hope it works out.
Best regards,
Bonnie Berger-Durnbaugh, MD

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