title: Tempering Patient Expectations and Working With Budgetary Constraints When It Comes to a Single Versus a Multimodal Approach.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This article is a review of the literature and the authors' experience in managing patients seeking facial and nonfacial rejuvenation procedures with budgetary constraints.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To provide readers with an approach to the cosmetic patient with financial limitations.
  
  
  METHODS
  This article is written from a review of the literature and the authors' experience.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The readers should learn how to better manage a patient with financial limitations seeking cosmetic procedures.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Because patients seeking cosmetic procedures are often faced with budgetary constraints, it is important for the cosmetic physician to educate patients about available treatment options and their costs. Giving patients realistic expectations and tailoring treatment plans to the patient's primary goals and financial limitations can help maximize overall patient satisfaction.
authors.affiliation: *Skin Care and Laser Physicians of Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California; †Dermatology and Aesthetics of Munich, Munich, Germany; ‡Dermatology Department, Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.
authors.forename: Jeanette M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Black
authors.forename: Tatjana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pavicic
authors.forename: Derek H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D002017:Budgets; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy / Q000191:economics; D003142:Communication; D003357:Cosmetic Techniques / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D012060:Rejuvenation; D015595:Skin Aging