{"id":3579,"date":"2026-08-26T13:32:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T13:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcsorengo.ch\/?page_id=3579"},"modified":"2026-08-27T13:38:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T13:38:19","slug":"consultation-second-opinion","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mcsorengo.ch\/en\/specializations\/aesthetic-medicine-surgery\/consultation-second-opinion\/","title":{"rendered":"Consultation and Second Opinion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mcs-sezione\" style=\"max-width:860px;\">\n<p><strong>An opinion is not an estimate.<\/strong> It is a service in its own right: a medical consultation with a diagnosis and a written report, for a fee, which presupposes no treatment on our part.<\/p>\n<h2>Who it is for<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Anyone who has been offered a treatment or a procedure and wants a second opinion before deciding.<\/li>\n<li>Anyone who has already had a treatment elsewhere and is not satisfied with the result, or has had a complication.<\/li>\n<li>Anyone with a symptom who does not know whether the right answer is aesthetic, medical or neither.<\/li>\n<li>Anyone who wants to understand, before starting, what it is reasonable to expect.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What it includes<\/h2>\n<p>A medical consultation with the specialist for the relevant area, review of the documentation the patient brings, physical examination, laboratory tests if needed, and a written report with the assessment, the alternatives and the limits of each. If the case calls for more than one discipline, the Centre brings them together.<\/p>\n<h2>What it does not include<\/h2>\n<p>It does not include a judgement on the work of other professionals, which is not our place and not our interest. The opinion concerns the current clinical condition and the options available from here on.<\/p>\n<h2>Why it is not free<\/h2>\n<p>An opinion you pay for is an opinion that does not have to sell you anything. That is why this service carries a fee and will continue to: anyone who leaves this consultation with the recommendation to do nothing has received exactly what they came for.<\/p>\n<h2>Related pages<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mcsorengo.ch\/en\/specializations\/aesthetic-medicine-surgery\/how-we-work\/\">How we work<\/a>: how a first consultation runs and what the report contains.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mcsorengo.ch\/en\/specializations\/aesthetic-medicine-surgery\/\">Aesthetic Medicine and Surgery<\/a>: the discipline page.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>How to book<\/h2>\n<p>Telephone <a href=\"tel:+41919942000\">+41 91 994 20 00<\/a>, WhatsApp on the same number, or <a href=\"mailto:info@mcsorengo.ch\">info@mcsorengo.ch<\/a>. It helps to bring whatever documentation you already have: reports, estimates received, photographs, details of the products or devices used previously.<\/p>\n<p><small>The information on this page is for general information only and does not replace a medical consultation. Private service, not covered by compulsory health insurance except where a recognised medical indication applies.<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An opinion is not an estimate. It is a service in its own right: a medical consultation with a diagnosis and a written report, for a fee, which presupposes no treatment on our part. Who it is for Anyone who has been offered a treatment or a procedure and wants a second opinion before deciding. 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