Pasquali, PRomero-Aguilera, GMoreno-Ramírez, D2023-02-092023-02-092020-11-23http://hdl.handle.net/10668/16670The use and acceptance of teledermatology increased more in the last 2 months of the recent lockdown owing to coronavirus disease 2019 than in the preceding 20 years. This sudden popularity -even among the greatest skeptics- was driven by the need to offer solutions to patients in both public and private settings who suddenly found themselves unable to access in-person dermatological care. Even departments already offering an asynchronous, store-and-forward teledermatology service were obliged to create new systems to support direct interaction between specialists and patients (the direct-to-consumer model). This article suggests some practical ways to implement TD safely and to expedite and optimize teleconsultations; these ideas are not just applicable to a pandemic situation.enAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/COVID-19Covid-19Direct-to-consumerDirecta al consumidorPandemiaPandemicReal-time teledermatologySARS-CoV-2Store and forward teledermatologyTeledermatologyTeledermatologíaTeledermatología asíncronaTeledermatología síncronaTelemedicinaTelemedicineCOVID-19DermatologyHumansPandemicsSkin DiseasesTelemedicineresearch article33242450open access10.1016/j.ad.2020.11.0082173-5778PMC8015014https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ad.2020.11.008https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8015014/pdf