Create a New Trichoscopy Session

Start a new trichoscopy analysis session for a patient to capture images and run AI-powered hair analysis.

Prerequisites

• You have patients.create permission assigned to your staff role.
• The patient record already exists in your clinic.
• The patient does not already have an active (DRAFT) session of the same type.

Steps

1. Navigate to the Patient Page for the relevant patient.
2. Click Create Session.
3. Select the Session Type — choose HAIR_ANALYSIS.
4. The system verifies no existing DRAFT session of the same type exists for this patient.
5. The session is created in DRAFT status and assigned to you.

Notes

• A session can also be created from an Appointment — when an appointment is linked, the appointment ID is stored on the session record.
• Session ≠ clinical visit. A session represents the trichoscopy analysis workflow specifically, not the entire patient visit. Additional procedures (e.g., PRP treatment) happen outside the session.
• Only one DRAFT session per type is allowed per patient at a time. If a DRAFT session already exists, you must complete or delete it before creating a new one.
• Session data persists across logins — you can close the browser and return to continue later.
• DRAFT sessions can be deleted. SAVED and COMPLETED sessions cannot be deleted.