This information explains how to take pictures showing your child’s skin, range of motion, mouth, or all 3. It also explains how to send these pictures to your child’s care team using MyMSK.
Your child’s range of motion is how far they can move a part of their body. MyMSK is MSK’s patient portal.
When taking the pictures:
- Position your child so they’re standing in front of or lying on top of a solid-colored background.
- Turn your camera’s flash on.
- Center the body part you’re taking a picture of in the frame.
- Make sure the camera is focused. If you’re using your smartphone, tap the screen to focus it.
- If you’re using an iPhone, please turn off live photo. You will see when live photos are turned off.
Read Tips for Taking Pictures to Share with Your Healthcare Provider to learn more.
How to take pictures of your child’s skin
Face
Take a photo of your child’s face.
Front of upper body
Take a photo of the front of your child’s upper body.
Back of upper body
Take a photo of the back of your child’s upper body.
Front of lower body
Take a photo of the front of your child’s lower body.
Back of lower body
Take a photo of the back of your child’s upper body.
How to take pictures of your child’s range of motion
Your child’s care team will tell you if you need to take pictures of their range of motion.
It’s best if your child takes off any clothes covering the area you’re taking a picture of. This helps their care team more clearly see their range of motion and check their skin.
Shoulders
- Ask your child to raise their arms above their head with their palms facing forward. They should keep their elbows straight.
- Ask your child to move their arms as close to their ears as they can.
- Take a photo of this position.
Take a photo of how high your child can raise their arms.
Elbows
- Ask your child to hold their arms out to the sides with their palms facing upward.
- Ask your child to straighten their elbows as much as they can.
- Take a photo of this position. Include both arms in the photo, if you can.
Take a photo of how much your child can straighten their elbows.
Wrists and fingers
- Ask your child to place their palms together.
- Ask your child to raise their elbows until they are parallel to the ground. They should keep their palms as close together as they can.
- Take a photo of this position.
Take a photo of how much your child can bend their wrists.
Ankle
- Ask your child to point their foot.
- Ask your child to flex their foot up toward their shin.
- Take a photo in this position.
- Repeat with their other foot.
Take a photo of how much your child can bend their ankle.
How to take pictures of the inside of your child’s mouth
Your child’s care team will tell you if you need to take pictures of the inside of your child’s mouth.
Left side of their mouth
Take a photo of the left side of the inside of your child’s mouth.
Back of their mouth
Take a photo of the back of your child’s mouth.
Right side of their mouth
Take a photo of the left side of the inside of your child’s mouth.
Upper lip
Take a photo of the inside of your child’s upper lip.
Lower lip
Take a photo of the inside of your child’s lower lip.
How to send pictures to your child’s healthcare provider using MyMSK
If you do not have a MyMSK account, visit my.mskcc.org, call 646-227-2593, or call your doctor’s office for an enrollment ID to sign up. For more information, watch the video How to Enroll in MyMSK: Memorial Sloan Kettering's Patient Portal.
MyMSK only allows you to send a certain number of pictures at a time. You may need to send more than one message to share them all with your child’s healthcare provider.
Sending pictures using MyMSK on your computer
To send the pictures using MyMSK on your computer:
- Save your pictures to your computer. One way to do this is to use your phone to email the pictures to yourself, open the email on your computer, and save the pictures.
- Open your internet browser. Type in my.mskcc.org and log in to your MyMSK account.
- Find the Messages area on your homepage. Click “New Message.”
- In the Compose New Message menu, click “Ask a general question.” If your care team told you to use a different message type, choose that one instead.
- Click “Type or select physician’s name.” Choose your healthcare provider.
- Click “Subject.” Choose “Questions about my Treatment.” If your care team told you to use a different subject, choose that one instead.
- In the text box, write a message to your healthcare provider.
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Click “Add attachment(s)” under the text box. Open the folder where your picture is saved and click on your picture. Then click the “Open” button. Repeat this step for each picture.
- MyMSK only lets you send a certain number of pictures at a time. You may need to send more than one message to share them all with your healthcare provider.
- When your message is ready, click the “Send” button.
Sending pictures using the MyMSK app on your smartphone or tablet
To send pictures using the MyMSK app on your smartphone or tablet:
- Make sure your pictures are saved on your smartphone or tablet.
- Tap the MyMSK app icon. Log in to your MyMSK account.
- Tap “Messages” at the bottom of your screen.
- Tap “New” in the upper right corner of your screen. Choose “General Office Communication.” If your care team told you to use a different message type, choose that one instead.
- Tap “To (Office of).” Choose your doctor’s name.
- Tap “Subject.” Choose “Questions about my treatment.” If your care team told you to use a different subject, choose that one instead.
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Tap the “+” icon next to “Add an Attachment.” Choose “Photo.” Tap the photos to attach to your message. Tap “Done” in the upper right corner of your screen.
- MyMSK only lets you send a certain number of pictures at a time. You may need to send more than one message to share them all with your healthcare provider.
- In the text box, write a message to your healthcare provider. When your message is ready, tap the paper airplane symbol in the upper right corner of your screen.