Aesthetic-medicine & plastic-surgery clinics: structural verification register
For every clinic we check who the responsible physician is, whether the official registers confirm the specialist certification and licence, whether the facility and the legal entity can be traced, whether the clinic publishes its own identifiers, and whether its advertising stays honest. We do not assess treatment outcomes, skill or complications, and nothing here is medical advice.
How the score is built → · Registers we check against
11 ranked of 14 listed · data last refreshed 31 August 2026
| # | Clinic | Score/100 | Cov. | M1 | M2 | M3 | M4 | M5 | M6 | M7 | M8 | M9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. Poveda — Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery · San José Specialist-led |
81.7 | 91% | — | ? | |||||||
| 2 | Dr. Victor Urzola — Plastic Surgery · Escazú Specialist-led |
80.5 | 86% | — | ? | ? | ||||||
| 3 | Centro Europeo de Cirugía (CEC) · San José Specialist-led |
79.2 | 86% | — | ? | ? | ||||||
| 4 | Arte Facial — Dr. Abraham Gómez · San José | 78.6 | 86% | — | ? | ? | ||||||
| 5 | Dr. Gabriel Peralta — Cirugía Estética Costa Rica · San José Specialist-led |
76.6 | 86% | — | ? | ? | ||||||
| 6 | Dr. Alfredo Vargas — Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery · San José Specialist-led |
75.3 | 86% | — | ? | ? | ||||||
| 7 | AC Aesthetic Center — Dr. Andrés Castrillón · Escazú Specialist-led |
74.4 | 86% | — | ? | ? | ||||||
| 7 | Dr. Rodrigo Araya — Cirugía Plástica Reconstructiva · Escazú Specialist-led |
74.4 | 86% | — | ? | ? | ||||||
| 9 | AJA Centro Avanzado de Cirugía Plástica y Reconstructiva · San José Specialist-led |
65▼ | 86% | — | ? | ? | ||||||
| 9 | Plastic Surgery Costa Rica — Dr. Miguel Alfaro · Escazú Specialist-led |
65▼ | 86% | — | ? | ? | ||||||
| 11 | Clínica Alfaro — Dra. María José Alfaro Vega · Heredia | 61 | 86% | — | ? | ? |
Score = weighted average of the axes that hold a value, on a 0–100 scale, per the open methodology. A score is published only when at least 75% of the axis weight is sourced. Axis cells show the 1–5 rubric value.
rubric value 1–5 · ? could not verify (no points, not a negative finding) · — not applicable: this country has no register of that class · OFF official register · SEC secondary source
Listed, not ranked
These clinics pass the inclusion policy but have no published score: either coverage is below the threshold (verification pending), the responsible physician is not named (verification unavailable), or the profile is held. None of this is a finding against the clinic.
| # | Clinic | Status | Cov. | M1 | M2 | M3 | M4 | M5 | M6 | M7 | M8 | M9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Symplastike — Dr. Andrés Tapia Herrera · Escazú | verification pending | 72% | — | ? | ? | ? | |||||
| — | Roch Clínica Médica — Estética · Heredia | verification unavailable | 48% | ? | ? | — | ? | ? | ||||
| — | Dr. Eduardo Brenes Leñero — State of the Art Plastic Surgery · San José | verification pending | 72% | — | ? | ? | ? |
By procedure
Each slice lists the clinics whose own menu names the procedure, ranked by the same score. The slice does not assess results.
- Rhinoplasty (3 ranked)
- Breast surgery (9 ranked)
- Liposuction & body contouring (8 ranked)
- Hair transplant (0 ranked)
- Injectables (7 ranked)
- Medical weight loss (1 ranked)
Registers we check against
Country map for Costa Rica, compiled 31 August 2026. Where a register class does not exist publicly, the corresponding axis is not applicable and is dropped from the normalisation — we never simulate a register.
| Specialist board register | Colegio de Médicos y Cirujanos de Costa Rica — Buscador de Médicos (public register of agremiados incl. recognised specialties) (open, machine-readable) |
|---|---|
| Medical licence register | Colegio de Médicos y Cirujanos de Costa Rica — colegiatura register (CMC code MED… and licence status), same public Buscador de Médicos (open, machine-readable) |
| Facility register | no public register of this class in this country |
| Company register | Ministerio de Hacienda — Consulta de Situación Tributaria (public taxpayer register API, by cédula jurídica or física) (open, machine-readable) |
| Sanctions / discipline register | Colegio de Médicos y Cirujanos de Costa Rica — Registro de Infractores (physicians under a firm suspension) (open, machine-readable) |
| Foreign-patient register | no public register of this class in this country |
What this register does not do
- We do not measure treatment outcomes, surgical skill or complication rates.
- We do not see clinics without a public web presence.
- Register classes this country does not publish are named as unavailable; we never simulate a register.
- We take no money from clinics, we do not book, and we do not refer.
- Fame, review volume, domain age and social-media following are not scored anywhere.