Arte Facial — Dr. Abraham Gómez
Under our open methodology this clinic scores 72.8/100 on structural verification: physician certification, licences, facility and legal-entity traceability, identifier disclosure and advertising honesty.
Rank #8 of 21 ranked clinics · last checked 20 September 2026
No crown: crowns require register-verified gates, never a clinic's own claim.
Summary
Single-surgeon oculoplastic and facial-aesthetic surgery practice based at Hospital Clínica Bíblica in San José, with a second office at Torre Las Loras and a stated service area including Heredia. Responsible surgeon named with role and tied to this address; an adjacent CMC-recognised specialty matched in the register.
Axis by axis
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
| Axis | Finding (rubric anchor) | Value | Source class | Weight | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M1 | Specialist certification of the responsible physician Found, status current; the registered specialty is adjacent to what is advertised — a closed list: plastic and reconstructive surgery, dermatology, maxillofacial surgery, facial ENT, oculoplastic ophthalmology, general surgery, aesthetic or cosmetic medicine where it is a recognised specialty. CMC register: Activo, Oftalmología / Cirugía Oculoplástica Vía Lagrimal y Órbita (adjacent recognised specialty, fs=5167). [cmc] |
OFF | 26 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M2 | Identifiability of the responsible physician Physician(s) named with role and tied to this address. |
SEC | 16 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M3 | Basic medical licence Matched by name (surname stem and given name or initial; a second identifier where the name is ambiguous). Licence MED8812 matched, status Activo. [v1.3 2026-09-22: the number is not printed on the clinic's own pages (audit not_published) — matched by name] [cmc] |
OFF | 8 | 2026-09-22 | |
| M4 | Facility registration Not applicable: this country has no Facility register. |
— | — | — | 2026-09-20 |
| M5 | Legal-entity traceability Only a brand, without a legal form and without a responsible person. Whatever we find ourselves is shown on the profile as a fact and does not raise this cell. The clinic trades under a brand name only: no company name with a legal form and no cedula juridica is published on any of its pages (https://www.artefacial.com/, https://www.artefacial.com/contacto/). The Hacienda taxpayer register answers on an identification number, so there is nothing to look up. [site] |
SEC | 8 | 2026-09-20 | |
| M6 | Self-disclosure of identifiers Logos without numbers. Nav promises board-certification and accredited-surgery-centre information; no certificate numbers published. [site] |
SEC | 10 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M7 | Advertising honesty No pattern from the lexicon found. |
SEC | 12 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M8 | Cross-locale consistency All load-bearing fields agree. Mechanical comparison of 2 language fronts (es, en) on 2026-09-20: every matched physician name, phone number and published number appears on every front. [fronts] |
SEC | 5 | 2026-09-20 | |
| M9 | Patient documents Two or three. Procedure-specific risks and postoperative/recovery instructions published; no informed-consent form, revision policy or complaint route found. [site-faq] [site-forms] |
SEC | 5 | 2026-08-31 |
Score ceilings
No ceiling applies. We never apply one on 'not found' alone.
Holds
No hold on this profile.
Inclusion policy
Four mechanical conditions. The first three decide whether a clinic is listed at all; the fourth decides whether it can be scored.
| Identifiable: live public surface + working in-country contact | verified yes [site] |
|---|---|
| Provides the service itself (not an aggregator, booking site or tour packager) | verified yes [site] |
| In scope: the intervention is performed by a physician | verified yes [site] |
| Names a responsible physician | verified yes [site] |
Who is responsible
Named physicians and the legal entity, as published and as matched in the registers. A missing number is a statement about disclosure, not about licensing.
| Physician | Role | Register ID |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Abraham Gómez Hernández [site] [cmc] | Ophthalmologist, oculoplastic surgeon | MED8812 |
Legal entity: could not verify
Scope and procedure segments
Clinic focus: specialist (no focus adjustment) [site]
- Rhinoplasty: verified no
- Breast surgery: verified no
- Liposuction & body contouring: verified no
- Hair transplant: verified no
- Injectables: verified yes →
- Medical weight loss: verified no
What we could not verify
Every applicable axis holds a sourced value.
Contact details
| Website | https://www.artefacial.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +506 7032-5570 |
| Address | Hospital Clínica Bíblica, Edificio Omega, 2do piso, San José, Costa Rica |
| City | San José |
For identification only; details change — verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | Class | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| site | https://www.artefacial.com/ | clinic's own site | physician, menu, certifications claimed | 31 August 2026 |
| site-faq | https://www.artefacial.com/en/faqs-cosmetic-procedures/ | clinic's own site | risks, recovery content | 31 August 2026 |
| site-forms | https://www.artefacial.com/en/patient-forms/ | clinic's own site | address, physician, postoperative instructions | 31 August 2026 |
| cmc | https://medicoscr.hulilabs.com/es/search?k=Abraham&sort=last_name_a… | official register | specialist certification, medical licence, status | 31 August 2026 |
| cmc-sanctions | https://medicos.cr/web2/registro-de-infractores/ | official register | no active sanction for MED8812 | 31 August 2026 |
| fronts | https://www.artefacial.com/ | clinic's own site | language fronts compared mechanically for M8 — es: https://www.artefacial.com/ | en: https://www.artefacial.com/en/ | 20 September 2026 |
Change history
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 22 September 2026 | axes.M3: 5 → 4 (Methodology v1.3 (owner rulings 2026-09-22) — § F rule 6 — the number is not printed on the clinic's own pages (audit not_published) — matched by name) |
| 20 September 2026 | axes.M5: null → 2 (Clinic-site scan for a legal entity, then the Hacienda taxpayer register (v1.2 pass 1)) |
| 17 September 2026 | axes.M8: null → 5 (Mechanical cross-locale comparison (methodology v1.1, item 9).) |
| 31 August 2026 | Initial collection. |
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