SkinSurgeon
Under our open methodology this clinic scores 80.3/100 on structural verification: physician certification, licences, facility and legal-entity traceability, identifier disclosure and advertising honesty.
Rank #3 of 17 ranked clinics · last checked 20 September 2026
- Specialist-led
Summary
Consultant-led plastic surgery and laser surgery practice with a Maltese clinic at Qrendi and a second site in London, covering facelift surgery, scar and stretch-mark treatment, burns, sun spots, acne and skin-cancer surgery with laser and surgical techniques. The lead surgeon is named with his role and qualifications and is entered in the Specialist Accreditation Register under plastic surgery. The operating company and its registration number are published on the contact page and match the Malta Business Registry.
Google Maps listing (reference, not scored)
What the clinic's public Google Maps listing showed when we read it: the rating other people gave, the number of their reviews and the hours the clinic itself publishes there. This block is a reference only — it does not enter the score, the rank, the ceilings or the holds, and we have not checked it beyond matching the listing to this record.
| Google rating | 5 out of 5 · reviews: 67 |
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| Opening hours as published on the listing |
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| Open the listing on Google Maps | Google Maps |
Source: Google Maps, read 4 October 2026. The listing was matched to this record by the clinic's website address.
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 matches what this physician advertises. |
OFF | 26 | 2026-09-20 | |
| M2 | Identifiability of the responsible physician Physician(s) named with role and tied to this address. |
SEC | 16 | 2026-09-20 | |
| M3 | Basic medical licence Matched by name (surname stem and given name or initial; a second identifier where the name is ambiguous). |
OFF | 8 | 2026-09-20 | |
| M4 | Facility registration Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. Reason: Queried, no match. Last attempt: facility_registry, 20 September 2026 — 0 rows across all 748 register rows for the terms SkinSurgeon, Elms Clinic, Pirinej, Qrendi; the server-side search leg returned total_results 0 on Clinic_Medical and on Private_Hospitals. Every table of the Licenced Establishments register was downloaded in full and searched on the establishment name, the street and the locality in both the Maltese and the English spelling; no row for this clinic or this address was returned. The register carries no aesthetic-medicine category, and no conclusion about the facility is drawn from the absence. |
? | ? | 10 | 2026-09-20 |
| M5 | Legal-entity traceability The legal entity and its registration number are published by the clinic and matched in the register. The contact page publishes the operating company and its registration number; C 103301 SKINSURGEON LIMITED is present in the Malta Business Registry publications feed (Annual Return published 2026-05-13), matching the published number. [contact] [company] Registered Company C103301 |
OFF | 8 | 2026-09-20 | |
| M6 | Self-disclosure of identifiers Partial, without issuers. The company name, registration number and registered address are published on the contact page; no issuer is named for the number and no practitioner or facility identifiers appear on the site. [contact] |
SEC | 10 | 2026-09-20 | |
| M7 | Advertising honesty Systematic superlatives; systematic safety promises without an absolute; absolutes about the past (success rates, “no infection since …”, satisfaction figures, “we guarantee your satisfaction”); comparisons with surgery. Superlatives run through the home, team and contact pages; no outcome or safety guarantee was found. Pages scanned: home, the team, the lead surgeon profile, your journey and the Malta contact page. [contact] [profile] we are dedicated to providing world-class laser and plastic surgery services tailored to your unique needs |
SEC | 12 | 2026-09-20 | |
| M8 | Cross-locale consistency Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. Reason: Single language front. Last attempt: clinic_site, 20 September 2026 — language links found (ar:200, it:200) but no distinct second front The clinic site publishes one language front; nothing to compare. |
? | ? | 5 | 2026-09-20 |
| M9 | Patient documents One. Pages loaded: home, the team, the lead surgeon profile, your journey and the Malta contact page. The journey page sets out an aftercare stage after consultation and treatment; no consent document, risks or contraindications section, revision policy or complaint route was found. [journey] |
SEC | 5 | 2026-09-20 |
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] [contact] |
|---|---|
| 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] [team] |
| Names a responsible physician | verified yes [team] [profile] |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Prof Ernest A Azzopardi [profile] [council] [board] | Consultant plastic surgeon and laser specialist; founder | 2921 |
Legal entity: SkinSurgeon Limited · C 103301 [contact] [company]
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 no
- Medical weight loss: verified no
What we could not verify
- M4 · Facility registration — Queried, no match
- M8 · Cross-locale consistency — Single language front
These cells score nothing and are not negative findings. A cell on a register that is closed to machine queries is left out of the coverage calculation; the others count against it. Each one names why it is empty; an attempt that did not complete is re-run in the next collection pass. If you can point to a public source, send it.
Contact details
| Website | https://www.skinsurgeon.eu/ |
|---|---|
| Address | 5, Elms Clinic, Triq il-Pirinej, Qrendi QRD 1021 |
| City | Qrendi |
For identification only; details change — verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | Class | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| site | https://www.skinsurgeon.eu/ | clinic's own site | brand, service description, practice history | 20 September 2026 |
| team | https://www.skinsurgeon.eu/about-3 | clinic's own site | team page naming the practitioners | 20 September 2026 |
| profile | https://www.skinsurgeon.eu/about | clinic's own site | lead surgeon profile with role and qualifications | 20 September 2026 |
| journey | https://www.skinsurgeon.eu/about-1 | clinic's own site | patient journey with an aftercare stage | 20 September 2026 |
| contact | https://www.skinsurgeon.eu/copy-of-contact-us | clinic's own site | Maltese clinic address, operating company and registration number, superlative quote | 20 September 2026 |
| board | https://medicalcouncil.gov.mt/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/mcsac24.11… | official register | Medical Council Specialist Accreditation Register; GET https://medicalcouncil.gov.mt/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/mcsac24.11.2025.pdf then pdftotext -layout, row 2921 Prof. Azzopardi Ernest A in the PLASTIC SURGERY list | 20 September 2026 |
| council | https://medicalcouncil.gov.mt/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/mcdocsfull… | official register | Medical Register, Medical Practitioners Principal List; GET https://medicalcouncil.gov.mt/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/mcdocsfull-1.pdf then pdftotext -layout, row 2921 Azzopardi Ernest A 19/07/2006 | 20 September 2026 |
| company | https://api.baros.mbr.mt/api/queries/public/trigger/get_publications | official register | Malta Business Registry publications feed; POST https://api.baros.mbr.mt/api/queries/public/trigger/get_publications body {"data":{"publication_date":"2026-05-13"}} Origin: https://baros.mbr.mt, row C 103301 | SKINSURGEON LIMITED | Annual Return | 20 September 2026 |
Change history
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 20 September 2026 | Initial collection (v1.1 pass 1). |
Correction or right of reply
Corrections are applied with a source link and logged publicly. A clinic statement without a source is published next to the data; the score does not change.