The Cosmetic Surgery Institute
Under our open methodology this clinic scores 76.7/100 on structural verification: physician certification, licences, facility and legal-entity traceability, identifier disclosure and advertising honesty.
Rank #13 of 19 ranked clinics · last checked 31 August 2026
- Specialist-led
Summary
Dedicated cosmetic and reconstructive plastic-surgery clinic on Bree Street, Cape Town. The responsible surgeon is named with role and matched in the national specialist 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 by name or number; specialty matches what is advertised; status current. Matched by registration number in HPCSA iRegister: ACTIVE, category contains SPECIALIST and PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY, matching the advertised segment. [hpcsa-fernandes] |
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 licence number. Matched by licence number: ACTIVE "INDEPENDENT PRACTICE MEDICAL PRACTITIONER" row in the same register. [hpcsa-fernandes] |
OFF | 8 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M4 | Facility registration Register exists; no record found (we do not claim 'unlicensed'). COHSASA accredited-facilities list checked; this location not present (voluntary accreditation register). [cohsasa] |
SEC | 10 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M5 | Legal-entity traceability Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. |
? | ? | 8 | 2026-08-31 |
| M6 | Self-disclosure of identifiers No identifiers at all. No licence, facility or legal-entity registration numbers published on the site. [site] [site-contact] [site-rhinoplasty] [site-breast] [site-lipo] [site-botox] [site-faq] [site-welcome] |
SEC | 10 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M7 | Advertising honesty Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. Quote not re-verified on 2026-08-31; previous value 3 withdrawn. |
? | ? | 12 | 2026-08-31 |
| M8 | Cross-locale consistency Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. Single-language (English-only) site; no second front to compare. |
? | ? | 5 | 2026-08-31 |
| M9 | Patient documents Two or three. Risks/complications and aftercare/recovery guidance published on a patient-FAQ page; no informed-consent process, revision policy or complaints route found. [site] [site-contact] [site-rhinoplasty] [site-breast] [site-lipo] [site-botox] [site-faq] [site-welcome] |
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] [site-contact] [site-rhinoplasty] [site-breast] [site-lipo] [site-botox] [site-faq] [site-welcome] |
|---|---|
| Provides the service itself (not an aggregator, booking site or tour packager) | verified yes [site] [site-contact] [site-rhinoplasty] [site-breast] [site-lipo] [site-botox] [site-faq] [site-welcome] |
| In scope: the intervention is performed by a physician | verified yes [site] [site-contact] [site-rhinoplasty] [site-breast] [site-lipo] [site-botox] [site-faq] [site-welcome] |
| Names a responsible physician | verified yes [site] [site-contact] [site-rhinoplasty] [site-breast] [site-lipo] [site-botox] [site-faq] [site-welcome] |
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 Des Fernandes (Desmond Brian Fernandes) [hpcsa-fernandes] [site] [site-contact] [site-rhinoplasty] [site-breast] [site-lipo] [site-botox] [site-faq] [site-welcome] | Specialist Plastic Surgeon and Reconstructive Surgeon | MP 0112992 |
Legal entity: could not verify
Scope and procedure segments
Clinic focus: specialist (no focus adjustment) [site] [site-contact] [site-rhinoplasty] [site-breast] [site-lipo] [site-botox] [site-faq] [site-welcome]
- Rhinoplasty: verified yes →
- Breast surgery: verified yes →
- Liposuction & body contouring: verified yes →
- Hair transplant: verified no
- Injectables: verified yes →
- Medical weight loss: verified no
- Sanctions / discipline register (HPCSA published Professional Conduct Committee guilty verdicts, plus the ERASED/SUSPENDED status in the HPCSA iRegister): no entry found [hpcsa-sanc-fernandes]
What we could not verify
- M5 · Legal-entity traceability
- M7 · Advertising honesty
- M8 · Cross-locale consistency
These cells score nothing and count against coverage, but they are not negative findings. If you can point to a public source, send it.
Contact details
| Website | https://cosmetic-surgery.co.za/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +27 21 424 2251 |
| Address | 183 Bree Street, 1st Floor, Cape Town, 8001 |
| City | Cape Town |
For identification only; details change — verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | Class | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| site | https://cosmetic-surgery.co.za/the-team/dr-des-fernandes/ | clinic's own site | physician name, role | 31 August 2026 |
| site-contact | https://cosmetic-surgery.co.za/ | clinic's own site | address, phone | 31 August 2026 |
| site-rhinoplasty | https://cosmetic-surgery.co.za/cosmetic/rhinoplasty/ | clinic's own site | rhinoplasty menu item | 31 August 2026 |
| site-breast | https://cosmetic-surgery.co.za/cosmetic/breast-augmentation/ | clinic's own site | breast surgery menu items | 31 August 2026 |
| site-lipo | https://cosmetic-surgery.co.za/cosmetic/liposuction/ | clinic's own site | liposuction menu item | 31 August 2026 |
| site-botox | https://cosmetic-surgery.co.za/cosmetic/botox/ | clinic's own site | injectables menu item | 31 August 2026 |
| site-faq | https://cosmetic-surgery.co.za/your-questions-answered/ | clinic's own site | risk disclosure, aftercare guidance | 31 August 2026 |
| site-welcome | https://cosmetic-surgery.co.za/welcome-to-the-cosmetic-surgery-inst… | clinic's own site | marketing copy | 31 August 2026 |
| hpcsa-fernandes | https://hpcsaonline.custhelp.com/app/i_reg_form | official register | HPCSA iRegister: POST .../getDataFromRnow regNumber=MP0112992 w_id=27 — Dr Des Fernandes (Desmond Brian Fernandes), matched ACTIVE rows "INDEPENDENT PRACTICE SPECIALIST ... PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY" and "INDEPENDENT PRACTICE MEDICAL PRACTITIONER" | 31 August 2026 |
| hpcsa-sanc-fernandes | https://www.hpcsa.co.za/api/website/find-all-document | official register | HPCSA published Guilty Verdicts 2025/2026 (category Judgements) checked for registration number MP0112992 — no match; cross-read against iRegister Status = ACTIVE (no ERASED/SUSPENDED/TERMINATED row) | 31 August 2026 |
| cohsasa | https://cohsasa.co.za/accredited-facilities/ | secondary | COHSASA accredited-facilities list (46 South-Africa-and-region facilities) checked — this operating location not present (voluntary accreditation register; absence not penalised) | 31 August 2026 |
| aprassa | https://aprassa.co.za/search-result.php?provincesearch=9&town=1&typ… | secondary | APRASSA (Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons of Southern Africa) area search, Cape Town — practitioner listed as a member with practice address (association signal only, not used for M1 provenance) | 31 August 2026 |
Change history
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 31 August 2026 | axes.M7: 3 → null (Citation re-check: quote not found at https://cosmetic-surgery.co.za/welcome-to-the-cosmetic-surgery-institute/ (quote not found); cell degraded to could-not-verify.) |
| 31 August 2026 | Initial collection. |
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