Popa Plastic Surgery
Under our open methodology this clinic scores 69.4/100 on structural verification: physician certification, licences, facility and legal-entity traceability, identifier disclosure and advertising honesty.
Rank #20 of 24 ranked clinics · last checked 20 September 2026
- Specialist-led
Summary
Aesthetic and reconstructive plastic surgery practice in Limassol, with an office surgical facility and operating access at Ygia Polyclinic Private Hospital. The responsible surgeon is named with his role and is entered in the Cyprus Medical Register with the recognised plastic surgery specialty.
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 | 4.1 out of 5 · reviews: 14 |
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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 2 October 2026. The listing was matched to this record by the clinic's website address, the clinic's phone number.
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. Cyprus Medical Register: reg. no. 3324, Πόπα Βορέλ Χριστιάνα, recognised specialty plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery, city of practice Limassol; the only Πόπα in the register, the middle name Βορέλ matching the initial V. published on the site. The CySPRAS member list gives the same physician as Δρ Κρίστιαν Πόπα. [register] [statute] [cyspras] |
OFF | 26 | 2026-09-20 | |
| M2 | Identifiability of the responsible physician Physician(s) named with role and tied to this address. Physician named with role and tied to this address on the home, about and contact pages. [site] |
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). Matched by name in the Μητρώο Ιατρών Κύπρου, the statutory register of physicians licensed to practise; the clinic publishes no registration number of its own. [register] [statute] |
OFF | 8 | 2026-09-20 | |
| M4 | Facility registration Could not verify — by its own definition this register does not cover this class of facility or this territory, so the axis is left out of the coverage calculation for this record. Not a negative finding. Reason: Register does not cover this class of facility or this territory. Last attempt: none_found, 22 September 2026 — § A: the register of this class does not cover this unit by its own definition (scopeGap quoted in the map: Σύμφωνα με τον περί Εγγραφής Αισθητικών Νόμο 40(Ι)/1999 δημοσιεύεται στην Επίσημη Εφημερίδ…); previous state null not_found — 0 matching entries. The published list covers ινστιτούτα αισθητικής (non-medical aesthetics establishments); the licence register of doctor-run ιατρεία is not published by the Ministry of Health, so a |
? | ? | 10 | 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. Brand only; no legal entity named on the clinic pages loaded (home, about, procedures, contact). [site] |
SEC | 8 | 2026-09-20 | |
| M6 | Self-disclosure of identifiers No identifiers at all. No licence or registration number and no certification badge found on the pages loaded. [site] |
SEC | 10 | 2026-09-20 | |
| M7 | Advertising honesty One or two soft superlatives or non-absolute safety promises. Lexicon scan of the clinic pages (home, about, procedures, contact): one soft superlative without an issuer, no outcome or safety guarantee. [site] We are leaders in the new field of microsurgery. |
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 — one language front; no hreflang alternates or language links The clinic site publishes one language front; nothing to compare. |
? | ? | 5 | 2026-09-20 |
| M9 | Patient documents None. No informed-consent, risk, aftercare, revision-policy or complaint-route page found on the pages loaded. [site] |
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] |
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| 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 Christian V. Popa [site] [register] | Aesthetic and reconstructive plastic surgeon | 3324 |
Legal entity: could not verify
Scope and procedure segments
Clinic focus: specialist (no focus adjustment) [site]
What we could not verify
- M4 · Facility registration — Register does not cover this class of facility or this territory
- 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://plasticsurgery.com.cy/ |
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| Phone | +357 25 749425 |
| Address | 88 Agias Fylaxeos Street, Zavos City Centre, 2nd floor, Suite 201 & 202, 3025 Limassol, Cyprus |
| City | Limassol |
For identification only; details change — verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | Class | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| site | https://plasticsurgery.com.cy/ | clinic's own site | physician, role, address, phone, treatment menu | 20 September 2026 |
| register | https://www.gov.cy/moh-cmc/documents/mitroo-iatron/ | official register | GET request against the Μητρώο Ιατρών Κύπρου HTML table (Cyprus Medical Council), filtered locally for Αρ. Μητρώου 3324: Πόπα Βορέλ Χριστιάνα, Ειδικότητα "Πλαστική Χειρουργική / Πλαστική, Επανορθωτική και Αισθητική Χειρουργική", Πόλη Εργασίας Λεμεσός | 20 September 2026 |
| statute | https://www.gov.cy/media/sites/273/2026/05/20260515-%CE%9C%CE%B7%CF… | official register | pdf: statutory s.14 register copy, row confirming Αρ. Μητρ. 3324 Πόπα Βορέλ Χριστιάνα | 20 September 2026 |
| cyma | https://cyma.org.cy/disciplinary-council/suspension-of-the-practice… | official register | GET request against the Cyprus Medical Association disciplinary suspension table; named doctor not present among the current entries | 20 September 2026 |
| cyspras | https://www.cyspras.org/members-el/ | secondary | member list of the Cyprus Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery: Δρ Κρίστιαν Πόπα | 20 September 2026 |
Change history
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 22 September 2026 | axes.M4.nullReason: "not_found" → "registry_scope_gap" (Methodology v1.3 (owner rulings 2026-09-22) — § A registry_scope_gap — register does not cover this class of facility or this territory) |
| 20 September 2026 | Initial collection (v1.2 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.