The Clinic

A clinic dedicated to the nose and the face, in Porto and Braga, where shape and breathing are assessed in the same consultation.

Opened in 2014, Clínica do Nariz e Face is a clinic specialising in rhinoplasty and facial plastic surgery, with practices in Porto and Braga. It is led by Prof. Dr. Miguel Gonçalves Ferreira, a specialist in Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, who has been operating since 2001 and has performed more than 9,000 rhinoplasties.

What sets the clinic apart is the way it looks at the nose: not only as an aesthetic matter, but also a functional one. At every consultation, we assess what the patient wants to change in the shape of the nose and examine the breathing, so that the surgery resolves both when needed.

Besides rhinoplasty, the clinic treats other areas of the face: eyelids, ears, chin, upper lip, forehead and eyebrows e facial rejuvenation. Whenever a case calls for it, it works with consultants in Maxillofacial Surgery, Dermatology, Stomatology, Dentistry and Ophthalmology.

Around 40% of the rhinoplasties performed at the clinic are revision rhinoplasties, for patients operated on elsewhere, who come from Porto, Braga, the whole of Portugal and abroad.

Prof. Dr. Miguel Gonçalves Ferreira is a specialist in Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, with a subspecialty in Facial Plastic Surgery (Portuguese Medical Association no. 35109). He graduated from ICBAS in 1993, completed his specialty training at Hospital de Santo António and a fellowship in New York, at the Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, in 2005.

In 2020 he obtained his PhD from the University of Porto with a thesis on rhinoplasty. He developed a nasal preservation technique that he has taught to more than 100 surgeons from over 40 countries, and is a member of the EAFPS and the RSE. He is the one who carries out both the consultation and the surgery. See the full career of Prof. Dr. Miguel Gonçalves Ferreira.

1. Consultation.
The surgeon listens to what you want, examines the nose outside and inside and makes a Crisalix 3D simulation of the result. See what the first consultation is like.

2. Surgical plan.
In primary rhinoplasty, the clinic uses preservation techniques, which keep the natural structure of the nose. In revisions, a structural approach that rebuilds the support.
When the bone needs to be worked, ultrasonic rhinoplastyis used. If breathing also needs correcting, a septorhinoplasty.

3. Surgery.
In hospital, in the Porto area, under general anaesthesia.
The patient breathes through the nose from the end of the surgery, without the traditional packing.

4. Recovery.
Follow-up consultations until the final result, which settles over about a year.
See how long rhinoplasty takes and real results in clinical cases.