China's Top Departments: Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery at Guangdong Clifford Hospital

If you are considering medical aesthetics in China — from eyelid or rhinoplasty surgery to hair restoration, scar revision or photo-optical skin rejuvenation — the Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery Center at Guangdong Clifford Hospital offers an unusual combination: a nearly 7,500 m² standalone beauty facility inside a JCI-accredited integrative Chinese-Western medicine Grade 3A hospital that is also certified to the International Hospital Accreditation Standards (China). For international patients, that means medical aesthetics delivered under full hospital-grade quality management, in the heart of the Greater Bay Area.

Overview

The Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery Center (including Aesthetic Dermatology and Aesthetic Surgery) is a dedicated center at Guangdong Clifford Hospital. The hospital's official website describes it as "a professional plastic and cosmetic surgery center established by a Grade 3A integrated Chinese-Western medicine hospital certified to the International Hospital Accreditation Standards (China)."

The Center occupies a nearly 7,500 m² standalone beauty facility, and focuses on six core specialty programs: eye, nose and breast plastic surgery; comprehensive scar treatment; a hair transplantation center; minimally invasive facial rejuvenation; photo-acoustic-optical skin treatments; and body contouring.

Surgically, the Center carries out complex Grade 3 and Grade 4 plastic surgery procedures in compliance with regulations, including eye and nose surgery, breast surgery, abdominoplasty, PEEK maxillofacial surgery, scar revision, hair transplantation and treatment of giant congenital nevi (black hairy nevi), alongside skin care and maintenance, photo-optical anti-aging, injectable treatments, and the treatment of various skin conditions and sub-healthy skin.

The website notes that the Center has a strong professional technical team — a high-caliber aesthetic medicine team working with carefully selected branded skin-care equipment from global manufacturers — to deliver professional medical aesthetic solutions.

Academic Standing & Accreditations

• The Center is based at a hospital described on its official department page as "a Grade 3A integrated Chinese-Western medicine hospital certified to the International Hospital Accreditation Standards (China)." The hospital is also the first large comprehensive Grade 3A hospital in China to pass international JCI accreditation (with integrated Chinese-Western medicine characteristics), a designated institution under the Greater Bay Area's "Hong Kong/Macao Medicine and Device Connect" scheme, a national GCP drug clinical trial base, a Guangdong Provincial Famous TCM Hospital, and the Affiliated Clifford Hospital of Jinan University. For Hong Kong, Macao and international patients, this means recognized medical quality management and better access to cross-border medicines and devices.
• On the hospital homepage's list of specialty centers, the Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery Center is featured alongside the TCM Clinic, the VIP Center, the International Health Management Center and the Postpartum Rehabilitation Center.
• Note: the hospital's official website does not separately designate the Center with a national/provincial/municipal "key specialty" level. We state this factually and avoid exaggeration.

Core Techniques & Features

• Six core programs: eye/nose/breast plastic surgery, comprehensive scar treatment, hair transplantation, minimally invasive facial rejuvenation, photo-acoustic-optical skin treatments, and body contouring.
• Complex surgery: regulated Grade 3 and Grade 4 plastic procedures — eye and nose surgery, breast surgery, abdominoplasty, PEEK maxillofacial surgery, scar revision, hair transplantation, and treatment of giant congenital nevi.
• Photo-acoustic-optical & anti-aging: intense pulsed light (IPL), AOPT, fractional laser, Q-switched and large-spot Q-switched lasers, picosecond/ultrapicosecond lasers, Thermage, gold ultrasonic (HIFU) devices, gold microneedling, Fotona 4D Pro, and more.
• Injectables: precise botulinum toxin injection, hyaluronic acid, collagen, "youth" injectables, liquid lifting, thread lifting, and more.
• Hair transplantation / scalp care: hair transplantation, scalp maintenance, and aesthetic hairline restoration.
• Scar and reconstructive work: photo-optical minimally invasive therapy and comprehensive treatment for all scar types; revision of failed rhinoplasty, correction of over-filled ("puffy") faces, management of complex cases and complications, and post-burn/post-trauma scar reconstruction.
• Integrated Chinese-Western medicine context: the Center is part of a Grade 3A integrated Chinese-Western medicine hospital; specific TCM aesthetic services are subject to the hospital's current published arrangements.

Expert Team

• Hu Zhiqi — Grade 2 Professor, Chief Physician, Doctoral Supervisor, Postdoctoral Co-Supervisor; Chief Advisor of the Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery Center, Guangdong Clifford Hospital, and Distinguished Professor and Academic Leader in Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery at Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University. With nearly 40 years in plastic and microsurgery, he specializes in scar surgery, eye surgery, nose surgery, breast surgery, management of complex cases and complications, hair transplantation, late-stage facial palsy, and facial rejuvenation. He has led 6 National Natural Science Foundation of China projects; as first author he has received 5 awards including the Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Progress First Prize and the Guangdong Medical Science and Technology First Prize; he led the development of the Chinese guideline for androgenetic alopecia; and has published 117 SCI papers with a total impact factor of 647.893. Academic roles include Chair of the Plastic Surgery Expert Committee of the China Medical Doctor Association's Postgraduate Medical Education program, Chair of the Guangdong Medical Association's Plastic Surgery Branch, and Director of the Guangdong Medical Aesthetic Quality Control Center, along with positions in the Chinese Medical Association, the Chinese Association of Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery, and as associate editor of two professional journals.
• Yang Chengyu — Director of the Minimally Invasive Injection Division, Attending Physician, Licensed Aesthetic Physician. With over 20 years in plastic surgery and injectable aesthetics, including ten years at Nanfang Hospital's plastic surgery department, she specializes in minimally invasive injectable treatments, precise botulinum toxin injection, face and neck contour rejuvenation, and comprehensive facial anti-aging. She is an Allergan Botox physician trainer and a certified injector for Juvederm, Restylane, and multiple other brands.
• Tao Guogui — Nose Revision Specialist, Attending Physician. A graduate of Nanchang University with over 20 years in plastic surgery, he previously worked in the microsurgery and burn/plastic surgery department of the Armed Police Guangdong Provincial Corps Hospital. He specializes in filler shaping, contour shaping, nose surgery, breast surgery, correction of over-filled faces, and facial rejuvenation, with particularly deep expertise in rhinoplasty and revision of failed rhinoplasty. He is a designated trainer/lecturer for several nose implant brands.
• Zou Qing — Attending Physician, Licensed Aesthetic Physician, a graduate of West China University of Medical Sciences. She specializes in photo-optical aesthetics, facial wrinkle reduction, mesotherapy maintenance, comprehensive treatment of pigmentation, comprehensive acne treatment, and repair of problem/sensitive skin. She is a certified physician for Thermage, gold ultrasonic (HIFU) devices, gold microneedling, AOPT, and Fotona 4D Pro, among others; in an official patient-education article she is cited as having more than two decades of experience in photo-optical aesthetics.
• Yu Hui — Associate Chief Physician (Dermatology; Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery Center). An MSc graduate of Sun Yat-sen University, with years of work at a dermatology specialty hospital and a Ministry of Health cosmetic dermatology diagnostic center. Specializes in photo-optical aesthetics, mesotherapy, pigmentation and acne treatment, and repair of problem/sensitive skin.
• Zuo Yonghong — Attending Physician, a graduate of Hainan Medical University. Specializes in photo-optical aesthetics, botulinum toxin injection, facial rejuvenation, mesotherapy, pigmentation treatment, scar treatment, and repair of problem/sensitive skin.
• Li Yongjun — Attending Physician, Licensed Medical Aesthetic Physician, with over 20 years in dermatology. Specializes in photo-optical aesthetics, facial wrinkle reduction, mesotherapy, facial rejuvenation and injectable filling; proficient with IPL, fractional lasers, Q-switched lasers, picosecond lasers, Thermage and HIFU, as well as a wide range of injectables.
• Sun Xiaoqing — MSc, Plastic Surgeon. A plastic surgery MSc graduate of Dalian Medical University, having trained at the plastic surgery departments of the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University and the PLA General Hospital, and at the Academy of Military Medical Sciences. Specializes in minimally invasive excision of buffalo humps, hair transplantation, intimate (genital) aesthetic surgery, scalp care, removal of pigmented nevi, scar treatment, minimally invasive axillary hyperhidrosis surgery, fat grafting procedures, and eye surgery.
• Liu Xiaomin — Attending Physician, an MSc graduate of Southern Medical University with over 10 years in aesthetic medicine. Specializes in double-eyelid surgery (suture and incisional), brow lifts, eye-bag surgery, botulinum toxin injection, full-face hyaluronic acid and collagen lifting, hair transplantation, intimate aesthetic surgery, rhinoplasty, autologous fat grafting, implant brow augmentation, and autologous fat/implant breast augmentation.
• Note: the official department page lists 11 physicians (Hu Zhiqi, Yu Hui, Yang Chengyu, Zuo Yonghong, Tao Guogui, Yang Yanfei, Chen Mengya, Li Yongjun, Sun Xiaoqing, Zou Qing, and Liu Xiaomin). The above information comes from official physician profile pages; specific availability and clinic schedules are subject to the hospital's daily announcements.

Suitable Conditions / Aesthetic Needs

• Plastic surgery: eye and nose surgery, breast surgery, abdominoplasty, PEEK maxillofacial surgery, scar revision, treatment of giant congenital nevi, and hair transplantation.
• Aesthetic dermatology / photo-optical: comprehensive treatment of pigmentation (freckles, melasma, Hori's nevus, nevus of Ota, seborrheic keratosis), comprehensive acne treatment, repair of problem/sensitive skin, facial rejuvenation, and photo-optical anti-aging.
• Injectables: wrinkle reduction, face slimming, contour adjustment, filler shaping, and combination anti-aging.
• Reconstructive: revision of failed rhinoplasty, correction of over-filled faces, management of complex cases and complications, post-burn/post-trauma scar reconstruction, and late-stage facial palsy.
• Intimate and body contouring: intimate aesthetic surgery, body contouring, liposuction/fat procedures, minimally invasive axillary hyperhidrosis surgery, and buffalo hump excision.
• Hair and scalp: hair transplantation, scalp care, and aesthetic hairline restoration.

Hospital Information

• Hospital name: Guangdong Clifford Hospital (Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine Clifford Hospital; Affiliated Clifford Hospital of Jinan University)
• Positioning: the first large comprehensive Grade 3A hospital in China to pass international JCI accreditation; a designated institution under the Greater Bay Area's "Hong Kong/Macao Medicine and Device Connect" scheme
• Address: No. 1 and No. 3 Hongfu Road, Panyu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
• Telephone: (020) 84518222 ｜ (020) 84518999
• Website: www.clifford-hospital.org
• International Department: Email [email protected] ｜ Overseas hotline +86 400 900 3823 ｜ WhatsApp +86 188 1411 5985

For a quick overview of the center, see the Guangdong Clifford Hospital Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery Center department page.

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