Skin Clinic Sri Lanka
Under our open methodology this clinic scores 53.2/100 on structural verification: physician certification, licences, facility and legal-entity traceability, identifier disclosure and advertising honesty.
Rank #8 of 9 ranked clinics · last checked 31 August 2026
No crown: crowns require register-verified gates, never a clinic's own claim.
Summary
Dermatology and aesthetic-treatment clinic in Bambalapitiya operating since 1956, with a named physician holding a dermatology qualification. A Section 29 medical-practitioner register entry with a matching name and a dermatology postgraduate qualification could not be tied to the clinic with full certainty; no Section 39B specialist entry was found.
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 in the register; the register does not disclose specialty. Found only in the Section 29 register (reg_no 14686); no Section 39B specialist entry. [slmc] |
OFF | 26 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M2 | Identifiability of the responsible physician Named; role unclear. Physician named, tied to the single Lauries Road address; role given as general/founding physician rather than a specific title. [site] |
SEC | 16 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M3 | Basic medical licence Register not machine-accessible; the clinic publishes the number. Section 29 register, reg_no 14686: DE SILVA UPENDRA DIKSHA, MD (Dermatology) Philadelphia — name and dermatology qualification consistent with the clinic's physician, but the given-name order ('Upendra' vs. 'Upendra Diksha') is not an exact match; no Section 39B specialist entry found. [slmc] |
OFF | 8 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M4 | Facility registration Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. |
? | ? | 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 or registration numbers published on the site. [site] |
SEC | 10 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M7 | Advertising honesty No pattern from the lexicon found. No guarantee or superlative language found on the pages surveyed; the site cites years of operation as a factual claim. [site] |
SEC | 12 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M8 | Cross-locale consistency Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. |
? | ? | 5 | 2026-08-31 |
| M9 | Patient documents None. |
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] |
|---|---|
| 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. Upendra De Silva [site] | Physician | not published |
Legal entity: could not verify
Scope and procedure segments
Clinic focus: specialist (no focus adjustment) [site]
What we could not verify
- M4 · Facility registration
- M5 · Legal-entity traceability
- 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://skinclinic.lk/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +94 11 258 8679 |
| Address | 32, Lauries Road, Bambalapitiya, Colombo 4, Sri Lanka |
| City | Colombo |
For identification only; details change — verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | Class | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| site | https://skinclinic.lk/ | clinic's own site | physician, address, phone, treatment menu | 31 August 2026 |
| site2 | https://skinclinic.lk/about-us | clinic's own site | about page — surveyed for consent/risk/aftercare/complaint content (none found) | 31 August 2026 |
| slmc | https://renewal.slmc.gov.lk/practitioner/getData?category=SEC29&las… | official register | medical licence — GET category=SEC29&lastname=DE SILVA&name=UPENDRA, reg_no 14686 | 31 August 2026 |
Change history
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 31 August 2026 | Initial collection. |
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.