Blocked nose, deviated septum, loud snoring or sleep apnea? Start with one video evaluation from home — with an ENT surgeon who has performed 1,500+ functional rhinoplasties — and get a clear plan before you book a flight.
No referral needed · Outpatient surgery, no nasal packing · Care in English and Spanish · Surgery is quoted after your evaluation, never before.Your nose and your sleep are the same system seen from two angles. Whichever one brought you here, we evaluate both before deciding anything.
What we do: functional rhinoseptoplasty, septoplasty, nasal valve and turbinate surgery — only when your evaluation says it will help.
Book your nose evaluationWhat we do: a sleep and airway evaluation with both doctors, a sleep study during your stay if it's indicated, and the options that fit your case — CPAP, nasal or airway surgery, airway training or a combination.
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When the nose is blocked, breathing shifts to the mouth. Mouth breathing during sleep is linked to snoring, fragmented sleep and waking up tired.
A clearer nose can make snoring and CPAP easier to live with, but sleep apnea has more than one cause. So sleep is measured before a surgical decision is made — not after.
Functional rhinoseptoplasty corrects the septum, the nasal valve and the turbinates while harmonizing the external shape. Form follows function — always.
If your evaluation shows that surgery won't change what you feel, we tell you — and we show you what will.
Before the first incision, he studies the face in silence: the septum, the valve, the proportion — and what should be left untouched. Eleven years and more than 1,500 functional rhinoplasties later, that pause is still where every result begins.
Dr. Jorge Barbachano Torres · Functional rhinoplasty · Cancún
$100 USD · from home
We review your history, symptoms, photos and any studies you already have, and explain what is driving your symptoms. You leave with a written plan and, if surgery is recommended, a quote.
Typically 8–10 days for surgery
In-person exam, a sleep study if it's indicated, and outpatient surgery under light sedation at Hospital Galenia — no nasal packing. You stay at the Four Points by Sheraton, connected to the hospital by a walkway.
Video follow-up · WhatsApp
Remote follow-up after you fly home, plus a personalized breathing and sleep plan so the result holds — because recovering the airway is where the work starts, not where it ends.
Your own dates come from your evaluation. This is what most surgical stays look like.
Most people arrive expecting to hear whether they need surgery. They leave with something more useful: an explanation of how their breathing, their sleep and their recovery connect, and a first map of where they stand today.
That map is the starting point of the SER Protocol — Sleep · Equilibrium · Respiration — the clinical method behind the Riviera Sleep Program. You'll see how it applies to you during your evaluation.
Real patients of Dr. Jorge Barbachano, shared with their written consent. Photos are not retouched. Every nose is different, and so is every result.
The Riviera Sleep Program is run jointly by Dr. Lili Padilla and Dr. Jorge Barbachano. Each case is reviewed by both, and decisions are made together.
Your body is not broken. It just needs help getting back what it lost.
At 19, after his first year of medical school, his body collapsed across more than one organ. He was told his heart would not work for more than five years. Breathing was the door he used to rebuild — sleep, nutrition, movement, training. Today he competes in triathlon, marathon, open water swimming, CrossFit and Hyrox.
He has spent 11+ years in exclusive practice of functional rhinoseptoplasty. He lives what he operates on.
Otolaryngologist and sleep medicine specialist, founder of Clínica del Sueño Cancún and co-author of a clinical textbook on sleep disorders. She leads the sleep side of your case: sleep studies during your stay, their interpretation and CPAP when it's indicated. Like Dr. Barbachano, she trains what she teaches — triathlon, marathon and open water.
Your evaluation, your plan and your quote are ready before you buy a ticket.
Direct flights from most major US and Canadian cities. The hospital is about 15 minutes from the airport.
Four Points by Sheraton Cancún Centro, linked to Hospital Galenia by a walkway. Recovery — and your sleep study, if you need one — happen steps from your doctors.
Every consultation, report and follow-up is available in English.
The cost depends on your nasal structure and the scope of the surgery, so it is quoted after your evaluation, not before. The video evaluation costs $100 USD and ends with a written plan: what is causing your symptoms, what is recommended, and what it costs.
Sometimes it is part of the answer, rarely the whole answer. A blocked nose can make snoring worse and CPAP harder to tolerate, but nasal surgery on its own does not usually resolve moderate or severe obstructive sleep apnea. That is why, in the Riviera Sleep Program, sleep is evaluated before any surgical decision is made.
Only if your evaluation points to it. If it does, Dr. Lili Padilla runs it during your stay: a sleep test you take to your hotel room, or a full overnight polysomnography at the Four Points by Sheraton, connected to Hospital Galenia. If you already have a recent sleep study, send it before your video evaluation.
No general anesthesia and no nasal packing. Surgery is outpatient, under light sedation, so you go back to your hotel the same day. There is nothing to pull out of your nose afterwards: about a week later the external splint and stitches come off.
Most patients traveling in plan for 8 to 10 days: outpatient surgery under light sedation, removal of the external splint and stitches around day 7, and a final in-person check before flying home. You stay at the Four Points by Sheraton, connected to Hospital Galenia by a walkway, about 15 minutes from Cancún International Airport.
No. The first evaluation is a video consultation. We review your history, your breathing, your sleep and your goals, and build your plan before you book a flight. No referral needed.
Anything you already have: a CT scan of the sinuses, a previous sleep study, prior surgery reports and front and profile photos of your nose. None of it is required to book.
Yes. Consultations, surgical planning and follow-up are available in English and Spanish. WhatsApp is the fastest way to reach the practice.
Surgery can be the step that unlocks everything else — but it is a step, not the finish line. What follows is learning to breathe, to sleep and to hold the balance you recovered. Let's start with an evaluation.
Pick any slot below for your video evaluation ($100 USD). We confirm payment and send your video link by WhatsApp.
