





Clinica Jóia’s mission is to combine experience and top quality treatments together with state of the art equipment in order to provide excellence; all this in the most professional way possible.
Defining Joia:
[noun]
Portuguese word: From Old Portuguese joya, from Old French joie (modern joyau), from Vulgar Latin *jocale, from Latin jocus. Compare Catalan joia and Spanish joya.
Meaning:
jewel (a precious or semi-precious stone) (by extension) gem, treasure (anythingconsidered precious or valuable)
joy [adjective] (Brazil, familiar) good, all right, fine
A butterfly as icon:
Overwhelmingly, cultural myth and lore honour the butterfly as a symbol of transformation
because of its impressive process of metamorphosis.
From egg, to larvae (caterpillar), to pupa (the chrysalis or cocoon) and from the cocoon
the butterfly emerges in her unfurling glory.