Dr. Anan Watcharhachittitam

Dr. Anan Watcharhachittitam (Thai: นพ. อนันต์ วัชราจิตติธรรม) practises plastic surgery in Chiang Mai. His medical degree (1996) is from Chulalongkorn University, and his published qualifications include two Thai Board certificates listed with the same university: general surgery in 2002 and plastic and reconstructive surgery in 2004. His name also appears in the member directory kept by the Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons of Thailand (ThPRS), and we checked that entry at the source rather than relying on a hospital's word.

Official pages at three hospitals in and around the city name him: - [Nakornping Hospital](/hospital/nakornping-hospital/) in Mae Rim district, a public hospital under the Ministry of Public Health. Its Department of Surgery personnel page places him under Reconstructive and Plastic Surgery (ศัลยกรรมสร้างเสริมและตกแต่ง), and his ThPRS entry gives Nakornping as his workplace. - [Bangkok Hospital Chiang Mai](/hospital/bangkok-hospital-chiang-mai/), a private hospital, where his profile sits under the Surgery Department and the Cosmetic and Aesthetic Surgery Clinic. - [Chiangmai Ram Hospital](/hospital/chiang-mai-ram-hospital/) in Mueang Chiang Mai, also privately owned, whose doctor directory files him under Plastic Surgery and places his clinics at Dermatology & Laser in the Chiangmai Ram Health Center.

Chiangmai Ram's profile records his languages as Thai and English.

Before planning a trip around him, note what is missing. Not one of these profiles names an operation he performs, and his Chiangmai Ram profile leaves its 'Special Clinical Interests' field blank. We therefore list no procedures against his name. If a particular operation is on your mind, the useful first step is to have the hospital confirm two things: that he performs it, and where. You can ask us to do that when you request a consultation.

His name is spelled in more than one way. 'Watcharhachittitam' is the form used by Bangkok Hospital Chiang Mai and ThPRS; Chiangmai Ram's English page prints 'ANAN WATCHARACHITTITAM'. In Thai, Bangkok Hospital Chiang Mai, ThPRS and Nakornping write วัชราจิตติธรรม, while Chiangmai Ram and a Chulalongkorn alumni page drop the า and write วัชรจิตติธรรม. The same face appears in the portraits on his Bangkok Hospital Chiang Mai, Chiangmai Ram and ThPRS profiles, and the training years match, which is why we treat all these listings as one surgeon.

Every stage of training that Dr. Anan's profiles record was completed at Chulalongkorn University. Chiangmai Ram and Bangkok Hospital Chiang Mai agree on the years: - 1996: Doctor of Medicine (MD). - 2002: surgery residency completed, according to Bangkok Hospital Chiang Mai, and the Thai Board in General Surgery, as Chiangmai Ram lists it. - 2004: plastic surgery residency completed (Bangkok Hospital Chiang Mai) and the Thai Board in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Chiangmai Ram).

His path, then, ran through general surgery first and plastic surgery second, with a Thai specialist board at the end of each. Of the two, the plastic and reconstructive surgery board is the one that relates to cosmetic operations; our procedure guides suggest checking that a surgeon has specialist training in plastic surgery (or, for some facial operations, facial plastic surgery). Chulalongkorn's Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery also names him on its alumni list, in class 20, with the surgery department of Nakornping Hospital as his address.

Some things you might expect to find are absent. No profile mentions a fellowship, training abroad, an academic title or a teaching role, and PubMed returned nothing when we searched several spellings of his surname. Absence from the public record is not evidence about skill in either direction; it simply means there is nothing to report. Be wary of any website that fills these gaps with specifics, and if extra training in your particular operation matters to you, raise it with him directly.

The ThPRS membership was confirmed on the society's own website. We found no official page stating membership of the Thai Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (ThSAPS). For the order in which we trust registers, society lists and hospital pages, see our provider research methodology.

Dr. Anan divides his published work between the public sector and two private hospitals. None of the three gives a date when he joined, so this profile makes no claim about how long he has held any post.

Nakornping Hospital, Mae Rim. He is the first name under Reconstructive and Plastic Surgery (ศัลยกรรมสร้างเสริมและตกแต่ง) on the personnel page of Nakornping's Department of Surgery. Two other sources point to the same workplace: his ThPRS entry, posted in 2019, and the Chulalongkorn alumni page. Our Nakornping Hospital profile notes that the hospital's surgical outpatient service includes plastic and reconstructive surgery, and gives its address.

Bangkok Hospital Chiang Mai. On this private hospital's website his specialties are given as plastic surgery and surgery, and he is attached to both the Surgery Department and the Cosmetic and Aesthetic Surgery Clinic. When we checked, the hospital's timetable up to late December 2026 showed him taking Sunday afternoon sessions in the Surgery Unit. It is also the only one of his three hospitals whose official pages name cosmetic operations, set out in the next section.

Chiangmai Ram Hospital. Here the doctor directory places him under Plastic Surgery, seeing patients on Mondays and Wednesdays at Dermatology & Laser in the Chiangmai Ram Health Center. According to the hospital, the Health Center is on Boonruangrit Road, about 50 metres before you reach the main hospital. The same Plastic Surgery listing names Asst. Prof. Dr. Krit Khwanngern and Asst. Prof. Dr. Puttan Wongtriratanachai, both of whom our site also lists at Bangkok Hospital Chiang Mai.

Hospitals revise their clinic rotas, so read these days as a snapshot. Our patient team checks the current timetable with whichever hospital you choose.

The accurate answer is that his official profiles do not say. We link no procedure to Dr. Anan because no hospital page attributes one to him. What can be documented is his specialty and the three places he works, and each of those points your questions in a different direction.

What his specialist board covers. The Thai Board in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery he obtained in 2004 spans the whole field, reconstructive as well as cosmetic. It shows he trained in the specialty; it does not show which cosmetic operations make up his regular work. Treat it as the reason to ask, not as the answer.

Reconstructive and plastic surgery at Nakornping. The public hospital lists him within the reconstructive and plastic surgery group of its Department of Surgery. We hold no procedure list from Nakornping, and our procedure guides do not cover reconstruction after injury or illness. If your enquiry concerns reconstruction, for instance after an accident or an earlier operation, describe it in your own words and our team will forward it unchanged.

Bangkok Hospital Chiang Mai's cosmetic surgery clinic. Dr. Anan is one of the surgeons attached to this clinic, and the hospital's clinic page lists the operations below. Read them as the clinic's services; the hospital does not say which of them he carries out himself: - Face: blepharoplasty (eyelid surgery), facelift, rhinoplasty - Breast: breast augmentation, breast lift - Body: tummy tuck, thigh lift, post-weight-loss body contouring

Our Bangkok Hospital Chiang Mai profile shows ten surgeons there, among them plastic surgeons, oculoplastic surgeons from ophthalmology and a facial plastic surgeon from ENT. Any operation on the list could be one that a colleague usually performs, so ask the clinic which of its surgeons does your operation most often.

Dermatology & Laser at the Chiangmai Ram Health Center. His Chiangmai Ram clinics are held in the hospital's skin and aesthetic centre, whose published services are non-surgical: picosecond laser, Ulthera, ELOS, CO2 laser, Sculptra, fillers and botulinum toxin. We found no cosmetic surgical procedure on any Chiangmai Ram page. If you meet Dr. Anan there to talk about an operation, ask where the surgery itself would be done.

Putting it into practice. Lead your consultation request with the operation you want. We ask the hospital whether he performs it and at which site. If the answer is no, both private hospitals list other plastic surgeons, and our Chiang Mai city guide brings together every surgeon and hospital we cover there.

With no published procedure range, a first appointment with Dr. Anan is best used in two passes. First, confirm that the operation belongs to his practice and agree where it would happen. Only then move on to the details of the surgery.

First pass: his practice and the setting - Is this an operation you perform yourself, and roughly how often? - Would it take place at Bangkok Hospital Chiang Mai, at Chiangmai Ram or at Nakornping, and where would I come back for check-ups? - If our first meeting is at the Chiangmai Ram Health Center, is the operation done in the main hospital building? - Will an anaesthetist be involved, and what kind of anaesthesia do you expect to use for me? - Which costs are covered by the quote, and which are not? What would a complication, an extra night or a later revision cost? - Once I have flown home, who looks after my follow-up, and who do I call if something looks wrong?

Second pass: the operation. The points below summarise our general procedure guides for the eight operations the Bangkok Hospital Chiang Mai clinic lists. They are not a description of Dr. Anan's methods; he will explain those himself, and whether any operation suits you depends on his examination.

Eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty). Expect questions about your eyes before anything else, because dry eye, glaucoma, thyroid eye disease and the state of your vision all bear on safety. Surplus skin is not the same problem as a lid margin that droops (ptosis), which needs the muscle repaired, and when the brow itself sits low, raising the brow may help more than eyelid surgery. Ask which of these applies to you. For planning, our blepharoplasty guide suggests staying 5–7 days, which covers stitch removal.

Rhinoplasty. Tell him plainly whether you want less nose (a hump taken down, a narrower bridge, a finer tip) or more (a higher bridge or a more projected tip), because reduction and augmentation are planned differently and carry different risks. If you want the nose built up, ask whether he would use cartilage taken from your own body or an implant, and how each would suit you. Our rhinoplasty guide suggests 7–10 days in Thailand: the external splint has to come off and the nose be reviewed before you leave.

Facelift. Ask what type of lift he recommends, for instance a SMAS, deep plane or mini facelift, whether a neck lift should be added, and his reasons. If you smoke or use nicotine, you will be asked to stop, because it makes problems with skin healing more likely. Plan on 10–14 days; see our facelift guide.

Breast augmentation and breast lift. Cover the implant: its type, its shape and whether the surface is smooth or textured, since certain textured implants carry a higher risk of BIA-ALCL, a rare lymphoma. Ask where the incision and the implant would sit and how you should have the implants checked once you are home. An implant adds volume but will not raise a low-sitting breast by itself, so if you want both, ask whether he would do the lift and the implant together or separately. As a rough guide to time in Thailand, our breast augmentation page gives 7–10 days and our breast lift page 10–14.

Tummy tuck, thigh lift and body contouring after weight loss. Abdominoplasty takes away loose lower-abdominal skin and fat and, in most cases, tightens separated abdominal muscles. It will not take weight off, and the result holds best once your weight has stopped changing for some months. If you may have more children, raise it, because surgeons usually suggest waiting until afterwards. Our tummy tuck guide points out that clot risk after this operation is among the higher ones in cosmetic surgery, so ask how he prevents clots, including for the long flight home, and allow 12–14 days. Our full guides to the thigh lift and post-weight-loss body contouring are not yet published, so for these ask him about the length and position of the scars, whether the work would be split into stages and how long recovery takes.

Season and air quality in Chiang Mai. Our Chiang Mai guide notes that farm burning and forest fires can drive PM2.5 pollution to high levels in the dry season, from about February to April. People with asthma or other breathing conditions, and anyone planning nasal or facial surgery, should talk to him about timing.

The three hospitals differ a good deal in what they say about international patients, and that may shape where you ask to see him.

Chiangmai Ram Hospital, officially opened in 1993, stands at 8 Boonreungrit Road in Mueang Chiang Mai and is privately run. Joint Commission International (JCI) shows it as Accredited under its Hospital Program. Seven languages are covered by the professional interpreters of its International Patients Services (English, French, German, Chinese, Japanese, Burmese and Korean), and the hospital wants the interpreter requested at the time the appointment is made. If you would like one at a Health Center clinic with Dr. Anan, mention it in your request so we can pass it on. The hospital also operates a round-the-clock ambulance and patient-transfer service.

Bangkok Hospital Chiang Mai, a private hospital, says it runs an international patient desk. No accreditation appears on its profile here yet, because we add one only after seeing it in the accreditor's own records or a current statement from the hospital that carries a date.

Nakornping Hospital is a public hospital outside the city centre, at 159 Moo 10, Chotana Road, Don Kaeo, Mae Rim district. We have found no international patient services or accreditation on its official pages so far.

Language. The record we have of Dr. Anan's languages comes from Chiangmai Ram: Thai and English. For consultations in another language, Chiangmai Ram's interpreter service is the arrangement we can document; for the other two hospitals, our patient team can find out what is possible.

Travel and where to stay. Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX) sits close to the city, roughly 1 hour 15 minutes' flight from Bangkok. Book accommodation near the hospital that will treat you, since wound reviews and stitch removal tend to fall in the first week or two, and set the length of your trip by the stays given in the consultation section above. Only the surgeon can clear you to fly.

The hospital's first task will be to confirm whether Dr. Anan does your operation, so a well-prepared request moves faster. Please send medical information and photos through the consultation form or our WhatsApp line only.

Useful in any request - The operation or concern, and the result you are hoping for - Remote or in person, your preferred hospital and roughly when you could be in Chiang Mai - Medical conditions, all medicines and supplements (particularly ones that affect bleeding, such as aspirin or ibuprofen) and allergies - Smoking, vaping or other nicotine use - Records from any previous operation on the same part of the body - The questions you most want him to answer

Additional points for the operations on the Bangkok Hospital Chiang Mai clinic list - Eyelids: whether you have dry eye, glaucoma, thyroid eye disease or another eye problem, and any recent change in vision. - Nose: past nasal surgery or injury, blocked breathing and allergies. Nose photos, if requested, are normally taken from the front, the side and underneath. - Face and neck: earlier surgery or treatments on the face, and nicotine use, which affects healing after a facelift. - Breasts: earlier breast operations; for existing implants, the implant card showing brand, size, type and lot numbers; pregnancies, breastfeeding and weight changes. - Abdomen, thighs and body: how your weight has changed and how long it has been stable, past pregnancies and any plans for more children.

Photos when requested. His team will say whether it needs photos. If it does, use soft, even light and a plain wall behind you. Whatever is suggested on the strength of photos is provisional; only an in-person examination by Dr. Anan settles the plan.