Prof. Apichai Angspatt

Prof. Apichai Angspatt, M.D. (Thai: ศ.นพ. อภิชัย อังสพัทธ์) is a Thai plastic surgeon whose home base is academic. He is on the staff of the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Unit (หน่วยศัลยศาสตร์ตกแต่งและเสริมสร้าง) in the Department of Surgery of Chulalongkorn University's Faculty of Medicine, and his university outpatient sessions take place at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital in Pathumwan, on Rama 4 Road. Two private Bangkok hospitals also publish him as one of their plastic surgeons: Bumrungrad International Hospital, in its Plastic Surgery Center on Sukhumvit Soi 3, and Saint Louis Hospital, in the Surgery Center (ศูนย์ศัลยกรรม) on South Sathon Road.

What his profiles say he does falls into a cosmetic group and a reconstructive group. Bumrungrad lists these special clinical interests: eyelid surgery, facial rejuvenation surgery, breast surgery, lipoplasty, breast reconstruction, ear pinning, maxillofacial surgery, burns, microsurgery and nose surgery. His page on the Chulalongkorn Department of Surgery website is weighted towards reconstruction: cleft lip and cleft palate repair, burn surgery, parotidectomy (an operation on the parotid salivary gland, which sits in front of the ear), breast reconstruction, and wound care including advanced dressings.

Four of those interests correspond directly to procedure guides on this site, so his profile is linked to them: eyelid surgery to blepharoplasty, nose surgery to rhinoplasty, ear pinning to otoplasty and lipoplasty to liposuction. The remaining interests are set out further down exactly as published, without being turned into claims about particular operations.

Professor or Associate Professor? Both titles appear next to his name online. His Chulalongkorn Department of Surgery profile, last modified in July 2025, calls him Professor (ศ.นพ.), and Saint Louis Hospital does the same. The department's current-faculty roster, a Faculty of Medicine page from 2018, his 2019 listing in the member collection of the Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons of Thailand (ThPRS) and the online membership lookup of the Royal College of Surgeons of Thailand still give Associate Professor (รศ.นพ.), while Bumrungrad uses no academic rank at all ("Apichai Angspatt, M.D."). Every one of these pages describes the same surgeon; we use Professor because that is the title on his own department profile.

To see him at any of the three hospitals, request a consultation. Our patient team takes the request to the hospital you prefer, finds out when he can see you and comes back to you with options. An appointment exists only once that hospital has confirmed it.

Every qualification published for him is Thai, and each one leads back to Chulalongkorn University. In date order:

• 1987, Doctor of Medicine (แพทยศาสตรบัณฑิต): Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University.
• 1991, Graduate Diploma in Clinical Medical Science, Surgery (ประกาศนียบัตรบัณฑิตทางวิทยาศาสตร์การแพทย์คลินิก สาขาศัลยศาสตร์): Chulalongkorn University. Only his Department of Surgery profile records this one.
• 1993, Diploma in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (วุฒิบัตร สาขาศัลยศาสตร์ตกแต่งและเสริมสร้าง): granted by the Medical Council of Thailand. Bumrungrad's English profile words it as the "Diploma of The Thai Board of Plastic Surgery, 1993", and its Thai profile gives the Buddhist-era year 2536, which is the same year. Saint Louis Hospital records the diploma as coming from Chulalongkorn University.

In general terms, the วุฒิบัตร is the specialist qualification the Medical Council of Thailand awards once a doctor has completed training in a specialty. It is the nearest Thai equivalent to what patients in many other countries call board certification, which is why it matters, together with a valid medical licence, when you check a Thai plastic surgeon.

Two things are not on the record. None of the pages we read gives his residency dates separately, and none mentions a fellowship or qualification obtained outside Thailand. We have not filled either gap.

Professional bodies. ThPRS includes him in its online member collection; that entry, posted in 2019, gives his address as the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Unit at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital. A search of the Royal College of Surgeons of Thailand membership returns him in the plastic surgery field. Neither his hospital profiles nor any list we could open records membership of ThSAPS, the aesthetic plastic surgery society, which does not publish its member list, so we make no claim either way.

Licence check. A Thai medical licence number, 13877, appears on his ThPRS entry. The licence can be looked up on the Medical Council of Thailand's public register at checkmd.tmc.or.th, and our patient team can help you confirm it before you travel. You can run the search yourself with his Thai name, อภิชัย อังสพัทธ์. Our provider research methodology explains where each fact here comes from and how we handle a register we cannot reach.

His week, as the three institutions published it in September 2026, is split between the university and two private hospitals. Hospitals revise clinic hours without notice, so treat the times below as a starting point that our team re-checks against your dates.

• Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University (clinics at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital). Rank: Professor, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery. The department's web profile gives outpatient sessions on Mondays and Wednesdays, 08:00 to 14:00, and an out-of-hours clinic on Wednesdays, 16:00 to 19:00, all in the Chakri Thotsamo building (ตึกจักรีทศมฯ), level 6. The unit's office, which his ThPRS entry uses as his address, is in the Chongkolnee building, 1st floor.
• Bumrungrad International Hospital. Filed under Plastic Cosmetic & Reconstructive Surgery, with his clinic on Monday evenings in the Plastic Surgery Center (Building A, level 16), from 18:00 to 20:00.
• Saint Louis Hospital. Listed under plastic surgery (สาขา ศัลยศาสตร์ตกแต่ง) in the Surgery Center, with a Thursday session from 17:00 to 20:00.

Department leadership. In a staff listing dated 25 March 2018, the Faculty of Medicine described him as Associate Professor and Head of Department for the Department of Surgery. No newer page says whether he still holds that post, so read it as a role recorded in 2018 rather than a current one.

Burn and wound research. On papers indexed in PubMed between 2021 and 2025 he also carries an affiliation with Chulalongkorn University's Center of Excellence in Burn and Wound Care. The papers do not say what his role there is.

Publications close to his procedure areas. PubMed indexes papers he co-authored under a Chulalongkorn affiliation. A selection, grouped by the part of the body they concern:

• *Nose:* an anatomical study of nasal septal cartilage and its clinical relevance (*Aesthetic Plastic Surgery*, 2021). The septum is one of the cartilage sources surgeons use when a nose needs support or grafting.
• *Ear:* anthropometric measurements of the external ear in Thai people (*Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery*, 2022).
• *Breast:* a weight-to-volume method for estimating breast volume (*Gland Surgery*, 2023), and a cohort study of negative-pressure wound therapy to prevent seroma where a latissimus dorsi flap, a back-muscle flap used in some breast reconstructions, has been harvested (*Archives of Plastic Surgery*, 2017).
• *Face and nerves:* the anatomy of the masseteric nerve in a Thai population and its use in facial reanimation (*Asian Journal of Surgery*, 2018), and the SMAS flap as a way of preventing Frey's syndrome after superficial parotidectomy (*Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand*, 2004).
• *Burns:* a systematic review and meta-analysis of omega-3 fatty acid nutritional support for burn patients (*Nutrients*, 2022).
• *Gender-affirming care, from a social angle:* a 2014 paper on how sex reassignment surgery developed in Thailand (*The Scientific World Journal*).

Publications show where his academic interests lie. They say nothing about how often he performs any given operation, and none of his profiles gives case numbers or a years-in-practice figure; the only dates on record are those of his qualifications.

Bumrungrad's profile uses four plain labels that match our guides: 'Eyelid Surgery', 'Nose Surgery', 'Ear Pinning' and 'Lipoplasty'. It breaks none of them down, so which version of each operation he offers, and which he would advise for you, has to be settled at the consultation. Each part below pairs what his record shows with general background from our procedure guides. His assessment of your own case takes precedence over all of it, and suitability for any of these operations can only be decided after he has examined you.

Eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty)

His record: eyelid surgery is a listed interest on his Bumrungrad profile, and the hospital's Plastic Surgery Center names blepharoplasty among its services.

In general, blepharoplasty takes away or repositions surplus eyelid skin, muscle and fat, and several distinct operations share the name. Upper eyelid surgery addresses hooding, which in some people is heavy enough to cut into the top of the visual field. Lower eyelid surgery deals with under-eye bags; one route works from the inside of the lid (transconjunctival) and leaves no visible scar. An upper-lid crease can be made or adjusted with double eyelid surgery, by incision or, for suitable lids, with sutures. Two look-alike problems need something else: a lid edge that itself sags is a muscle problem handled by ptosis correction, and a brow that has dropped may be better served by a brow lift.

At a consultation with him: because his profile says only 'eyelid surgery', ask plainly which of these operations he performs and which he would choose for your lids. Screening questions about dry eye, glaucoma, thyroid eye disease and eyesight are routine, since each can change what is safe. Our guide describes it as usually a day case, most often with local anaesthetic and sedation, although general anaesthesia is also used; stitches usually come out at around 5 to 7 days, which is when most international patients fly home, and most bruising fades within 1 to 2 weeks. Possible complications listed in our guide include dry or irritated eyes, difficulty closing the eyes fully, asymmetry and lower lid malposition.

Rhinoplasty (nose surgery)

His record: 'Nose Surgery' is a listed interest at Bumrungrad, the hospital's Plastic Surgery Center lists augmentation and reduction rhinoplasty among its services, and he co-authored the 2021 anatomical study of nasal septal cartilage described above.

In general, rhinoplasty reshapes the nose's framework of bone and cartilage. Requests in Thailand tend to divide into reduction (taking down a hump, narrowing, refining the tip) and augmentation, the approach our site covers under Asian rhinoplasty, where a low bridge is built up or the tip given more projection. Augmentation relies either on the patient's own cartilage, taken from the septum, the ear or a rib, or on a synthetic implant; silicone and ePTFE are the implants our guide names, and each choice has its own balance of infection risk, feel and stability over the years. Straightening the internal septum in the same operation to help airflow turns it into a septorhinoplasty.

At a consultation with him: his profile does not say whether his nose work covers reduction, augmentation or revision rhinoplasty, so state your goal clearly and ask what he would use for your nose and why. The septal cartilage paper can open a useful conversation about graft choices, but a paper is not a recommendation for your nose. For a revision, our guide notes that surgeons usually want at least a year to pass after the previous operation. Most rhinoplasties are done under general anaesthesia. The usual stay in Thailand is 7 to 10 days, until the external splint is off and the nose has been checked, and the tip can go on refining for 12 months or longer. Among the risks our guide lists are bleeding, infection, breathing difficulty, asymmetry and, with implants, infection, shifting or extrusion that may mean removal.

Ear pinning (otoplasty)

His record: 'Ear Pinning' is on his Bumrungrad list, the hospital's Plastic Surgery Center names otoplasty as a service, and he co-authored the 2022 study of external ear dimensions in the Thai population.

In general, otoplasty brings prominent ears closer to the head and can also reshape the ear's folds or reduce large lobes. Working through a cut in the crease behind the ear, the surgeon reshapes the cartilage with permanent stitches, by scoring it or by removing a small piece; some ears can be corrected with sutures alone. Adults mostly have local anaesthesia and children usually a general anaesthetic. The otoplasty guide puts the usual stay at 5 to 7 days, after which a soft headband is typically worn at night for several weeks.

At a consultation with him: if the patient is a child, say so and give the age in your first message. Our guide notes that the operation is commonly done once a child's ears are close to adult size, but none of his profiles says whether he accepts children for cosmetic ear surgery at the private hospitals. Ask as well about relapse, where an ear drifts partly back towards its old position: a small degree can happen and occasionally needs a further adjustment. Other possible problems include bleeding, infection, asymmetry, stitches that become visible or irritated, and overcorrection.

Liposuction (lipoplasty)

His record: 'Lipoplasty', another word for liposuction, is on his Bumrungrad list. Separately, Bumrungrad's Plastic Surgery Center lists liposuction of areas including the abdomen, arms and both thighs as a centre service; that describes the centre, not his personal practice.

In general, liposuction removes localised fat that has not responded to diet and exercise, in areas such as the abdomen and flanks, thighs, upper arms and back. It changes shape; it is not a weight-loss treatment, does not treat cellulite and does not tighten loose skin, which may need an excision operation such as a tummy tuck. Most modern liposuction starts with tumescent infiltration, and ultrasound-assisted VASER and high-definition sculpting are variations on it. The surgeon limits how much fat comes out in one session according to your weight and health, because the risks, blood clots among them, rise with large volumes and combined operations.

At a consultation with him: his profile names no particular technique, so ask which he uses, which areas he would treat, whether the work should be staged, and what clot prevention he advises before the flight home. Our guide suggests roughly a week to 10 days in Thailand, and more after bigger or combined procedures, plus a compression garment for several weeks, and patience while the final contour emerges over 3 to 6 months. Contour irregularities, fluid collections (seroma), numbness and, more rarely, blood clots or fat embolism are among the complications our guide describes.

Listed interests without a matching guide

The rest of the labels on his profiles do not correspond to a single procedure guide here, so we report them rather than interpret them. From Bumrungrad: facial rejuvenation surgery, breast surgery, breast reconstruction, maxillofacial surgery, burns and microsurgery. From Chulalongkorn: cleft lip and palate surgery, burn surgery, parotidectomy, breast reconstruction, and wound care with advanced dressings. 'Breast surgery' and 'facial rejuvenation' are especially broad, and neither confirms a specific cosmetic operation such as breast augmentation or a facelift. If what you need falls under one of these headings, let us know and we will raise it with the hospital before anything is arranged.

Start with the setting. Prof. Apichai's private sessions at Bumrungrad and Saint Louis are evening clinics, whereas his university clinics at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital are mostly held in the daytime, and each hospital sets its own prices and aftercare arrangements. Ask early on at which hospital he would carry out your operation, who would be responsible for the anaesthetic, and how an unplanned overnight stay or extra treatment would be handled and paid for.

Questions worth putting to him for any of his four listed procedures:

• Is this operation the right answer to what bothers me, or is there a smaller or different option?
• Which technique would you use, and why that one for me?
• Local anaesthetic with sedation or a general anaesthetic, and what does that mean for the day itself?
• When are my check-ups, and from what day could I reasonably fly home?
• What exactly does the written quote cover, and what would I pay if a complication or revision were needed?
• Once I am home, who follows me up, and how do I reach your team if something changes?

Points to raise for each area:

• Eyelids: whether the problem is skin, fat, the brow or the lid muscle; how existing dry eye or previous eye surgery changes the plan; where the incision line will fall.
• Nose: reduction or augmentation; an open approach (a small cut across the columella, the strip between the nostrils) or a closed one; your own cartilage or an implant, and why; whether your breathing will be examined.
• Ears: which cartilage method he prefers, how long the headband stays on, and the plan if the correction relaxes.
• Liposuction: the safe volume for your body, whether areas should be staged, and how blood clots will be prevented before and during the flight.

Combining operations, for instance eyelid surgery and liposuction on one trip, changes the anaesthetic, the overall risk and the time you need in Bangkok; ask him to spell out each. Before paying any deposit, confirm his licence with the Medical Council of Thailand yourself, and get the plan, an itemised price and the aftercare arrangements on paper.

A remote first look is sometimes possible: the Bumrungrad Plastic Surgery Center page mentions doctor tele-consultations, and photo reviews before travel are common in Thai hospitals. Whether Prof. Apichai himself looks at photos or consults online is not stated on any of his profiles, so our team asks on your behalf. Anything decided from photos alone remains provisional until he sees you in person.

All three hospitals are in central Bangkok, but what they publish for patients from abroad ranges from a full international service to nothing on record. The details below come from each hospital's official pages and, for accreditation, from the accreditors' own databases. For the city itself, see our Bangkok guide.

Bumrungrad International Hospital, Sukhumvit Soi 3 (Soi Nana Nua), Wattana district. A private hospital that documents an extensive service for international patients:

• a free Medical Coordination Office in Building A (10th floor), whose coordinating doctors and nurses can review records, estimate prices, set up appointments and telemedicine before you arrive, deal with insurers and embassies, and supply medical reports, fit-to-fly papers and follow-up after discharge;
• an airport representative in the international arrivals hall at Suvarnabhumi, a complimentary airport shuttle to the hospital or nearby hotels that leaves hourly when there are enough passengers, and free vans linking the hospital with the Nana and Phrom Phong Skytrain (BTS) stations;
• an interpreter team that the hospital factsheet puts at over 130 people, and cultural support officers for medical travellers who prefer a language other than English;
• a Business Center that handles visa extensions with the Bangkok Immigration Office and can book hotels and flights.

Bumrungrad appears in the JCI directory as accredited under its Hospital Program, and HA Thailand lists its Advanced Hospital Accreditation until 22 May 2029. Consultations at its Plastic Surgery Center are by appointment only.

King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Rama 4 Road, Pathumwan. The Thai Red Cross Society's hospital and the teaching hospital of Chulalongkorn's Faculty of Medicine, where Prof. Apichai holds his university clinics. In HA Thailand's database its Advanced Hospital Accreditation runs to 22 May 2029, while a search of the JCI directory returned no entry. The hospital runs an English-language website, yet no official page we could find describes an international patient desk, an interpreter service or airport pickup. Overseas patients who choose it should expect to organise more of the logistics themselves; our team can try to find out what is available.

Saint Louis Hospital, South Sathon Road, Sathon, where he holds his Thursday evening clinic. We have not yet recorded an accreditation or a published international patient service for Saint Louis from an official source, so ask us to check what the hospital can arrange before you commit.

Planning your time in Bangkok. Our guides give common stays of 5 to 7 days for eyelid surgery or otoplasty and 7 to 10 days for rhinoplasty or liposuction, with more time after larger or combined operations. The date you fly is his call, not the itinerary's: a changeable return ticket, accommodation near the hospital that treats you and a few spare days all help if a review moves. If you are having liposuction, discuss compression stockings and other clot precautions for the journey home.

A short, accurate package lets Prof. Apichai give a more useful first answer than a long, vague one. Take photos in even daylight against a plain background, without filters, make-up or glasses.

Everyone

• age, height and weight, and what you would like changed, described in your own words;
• health conditions, especially heart or lung disease, diabetes, bleeding or clotting disorders and any past blood clot;
• current medicines and supplements, in particular anything that thins the blood such as aspirin (keep taking them unless a doctor tells you otherwise);
• allergies, and whether you smoke or use any nicotine product;
• earlier operations on the same part of the body, with dates and any surgical notes you hold;
• your preferred hospital and travel dates.

Eyelids: front close-ups with your eyes open, softly shut and looking upwards, and a view from each side; details of eye conditions such as glaucoma, dry eye or thyroid eye disease and of past eye operations, with a recent eye examination report if you have one.

Nose: a front view, left and right profiles, and a view from below that shows the nostrils; anything relevant about breathing, allergies, injury, earlier nose surgery or filler; and your aim if you already have one, such as a smaller nose, a higher bridge or a refined tip.

Ears: each ear photographed from the side and from behind, plus a straight-on view of the head; for a child, the age.

Liposuction: standing photos of each treatment area from the front, side and back in plain underwear; whether your weight has been steady; any history of blood clots.

We forward what you send to the hospital with your request, and tell you if Prof. Apichai asks for further tests or images.