Dr. Chidpong Thongkum

Dr. Chidpong Thongkum (Thai: นพ.ชิดพงศ์ ทองกุม, known on hospital pages as "Dr. Ped" or หมอเป็ด) is a male doctor who works in facial plastic surgery in Bangkok, Thailand. On our profile his primary specialty is facial plastic surgery with an ENT (oto-rhino-laryngology) background. Two Bangkok hospitals name him on their official doctor pages: Masterpiece Hospital, at Sukhothai Road in the Dusit district, and DCH Hospital, on Ramkhamhaeng Road.

What the two hospitals document is centred on the face. Masterpiece Hospital files him under four departments: nasal surgery, facelift and brow lift, skin excision, and forehead augmentation. DCH Hospital's list of his consultation areas covers rhinoplasty and facial surgery, facelift, endoscopic brow lift, and also breast augmentation and tummy tuck. On this site those areas correspond to our pages on rhinoplasty, facelift, brow lift, breast augmentation and tummy tuck.

This is a factual profile built from the hospitals' own pages. It is not a recommendation or a ranking, and no surgeon can pay for a place on this site or for a better position. Should one of these procedures be relevant to you, request a consultation with Dr. Chidpong Thongkum. Our patient team forwards your request to the hospital, and nothing is booked until the hospital itself confirms.

We checked his record against each cited source on 27 September 2026. Where the two hospital pages differ or say nothing, the sections below say so openly. Our provider research methodology describes the way we gather and verify details like these.

This section repeats only what the hospitals' own profiles state about his education and certification.

• Medical degree: Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) from Phramongkutklao College of Medicine, Mahidol University, as shown on DCH Hospital's profile. No graduation year is given.
• Board certification in oto-rhino-laryngology (ENT): Masterpiece Hospital shows a Medical Council of Thailand board certificate (วุฒิบัตร) in Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, number 6529/2536. The 2536 in the number is a Buddhist-era year, equal to 1993. We take the year from the number's format, not from a printed date.
• Family medicine: both hospitals list Family Medicine (เวชศาสตร์ครอบครัว) as a recognised specialty.
• Subspecialty: both hospitals list facial plastic and reconstructive surgery as a recognised subspecialty (the Thai term used is ศัลยศาสตร์ตกแต่งและเสริมสร้างใบหน้า).

What this means in plain terms. In Thailand, operations on the face are carried out by plastic surgeons and also by ENT-trained surgeons who go on to subspecialise in the face. The documents we found place Dr. Chidpong in the second group. An ENT background has particular relevance to the nose, which is both a visible feature and the passage you breathe through. Patients thinking about rhinoplasty with an ENT-trained surgeon may wish to ask how airflow and the septum are assessed during planning, alongside the outward shape.

What we cannot confirm. Neither profile names a residency programme, a fellowship, overseas training or the year he graduated, so none appears here. We found no listing of a plastic surgery board certificate either, so we do not say that he holds one. DCH Hospital itself notes that its breast and abdominal consultation areas are service areas and not separate specialist certifications, and they sit outside the specialties both profiles describe as recognised. Society memberships (for example in Thai plastic surgery societies) are not listed on either profile.

Licence. Both hospitals publish medical licence number 14270 for him. 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. It is only as reliable as the hospitals' pages, and we suggest looking it up yourself before any procedure.

A date that does not fit. DCH Hospital's profile mentions permission to practise medicine from 2021, which sits oddly beside a specialist certificate from 1993 on the Masterpiece page. We do not know why (it could be a difference in how a licence record was entered), and we use that date nowhere else on this page. If it matters to you, ask the hospital's patient team to explain it in writing before you travel.

Dr. Chidpong appears at two Bangkok facilities. Neither profile states when he joined, so his length of service at each site is unknown to us.

Masterpiece Hospital (Dusit, Bangkok). The hospital describes him as a plastic surgery doctor (แพทย์ศัลกรรมตกแต่ง) in the nasal surgery, facelift and brow-lift, skin-excision and forehead augmentation departments. According to the hospital's about page, the business began in 2013 as a clinic at Siam Square and is now at 99/19 Sukhothai Road, where it states a capacity of 14 beds and seven operating rooms, split four and three between anaesthesia and non-anaesthesia work. More detail is on the Masterpiece Hospital profile.

DCH Hospital (Ramkhamhaeng Road, Bangkok). DCH's doctor page gives his role as physician and lists these consultation areas: rhinoplasty and facial surgery, facelift and endoscopic brow lift, and breast augmentation and tummy tuck. Our facility page describes DCH Hospital (full English name: Dr.CHEN Surgery Hospital International Center) as a cosmetic surgery hospital that concentrates on jaw and facial contouring, nose, eyes, facelift, breast and liposuction surgery. See the DCH Hospital profile.

Why two hospitals matters to you. A surgeon listed at more than one facility may not work at each of them every day, and a procedure shown against one hospital could be scheduled at the other. Before you commit, ask which site would host your consultation and your operation, who the anaesthetist would be, and where your check-ups would take place. The answers shape your accommodation and your flight dates.

No academic posts or publications are listed. A PubMed search under his name on 27 September 2026 returned nothing, which means only that we found no indexed research papers. It says nothing about his clinical work, good or bad.

At least one official hospital page names each area below. The descriptions of the operations are general guidance in line with our own procedure pages. They are not statements about his personal technique or results, which neither hospital publishes.

### Rhinoplasty in Bangkok with Dr. Chidpong

Nose surgery is the one area that both hospitals agree on: Masterpiece Hospital through its nasal surgery department, DCH Hospital through its rhinoplasty and facial surgery consultations. In general, rhinoplasty changes the shape of the nasal bone and cartilage, with the skin laid back over the new framework. It can straighten or narrow the bridge, take down a hump, refine the tip, or raise a low bridge. If the septum is straightened to improve airflow, surgeons often use the term septorhinoplasty. Patients usually come either to reduce something (a hump, a broad tip) or to build something up (a low bridge, a tip that needs more projection). The methods, materials and risks differ between the two, so be precise with the surgeon about which one you want.

Points worth raising at a consultation:

• Whether an open approach (a short incision on the underside of the nose, between the nostrils) or a closed approach (cuts hidden inside the nostrils) is better for your nose.
• If the bridge or tip is to be built up, what would be used: your own cartilage (the septum, ear and rib are the usual donor sites) or a synthetic implant, silicone and ePTFE being the common ones. Each trades off differently on natural feel, infection risk and durability.
• Whether you also have trouble breathing, because an ENT-trained surgeon may be able to plan airway work and cosmetic change in a single operation.
• Whether you are asking about a first operation or a revision rhinoplasty. Masterpiece Hospital lists revision nose surgery as a service of the hospital, but neither doctor profile says Dr. Chidpong personally performs revisions. If you have had nose surgery before, ask him directly.

In general, most rhinoplasties are performed under general anaesthesia, with an external splint for about the first week. Most of the visible puffiness goes in two to three weeks, though tip definition may go on changing for twelve months or more. Our rhinoplasty page covers recovery in more detail.

### Facelift with Dr. Chidpong

DCH Hospital lists facelift consultations for him, and Masterpiece Hospital's department for facelift and brow lift lists him. In general, a facelift works on the deeper tissue layer lying below the skin across the lower face and neck, repositioning it, and trims surplus skin to ease jowls and a slack neck. It does not alter the forehead or eyelids, nor does it erase fine surface lines. That is why it is so often discussed alongside a brow lift or eyelid surgery.

Neither hospital states which technique he uses (a SMAS facelift, a deep plane lift or a mini version, for instance), so that is a good first question. Also ask how far the neck is included, where the scars would lie once healed, and how a history of smoking would change the plan, since nicotine raises the risk of skin healing problems. For overseas patients our facelift page suggests roughly 10 to 14 days in Thailand; the date you may fly is his decision.

### Brow lift and endoscopic brow lift

DCH Hospital names the endoscopic brow lift specifically, and the Masterpiece facelift and brow-lift department covers the same area. In general, a brow lift lifts the eyebrows and eases forehead lines and the heavy feeling over the eyes. An endoscopic approach usually relies on a few short cuts placed within the hairline and a small camera, in place of one long incision. Whether it suits you depends on your hairline, the height of your forehead and how far the brows have dropped. Ask him to mark where the cuts would go and to explain what could happen to your hairline.

### Forehead augmentation and skin-excision departments

Masterpiece Hospital's Thai profile files him under departments called forehead augmentation (เสริมหน้าผาก) and skin excision (ตัดหนัง). These are department labels, and the page does not describe particular operations. Our research connects only the facelift, brow lift and tummy tuck to them. If forehead contouring or another skin-removal operation interests you, ask whether he does it and at which hospital before taking it for granted.

### Breast augmentation and tummy tuck

Both appear on DCH Hospital's list of his consultation areas, and Masterpiece Hospital's skin-excision department is in line with tummy tuck. Breast augmentation does not appear on his Masterpiece profile. His documented specialty is the face, and DCH itself describes these as service areas, not separate specialist certifications, so we treat them with some caution.

In general, breast augmentation adds an implant behind or in front of the chest muscle, or sometimes transfers the patient's own fat, to change size or shape. It does not lift sagging breasts by itself. A tummy tuck takes out loose lower-abdominal skin and fat and normally draws separated muscles back together. It is not a weight-loss operation. If either is your reason for contacting him, ask how often he performs it and whether he, or another surgeon on the hospital team, would be the one operating. Ask for the reply in writing.

Fees, formats and availability are set by the hospitals, and neither profile describes Dr. Chidpong's own consultation routine. What follows is general guidance on how consultations for his documented procedures usually go, with questions to take along.

Before you start. A first consultation is often held remotely from photographs and a written history, and it yields only an outline plan. The surgeon confirms any plan face to face in Bangkok before surgery, so treat a photo-only plan as provisional. Whether you are suitable for an operation can only be judged by examining you.

Questions for any procedure

• Which operation and technique do you advise for me, and why not the alternatives?
• Which hospital would host the operation, who would give the anaesthetic, and what is the arrangement if recovery takes longer than planned?
• What does the written quote include (nights in hospital, anaesthesia, tests, garments, review visits) and what is left out?
• When is it safe to fly home, and who handles follow-up once I am home abroad?
• Can I see cases like mine, and do those patients know their photographs are being shown?

If you are considering rhinoplasty

• Open or closed approach, and which cartilage or implant do you suggest?
• How will you examine my breathing and septum, and could that alter the plan?
• What would a revision involve if I am unhappy a year on?
• Does the thickness of my skin make the outcome harder to predict?

If you are considering a facelift or brow lift

• Which facelift technique would you use, and does it reach the neck?
• Where would the scars be, and what happens to my hairline?
• Would you advise adding a brow lift, eyelid surgery or something else, and how would that change theatre time and my stay?
• What are the main risks for me: a blood collection under the skin (haematoma), temporary weakness of facial movement, numbness, and visible scarring?

If you are considering breast augmentation or tummy tuck

• Will you operate yourself, and how many of these do you do?
• Breast augmentation: implant type, surface, size, incision, position, and when replacement might be needed.
• Tummy tuck: full, mini or extended; whether muscle repair and liposuction are included; how drains and compression garments are managed.

A good consultation leaves you with a written plan, a written quote and the freedom to refuse. Nobody should hurry you into deciding on the day, least of all after a long journey.

Masterpiece Hospital. Its website carries a no-charge consultation request form, and an online appointment can be requested through it. Messaging apps named on its contact page are WhatsApp, WeChat, LINE and Telegram, and it also gives numbers set aside for enquiries from Cambodia, Indonesia and China. We found no published statement of staff languages, so confirm this before depending on any one language.

Masterpiece Hospital appears in the public list kept by the accreditor AACI (American Accreditation Commission International). That list gives it a hospital accreditation first awarded in February 2023, plus two ISO certificates (9001:2015 and 7101:2023) issued by AACI, and shows no expiry date. AACI is a different accreditor from JCI and from HA Thailand. Accreditation reflects systems at the time of a survey and cannot tell you what your own care will be like.

DCH Hospital. Our DCH page shows an international patient desk but no accreditation, because we record one only when we can see it listed by the accrediting body itself, or stated with a date by the facility. Having none recorded does not prove that it has none, nor that it has one. Ask the hospital directly.

Time in Thailand. These are general figures from our own procedure pages, which your surgeon may change for your case:

• Rhinoplasty: usually 7 to 10 days, long enough for the splint to be removed and a review of the nose.
• Facelift: commonly 10 to 14 days, so that stitches can be removed and early complications looked for before you fly.
• Brow lift: about 7 to 10 days on our page.
• Breast augmentation: commonly 7 to 10 days.
• Tummy tuck: commonly 12 to 14 days.

Practical steps that help: book somewhere to stay near the hospital, bring a companion or ask what help the hospital offers, keep a few spare days in case a review slips, and agree in writing how any problem after you go home would be handled and who would pay. Ask the hospital which airport transfers it recommends for the journey home.

A detailed request earns a more useful first reply. Whatever the operation, collect the basics: age, height, weight, current medicines and supplements (blood thinners in particular), allergies, nicotine use, past operations, other medical conditions and possible travel dates. Describe the change you want in your own words and, where you can, what you would not want.

For rhinoplasty (listed by both hospitals)

• Pictures facing the camera, from each side and from underneath the nose, in even light and with no filters.
• Any earlier nose surgery, injury or filler, with dates and, if you have them, the operation notes.
• Breathing difficulty, snoring, sinus trouble or a septum diagnosis, since an ENT-trained surgeon may want to build the plan around them.
• Whether you want the bridge and tip reduced or built up, plus a few pictures of noses you like.

For facelift or brow lift

• Straight-on, profile and three-quarter pictures of the face with hair tied back, plus one of the neck in profile. An older photo can show how your face has changed.
• Notes on earlier facial surgery, injectables, thread lifts or laser work.
• How long you have smoked, if you do, and any skin condition, because both affect healing.
• Whether the jowls and neck, the brow and forehead, or all of these bother you most.

For breast augmentation or tummy tuck

• Photos taken facing the camera and side-on, in underwear, with arms relaxed.
• For breasts: current bra size, pregnancies, breastfeeding, and any implants already in place.
• For tummy tuck: your weight history, number of pregnancies, and any hernia or abdominal operation.

Send only what is needed, use the secure channel our patient team gives you in place of social media, and keep copies for yourself. Photos are used to arrange your consultation, and nothing you send is published.