Dr. Kanit Temtrirath

Dr. Kanit Temtrirath (Thai name: นพ.คณิต เต็มไตรรัตน์) is a surgeon trained in ENT (ear, nose and throat medicine) whose published focus is facial plastic surgery. His profile at Vejthani Hospital names two subspecialty areas: Otolaryngology, and Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Put simply, he came to facial surgery through ENT training, rather than through the general plastic surgery specialty. That difference is worth knowing before you choose a surgeon, so we spell it out here and suggest you ask about it directly.

Two hospitals list him. At Vejthani Hospital he sits in the ENT department under Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, with ENT clinic days published as Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday. At Nakornthon Hospital he is listed at the ENT Center, under otolaryngology and facial plastic and reconstructive surgery, with a Sunday clinic. These days come from the hospitals' own pages and can change, so ask our patient team to confirm the current schedule when you send your request.

The one procedure area we can link to him from an official source is rhinoplasty. The Vejthani profile lists "Functional Rhinoplasty" among his procedures. The word "functional" usually points to nasal surgery aimed at breathing or at the internal structure of the nose, and the profile does not say that he does purely cosmetic reshaping. If a change in appearance is what you want, ask him whether he offers it and how he would plan it. The profile also lists keloid surgery, reconstruction of facial lesions, septoplasty, and thyroid and salivary gland surgery. We mention them so you can see the shape of his whole practice; they sit outside the cosmetic procedure pages on this site.

His Vejthani profile lists English and Thai for languages. To ask about him, request a consultation with Dr. Kanit Temtrirath. Our team forwards the request to the hospital and tells you what the surgeon wants to review. Nothing is booked until the hospital confirms. How we collect and check provider details is set out in our research methodology.

Everything below is taken from Dr. Kanit's Vejthani Hospital profile. 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.

• 2011, Doctor of Medicine. Mahidol University's Faculty of Medicine at Ramathibodi Hospital, Thailand.
• 2018, Thai board of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. Listed under the Ramathibodi Hospital faculty of Mahidol University. This is the Thai specialist credential for ENT and head and neck surgery.
• 2022, fellowship in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Completed at Ramathibodi Hospital under Mahidol University.

Taken in sequence, this reads as a medical degree, then specialist ENT training, then a fellowship centred on the face. The fellowship is what ties him to facial plastic surgery. In general, a fellowship is extra, focused training taken after a doctor has qualified in a specialty. It is a different thing from a Thai plastic surgery board certification, and his profile does not claim one. With any surgeon, you can fairly ask which credential their cosmetic work is based on, and how often they perform a given operation in an ordinary year. We state no case numbers for Dr. Kanit because none appear in the sources we reviewed.

The profile also says he is a member of the Thai Medical Council. No registration number is shown, so we show none. As with every surgeon, you can look up the licence yourself on the Medical Council of Thailand register, or ask our patient team how the hospital confirms it.

Present posts. Two hospital pages describe his work: Vejthani Hospital, in ENT with facial plastic and reconstructive surgery, and Nakornthon Hospital, at its ENT Center. The sources we read give no earlier posts, academic titles or leadership roles, so we list none rather than fill space.

Societies named on his profile. Vejthani's page names three bodies:

• Thai Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (spelled this way on the profile)
• Pan Asia Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
• Royal College of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery of Thailand

The hospital supplies these statements, not the societies. The societies' own member lists were not consulted, and a membership is not an endorsement or a measure of results. What the list does show is where he places himself professionally: in facial plastic surgery circles in Thailand and across Asia, and in the national ENT college.

Not documented. No research papers, years in practice, teaching appointments or awards were found for Dr. Kanit, so we claim none. If any of these matter to you, raise them at the consultation.

### Functional rhinoplasty

The procedure we can tie to Dr. Kanit from an official source is rhinoplasty, shown on his Vejthani profile as functional rhinoplasty. As a general description, rhinoplasty changes the nose's underlying bone and cartilage and redrapes the skin. Where the septum inside the nose is straightened in the same operation to help airflow, the combined procedure is known as septorhinoplasty. An ENT-trained surgeon is used to assessing the airway as well as the outer shape, which is why patients with both breathing and appearance concerns are sometimes referred to ENT facial plastic surgeons. His profile also lists septoplasty, which straightens the septum on its own; we have no separate page for it.

Points worth raising when you speak to him about nasal surgery:

• Be specific about your goal. Tell him whether breathing, appearance or both matter most. Since his profile says functional rhinoplasty, ask whether he also reshapes the outer nose and how he balances the two aims.
• Ask about technique and materials. Generally, the open approach adds a small incision across the strip between the nostrils, while the closed approach confines every incision inside the nostrils. A low bridge or tip may be raised with cartilage taken from your own body or with an implant, and each choice carries different compromises. Ask which he would suggest for your nose, and why.
• Plan the time. Our rhinoplasty page gives general guidance: an operation of roughly 1.5 to 3 hours, a hospital stay of 0 to 1 nights, and roughly a week to ten days on the ground in Thailand before the splint comes off and a review takes place. The same page says visible swelling mostly fades in 2 to 3 weeks and that fine changes at the tip may continue for 12 months or longer. Treat all of this as a general range; it says nothing about Dr. Kanit's own patients.
• Expect to be examined first. Any plan made only from photographs stays provisional until the surgeon has seen you in person. Whether surgery suits you is decided only after that assessment.

### Other work on his profile

Keloid surgery, facial lesion reconstruction, septoplasty, and thyroid and salivary gland surgery are all listed for him at Vejthani. They belong to the reconstructive and medical side of an ENT surgeon's work, so we do not present them as cosmetic procedures.

### Not documented for him

No official source we read says that he performs facelifts, eyelid surgery, brow lifts, hair transplantation, breast or body procedures, or gender-affirming surgery. Vejthani's Plastic Surgery Center lists several facial procedures, but a hospital-level listing does not show that a given surgeon does them. If one of these interests you, ask whether he performs it or whether a colleague at the hospital would be the better fit.

A useful consultation weighs your goals, your anatomy and the compromises involved. The questions below are general advice for anyone thinking about nasal surgery, adapted to the functional rhinoplasty focus listed on his profile.

Your nose and your aims

• Is my main concern structural (a deviated septum, an injury, earlier surgery), cosmetic, or a mix?
• Would you correct function only, or reshape the nose as well, and what would each path change?
• How do my skin thickness and nasal tissue affect the outcome and the healing pace?

The operation itself

• Which approach, open or closed, would you use for my nose, and what is the reason?
• Would you use my own cartilage, an implant or neither, and what are the risks of that choice?
• Is the septum treated in the same operation? Is anything else, such as nostril reduction, part of the plan?
• Who gives the anaesthetic, and will the operation be at Vejthani or Nakornthon?

Aftercare

• When is the splint removed, when is the first review, and how many days should I plan in Bangkok?
• If a problem appears once I am back home, who do I contact and in what language?
• What would lead you to ask me to return?

Risks and limits

In general, rhinoplasty can involve bleeding, infection, breathing difficulty, asymmetry and the chance that a revision is needed. A careful surgeon explains these plainly and does not promise a particular shape. Ask what a revision would involve and cost, and have the answer in writing before you agree to anything.

Before deciding

Ask for the plan, what is included and the aftercare terms in writing. No price list for Dr. Kanit appeared in our sources, so we show no figure. If you want one, our team can request a written estimate from the hospital. Related reading: rhinoplasty in Thailand and Bangkok.

Vejthani Hospital. The hospital's own pages describe a private hospital founded in 1994 with 263 beds. Its Referral and Aviation Division is said to help patients and companions with visa extensions, travel arrangements and hotel reservations, and its translators are said to cover over twenty languages, without naming them on the page we read. The accreditation page shows JCI for 2025 to 2028. Accreditation speaks to hospital systems, not to the results of any one surgeon. More detail is on our Vejthani Hospital page.

Nakornthon Hospital. We have no verified research on this hospital's international services, accreditation or address, so we state nothing about them. Our Nakornthon Hospital page shows what we list, and our team can put your questions about interpreters, visa letters and facilities to the hospital.

Language. English and Thai are the languages published for Dr. Kanit. For anything else, ask whether a hospital interpreter can attend the consultation.

Timing a trip. In general, patients travelling for nasal surgery plan to remain in Bangkok through the first week or so, until the splint is removed and healing is checked. Hold off on booking return flights until the hospital confirms the follow-up date. His clinic days are published as Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday at Vejthani and Sunday at Nakornthon, so your dates may depend on those days. Give us your preferred travel window early.

Good preparation makes a remote first review more useful. In general, a surgeon looking at a nose operation asks for the items below.

Photographs

• Front, both sides and a view from underneath, in even daylight, with no filter and no make-up.
• One or two images of the look you prefer, if you have a cosmetic aim, ideally noses on faces close to your own.

Medical background

• Past nose surgery, injury or fracture, noting when and in which country it took place.
• Breathing trouble, snoring, sinus problems, allergies and any nasal sprays.
• Current medicines and supplements, especially blood thinners, and any drug or anaesthetic allergies.
• Smoking or vaping. Surgeons commonly ask for nicotine to stop for several weeks around the operation.
• Other operations and long-term health conditions.

Paperwork and logistics

• Earlier operation reports or scans, if you hold them, and a short list of your goals in order of importance.
• Your travel dates, your passport nationality for visa planning, and the language you would like the consultation in.

Send only what the surgeon requests through our team, and treat any photo-based plan as provisional until you have been examined in person.