Dr. Kollawat Jaruniphakul

Dr. Kollawat Jaruniphakul (นายแพทย์กลวัชร จารุนิภากุล) has a doctor profile on the website of The Art Plastic Surgery Hospital, which stands in the Don Mueang area of Bangkok and focuses on cosmetic operations. That page gives his specialty label as ศัลยแพทย์ตกแต่งเฉพาะทาง, which reads as plastic surgery specialist, gives his nickname as หมอวิกเตอร์, which can be read as "Dr. Victor", and prints clinic hours of 8:00 to 20:00 on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday.

Should you want an appointment, our patient team can take up your request with the hospital. The team writes to the hospital for you and comes back with what it says.

One caution before the detail. The source is a single hospital profile, and it is brief. It names two Siriraj qualifications and three overseas placements. It does not list operations, sub-specialties, languages, society memberships or dates of qualification. We have therefore kept every surgeon-specific sentence on this page to what that profile states, and anything else is marked as general guidance. The way we gather and check provider information is described on our research methodology page.

The profile gives two qualifications, both from Mahidol University's Siriraj medical school, the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, in Bangkok.

• A Doctor of Medicine with first-class honours (Thai: เกียรตินิยมอันดับ 1).
• A certificate in the plastic surgery specialty, recorded in Thai on the profile (วุฒิบัตรสาขาศัลยศาสตร์ตกแต่ง).

The profile does not call this certificate "Thai Board" or give the name of a certifying body, so we repeat its own Thai wording and do not translate it into something stronger. In general, a plastic surgery certificate of this kind is the end point of several years of surgical residency, but how long his own training took, and when it finished, is not stated.

Three international placements are listed:

• 2018: an international observership at Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
• 2025: an international observership with Craniofacial SA in Adelaide, Australia.
• 2026: an international visiting scholar attachment, in South Korea, at the Asan Medical Center campus in Seoul.

The profile does not explain what he worked on at any of the three, how long each lasted, or whether he took part in operations. In general, an observership means watching and learning in another centre's theatres and clinics rather than carrying clinical responsibility there, and a visiting scholar position is an academic attachment. Neither is a licence to practise abroad. Treat the list as evidence of continuing education, and ask him at the consultation which techniques, if any, he brought back and uses in his own cases.

Not documented: the years he graduated or certified, and whether he belongs to the Thai plastic surgery society or any international body. If these matter to your decision, put the question in writing when you send your request.

The only post documented is his current one as a plastic surgeon with The Art Plastic Surgery Hospital. We found no start date, earlier positions, teaching appointments or publications, and no figures for years in practice or numbers of operations. We have not guessed at any of them. A surgeon's case volume can matter, but a number is only useful if the source and the procedure are named alongside it, so it is better to ask him directly than to rely on a figure found elsewhere.

To understand the environment he works in, these are the facts the hospital itself publishes, as gathered in our research:

• Its own account is that it began as a surgery clinic with one large operating room and was upgraded to a hospital so patients could stay for aftercare after bigger operations.
• Its own figures are 29 inpatient beds and 12 operating rooms.
• Its floor directory puts reception and the outpatient department on level one, a skin and aesthetic department on level two, theatres with a post-anaesthesia recovery area on level three, and a ward on level five plus a VIP ward on level six.
• It reports roughly thirty surgeons and thirty anaesthetists in its team, and adds that a patient is looked after by one surgeon together with one anaesthetist.
• It operates from three sites: the main hospital plus clinic branches in Lat Phrao and Pattaya.

The last point leaves a practical gap. Dr. Kollawat's profile does not say which of the three sites he uses, so the clinic hours printed there cannot be tied to a location. Ask for the exact address of your appointment, and the exact address of the operating theatre if it differs, before you book travel. More about the building and its services is on our hospital profile.

At present, none. His entry on the hospital site shows no list of procedures and no areas of special interest, and we link a surgeon to an operation only when an official page names that operation for him. You will therefore not see him tagged under rhinoplasty, facelift or any other procedure on this site.

That silence is not evidence that he avoids those operations, only that the evidence has not been published. Across the hospital the list is wide: its advertised services include facelift, rhinoplasty, liposuction, breast augmentation, tummy tuck and double eyelid surgery. It puts the share of overseas clients at about 15 per cent.

So the useful step is to bring a specific question. Give our team the name of the operation you are weighing, and ask whether Dr. Kollawat performs it regularly, or whether a colleague has a more established record with it. A candid answer that points you elsewhere is a good sign, not a setback.

In general, the right surgeon for an operation is the one who does it often, explains its limits, and can show you results from patients who agreed to share them. That standard applies to every surgeon, including him, and it is the one we suggest you use when his procedure list is eventually published.

With his focus not on record, the first appointment has to do more work than usual. In general, the points below are worth raising, whichever operation you have in mind.

• How often does he perform this exact operation, and will he do the surgery himself from start to finish?
• Why does he favour a particular technique for your anatomy, and what would change if your skin were thinner, your body frame different or you had scars from earlier surgery?
• Which complications are most relevant to you, how would they be recognised, and who would handle them in the first days?
• What will the first fortnight look like day by day, and what are you realistically able to do? Our general pages on liposuction and facelift describe recovery in broad terms.
• Who will give the anaesthetic, and which tests are needed beforehand? The hospital says each patient is assigned one anaesthetist, so you can ask whether you will meet yours beforehand.
• If a revision is ever needed, what is the hospital's policy, and who bears which cost?
• Are the example photographs from his own patients, taken with consent?
• Is the operation suitable for you at all? In general, whether surgery is appropriate depends on your health, your goals and an in-person assessment, and a responsible surgeon may advise against it or suggest waiting.
• Which overseas techniques from his Rotterdam, Adelaide or Seoul placements, if any, does he apply in his own practice?

Write your own list down in advance. Consultations pass quickly and most people forget something important.

Our review of the hospital's published material turned up no international patient desk, no list of interpreter languages and no accreditation. Dr. Kollawat's profile names no spoken languages either. Please do not assume that English, or any other language, will be available in the consulting room. Ask the patient team to establish in advance what language the appointment will use and whether an interpreter may join, and do that before paying for flights.

Its listed address is 287 Vibhavadi Rangsit Road, in the Sanambin subdistrict of Don Mueang, postcode 10210. Don Mueang airport lies in the same district. Lodging close to the hospital is simpler than travelling across the city for check-ups, though it is something to check against the site your appointment is actually at, given the Lat Phrao and Pattaya branches.

The hospital has inpatient wards, so ask whether a night or more in hospital is part of your operation or is optional, and what it costs. Your return flight date should come from him: surgeons differ on how soon after an operation they are happy for a patient to fly, and the right date turns on what was done and how well your recovery is going. In general, build in spare days instead of booking the earliest flight possible, and ask what follow-up you can arrange at home if you leave before your final check.

A well-prepared message saves a round of emails. Having it ready helps whichever operation you end up discussing:

• a few plain sentences on what bothers you now and what you do not want altered
• unfiltered photographs in daylight: a face needs front, side and angled shots, a body needs front, side and rear
• your medical history, regular medicines, allergies, smoking or vaping, and any earlier anaesthetics
• the dates and details of past operations, with an implant card or operation report if you have one
• height, weight and any recent swings in either
• the length of time you could stay in the country once surgery is done

Please do not send passport or payment card numbers in a first message. The patient team will explain which documents the hospital needs and a safe way to share them.