Dr. Navin Klongkitkarnkha

Dr. Navin Klongkitkarnkha (Thai: นาวิน คล่องกิจการค้า) is a Thai plastic surgeon listed among the doctors of Kamol Cosmetic Hospital, which Kamol describes as purpose-built for aesthetic and gender-affirming surgery and whose building is in Bangkok's Wang Thonglang district. On his Kamol profile the specialty is plastic surgery, broken down into four areas: gender-affirming procedures, facial cosmetic surgery, body contouring, and plastic and reconstructive surgery. The interests the profile singles out are the last three of those: body contouring, facial cosmetic work and gender-affirming procedures.

His whole medical education sits within one institution, Phramongkutklao: he took his medical degree at its College of Medicine (Mahidol University) and then completed two residencies at Phramongkutklao Hospital, first in general surgery and afterwards, finishing in 2025, in plastic and reconstructive surgery. Kamol's profile also gives him a second current post, held since 2025, as plastic and reconstructive surgeon at Fort Suranari Hospital in Nakhon Ratchasima.

Kamol presents him as a newer member of its surgical team, one who is building his skills under the guidance of the hospital's senior surgeons. We say this openly because it matters when you choose a surgeon: if you are weighing an operation with Dr. Navin, ask how senior colleagues would take part in planning and in theatre, and whose name will appear as operating surgeon on your consent form.

His Kamol page names no individual operations and says nothing about his languages, board certification or society memberships. Where you would reasonably expect those details, this profile records that they are not published and suggests a question to ask in their place. To request a consultation with Dr. Navin Klongkitkarnkha, send us your request; our patient team, which is independent of Kamol, passes it to the hospital and then lets you know when he can see you. The sources and checks behind this page follow our provider research methodology.

Kamol Cosmetic Hospital lists three stages of education for Dr. Navin Klongkitkarnkha, all of them at Phramongkutklao:

• Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), 2008–2014: Phramongkutklao College of Medicine, Mahidol University.
• Residency in General Surgery, 2017–2021: Phramongkutklao Hospital.
• Residency in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 2022–2025: Phramongkutklao Hospital.

Read alongside his hospital posts, the sequence is clear: he qualified in medicine, spent his first working years as a general practitioner, trained and then worked as a general surgeon, and only afterwards entered a dedicated residency in plastic and reconstructive surgery. With that residency finishing in 2025, his time as a qualified plastic surgeon is short. Kamol publishes no case numbers for him, and we do not estimate any.

One published paper. A PubMed search for his surname returns a single record, a 2026 article in Archives of Craniofacial Surgery. It is a comparative study from Thailand of how precisely, and with what clinical outcomes, orbital blowout fractures can be reconstructed with 3D preformed titanium mesh. The authors are affiliated with Phramongkutklao Hospital's plastic and reconstructive surgery division, part of its Department of Surgery, which matches where he trained, and Dr. Akaradech Attainsee, another plastic surgeon on Kamol's doctor list, is a co-author. An orbital blowout fracture is a break in the thin bony walls of the eye socket, typically after a blow to the face. This is trauma reconstruction, not cosmetic eyelid or facial surgery. It tells you something about his academic background, not about a service offered under his name at Kamol.

Credentials we could not confirm. Board certification is not mentioned anywhere on Kamol's page. Dr. Navin's name did not appear, in English or in Thai, when we ran the online member search of ThPRS (Thailand's professional society for plastic surgeons) on 27 September 2026. Because ThPRS publishes full members only and lets members opt out of the listing, a missing name is not evidence against him; it only means we cannot show a membership. We also tried the Medical Council of Thailand's licence register that day, but the site stopped the search before it returned a result, so his licence remains unchecked by us. You can run that search yourself, trying his Thai name นาวิน คล่องกิจการค้า if the English spelling finds nothing, and you are entitled to ask Kamol for his medical licence number before you agree to treatment.

Kamol's profile records five hospital posts for Dr. Navin, two of which are current. Listed chronologically:

• 2014–2015, General Practitioner: Fort Suranari Hospital (โรงพยาบาลค่ายสุรนารี), Nakhon Ratchasima.
• 2015–2017, General Practitioner: Fort Nawamin Hospital (โรงพยาบาลค่ายนวมินทราชินี), Chonburi.
• 2021–2022, General Surgeon: Fort Thanarat Hospital (โรงพยาบาลค่ายธนะรัชต์), Prachuap Khiri Khan.
• Since 2025, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon: Fort Suranari Hospital, Nakhon Ratchasima.
• Current, Plastic Surgeon: Kamol Cosmetic Hospital, Bangkok (start year not given).

The gaps between these posts are filled by his two Phramongkutklao Hospital residencies: general surgery from 2017 to 2021 and plastic and reconstructive surgery from 2022 to 2025. His present role at Fort Suranari takes him back to the Nakhon Ratchasima hospital where he began as a general practitioner in 2014.

Why two current posts matter if you are travelling. Nakhon Ratchasima is in Thailand's north-east, a separate journey from Bangkok rather than a neighbouring district, and his profile does not say how he divides his week between the two hospitals. Before you book flights, ask Kamol on which days he sees patients in Bangkok, who checks your wounds if he is at Fort Suranari during your recovery, and how to reach the surgical team out of hours. Depending on the operation, our procedure guides put the time international patients commonly spend in Thailand anywhere from about five days to about four weeks, with several follow-up visits in that period, so these arrangements need to be settled in advance.

We were unable to load Fort Suranari Hospital's website to confirm his role there, and it is not a hospital we list. Consultations requested through ThaiCosmeticSurgery.com are with Dr. Navin at Kamol Cosmetic Hospital in Bangkok.

Dr. Navin's Kamol profile names three interest areas and no specific operations, so this page does not tie him to any single procedure. Under each area below are services that Kamol Cosmetic Hospital offers across the hospital. Whether he performs a given operation, and whether he would lead it or work alongside a more senior surgeon, is something to confirm when you consult him. The general points in each part come from our own procedure guides and apply whoever operates.

Body contouring. Kamol's body surgery service includes liposuction, among them VASER liposuction, as well as tummy tuck, arm lift, thigh lift, body lift, Brazilian butt lift, mommy makeover and post-weight-loss body contouring. As general guidance, liposuction removes fat from chosen areas to change their contour; people near a stable weight tend to be better candidates, and it neither treats loose skin nor stands in for weight loss. Abdominoplasty, by contrast, cuts away excess lower-abdominal skin and fat and often tightens abdominal muscles that have separated, for instance after pregnancy. Taking out a large volume of fat, or combining several operations, raises the risk of bleeding, fluid shifts and blood clots, which is why surgeons cap what they do in one session and may split treatment into stages. On time in Thailand, our liposuction guide gives about 7–10 days and our tummy tuck guide about 12–14 days, with more needed after combined surgery. Because his plastic surgery training finished recently, it is fair to ask Dr. Navin how many operations of your type he has performed himself, which parts of your plan he would do in one sitting, and what he would do to reduce clot risk before your long journey back.

Facial cosmetic surgery. Kamol's aesthetic facial surgery service covers rhinoplasty and Asian rhinoplasty, eyelid surgery and double eyelid surgery, facelift and neck lift, chin augmentation, chin reduction and jaw contouring. For the nose, be clear whether you want a smaller, refined shape (reduction) or a higher bridge and tip (augmentation): the approach, the graft or implant material and the risks are not the same. Before eyelid surgery the surgeon will ask about the health of your eyes, including dryness, glaucoma, thyroid-related eye problems and any loss of sight, since each can affect whether surgery is safe. A facelift addresses sagging of the lower face and neck; a low brow or hooded lids call for different operations. Our facial guides put a typical stay in Thailand at 7–10 days when the nose is operated on, 5–7 days for the eyelids and 10–14 days after a facelift, and the surgeon decides when flying is sensible. His published paper on eye-socket fractures does not by itself show that he performs cosmetic eyelid surgery at Kamol, so ask him directly.

Gender-affirming procedures. Kamol has one surgical service for transgender women (male-to-female) and another for transgender men (female-to-male). Among the operations it lists are facial feminization surgery, vaginoplasty using several techniques, gender-affirming breast augmentation, top surgery, phalloplasty and metoidioplasty. The hospital's doctor list includes a urologist, gynaecologists and colorectal surgeons who work on its gender-affirming team, so genital surgery there may be carried out by several surgeons together. Dr. Navin's profile mentions gender-affirming procedures only as a category. Ask him which of these operations he performs, which he assists with and which a senior colleague would lead, and for a multi-surgeon operation, what his own part would be.

On eligibility, our guides describe international guidance, currently the WPATH Standards of Care Version 8, as the reference point that Thai surgeons generally work from. Before genital surgery, SOC-8 usually looks for an assessment by a qualified professional, recorded in writing, and, where clinically appropriate and wanted, a period of hormone therapy. It does not make hormone therapy a condition for chest masculinization or for facial surgery. Hospitals add their own documentation rules on top, so get Kamol's list in writing. Many surgeons also ask for permanent hair removal before vaginoplasty, which can take months, so raise it early. For time in Thailand, our guides give roughly three to four weeks after vaginoplasty, a similar period for the first stage of phalloplasty, and around 10–14 days after facial feminization or top surgery.

Reconstructive training. Plastic and reconstructive surgery is the title of his specialist residency, and his only indexed paper concerns rebuilding fractured eye sockets. Kamol does not offer reconstructive services under his name, so read this as background to his training, not as a treatment you can book with him.

Much of what this profile cannot answer, a consultation can. With broad listed interests and a plastic surgery residency completed in 2025, the questions that matter most concern his personal role in your operation and the support around him.

His role and the team around him

• How many times have you performed this operation as lead surgeon, and how many as an assistant?
• Will a senior Kamol surgeon review my plan, and will one be in the operating room?
• Whose name goes on my consent form as the operating surgeon?
• Who is the anaesthetist, and what kind of anaesthesia do you plan?
• On which days are you at Kamol, and if you are at Fort Suranari Hospital while I recover, who will review me at Kamol?

Your plan and its risks

• Which technique suits me, why, and what else could be done instead?
• Is it safe to do everything in one operation, or would you split it?
• Which complications are most likely in my case, and what happens if one occurs after I have flown home?
• How long should I plan to remain in Bangkok, and at what point is flying home considered safe in my case?

Costs and records

• What exactly does the quote cover: tests, hospital nights, garments, the K Garden stay, check-ups and any revision surgery?
• If I am having gender-affirming surgery, which letters, hormone records and hair removal do you need from me?
• Will I get a written operation report in English to give my own doctor?

Kamol says it offers video consultations over a secure connection for people who are not yet able to come to Bangkok. A call like this can give you an outline plan based on your history and any photos the team asks for, but in general a remote plan stays provisional until Dr. Navin, or whichever surgeon will operate, has examined you in person. Keep written notes of his answers; they make comparison easier if you also speak with another surgeon.

Dr. Navin's Bangkok appointments are at Kamol's own building: 1223 Lat Phrao 94 (Inthraphon Rd.), in Bangkok's Wang Thonglang district, postcode 10310. The details that follow come from Kamol's own pages and describe the hospital generally rather than Dr. Navin, so confirm which of them your own quote covers.

Accreditation and building

• Joint Commission International (JCI) showed Kamol as an accredited organisation in its online directory on 27 September 2026, the day we looked.
• According to Kamol, the building was designed around complex aesthetic and gender-affirming surgery. Its 4th-floor surgical level includes a microsurgery theatre and an endoscopic suite, and the Thai version of its facilities page gives seven operating rooms in total.
• Next to the theatres, a monitored recovery area holds 11 beds.
• Inpatient rooms occupy the 5th and 6th floors in two sizes, 26 sqm standard and 52 sqm VIP, around a central nurse station.
• Recovery apartments on the 7th floor (26 sqm standard, 52 sqm superior) serve longer stays.
• The 3rd floor holds registration, consultation rooms and minor surgery facilities.
• Pre-operative checks can be done on the 2nd floor, where Kamol lists an in-house laboratory, X-ray and ultrasound imaging, and heart checks by ECG and stress test.

Support Kamol lists for international patients

• Secure video calls with Kamol's surgeons, so planning can start while you are still at home.
• An international phone line for general and urgent questions, and a personal representative who is put in charge of each consultation request.
• Staff who speak English and Thai; interpreters for other languages can be requested. Kamol's page on Dr. Navin does not list his own languages, so ask whether an interpreter will join your consultation.
• Assistance booking a hotel and arranging airport transfers, with a limousine to the airport on your departure day.
• After your ward stay, a move to K Garden, the serviced apartments Kamol runs close to the hospital. There Kamol lists wound care, removal of stitches and follow-up with the surgeon, and for people recovering from male-to-female genital surgery, twice-daily dressing changes and dilation by specialist nurses.
• Kamol states that it can extend a medical treatment visa.
• Accepted payment: credit or debit card, bank transfer, or cash in any of six currencies (THB, EUR, GBP, USD, AUD, CAD).

For the hospital's full procedure list and its other surgeons, see our Kamol Cosmetic Hospital profile; for the city itself, see the Bangkok guide.

Complete details sent early let Kamol judge whether a video consultation is enough to begin planning, and whether Dr. Navin or a more senior colleague is the right surgeon for your request. Please keep medical details to our request form or a WhatsApp message to the number listed on this site, and wait for Kamol's surgical team to say it needs photos before sending any.

Whatever the procedure

• What you would like done, and whether you want Dr. Navin in particular or are open to another Kamol surgeon.
• Age, height and weight.
• Any illnesses you are being treated for, every medicine or supplement you take, known allergies, and any past problem with bleeding or blood clots.
• Earlier surgery, above all in the area you now want treated, with any operation notes you kept.
• Whether you smoke, vape or use nicotine in any other form.
• The dates you could travel, how long you can stay, and whether you would prefer a first consultation by video or at the hospital.
• A written list of your questions.

For a body contouring request

• How long your weight has been stable, and any large weight loss, including after bariatric surgery.
• If a tummy tuck or mommy makeover is on your list: how many pregnancies you have had and whether another is possible.
• When requested: front, side and back photos taken standing, in even light.

For a facial surgery request

• Nose: earlier nose operations or injuries, any blocked breathing, and whether you hope to make the nose smaller or to lift a low bridge and tip. When requested: front, profile and base-view photos in natural light.
• Eyelids: past or current eye conditions, such as glaucoma, thyroid eye disease, dryness or reduced vision.
• Any filler, threads or implants already in your face.

For a gender-affirming surgery request

• Which operations you are considering, and the order you have in mind.
• Hormone therapy so far, if any.
• Copies of assessment or referral letters you have now, plus a note of any extra letters Kamol asks for.
• For genital surgery: progress with permanent hair removal.
• Details of any earlier gender-affirming operations, with notes.

Our team sends your information on to Kamol and lets you know if the surgical team asks for more.