Dr. Nichakarn Watanaprakornkul

Dr. Nichakarn Watanaprakornkul (Thai: ณิชกานต์ วัฒนะประกรณ์กุล) practises plastic surgery in Bangkok. Phyathai 2 Hospital describes her field as plastic and reconstructive surgery. She is a woman, a detail some patients weigh when choosing a surgeon for body-related or intimate procedures.

Three Bangkok hospitals publish a profile for her:

• Phyathai 2 Hospital, where her listed role is plastic and reconstructive surgeon within the hospital's Beauty Center. Our facility page is Phyathai 2 Hospital.
• Praram 9 Hospital, where she appears as a plastic surgeon in its Skin and Plastic Surgery Center. Our facility page is Praram 9 Hospital.
• Ramkhamhaeng Hospital, where she appears as a plastic surgeon. Our facility page is Ramkhamhaeng Hospital.

All three sit in Bangkok. Should you wish to meet her, our patient team can forward your enquiry to the hospital on your behalf. Nothing is reserved until the hospital itself confirms a date.

One limitation shapes how you should read this page. None of the three hospital profiles we reviewed names particular procedures, special interests or a case series for her. Being listed as a plastic surgeon does not tell you which operations she carries out. This profile therefore sets out who she is, how she trained and where she is listed, then explains what to ask her. It makes no claim that she performs any specific operation. Our research methodology describes how we decide what can and cannot be stated about a surgeon.

Her education as stated here is taken from her Phyathai 2 Hospital page, the single source we found with an itemised education history.

• Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. The profile gives 2013 as the end of the stated range.
• Surgical mentorship / residency training at Saraburi Hospital, Thailand, with 2016 as the end year.
• Thai Board of Plastic Surgery qualification: a diploma recorded against King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, dated 2021.

Put simply, the profile shows a medical degree from a Thai university, general surgical training at a provincial hospital, and then specialist plastic surgery training ending in a Thai Board diploma. The Thai Board is Thailand's own route to specialist recognition in plastic surgery, so a patient who asks whether she is a trained plastic surgeon can point to that stated diploma, subject to the checks below.

Several things we could not establish. 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. No society membership is stated on this profile. We found no academic publications under her name with these affiliations. If any of this matters to you, search for her name on the national medical register yourself and ask the hospital to show you her certificate. Where a source is silent, we have not filled the gap.

Dr. Nichakarn is listed at three hospitals, each describing her post slightly differently:

• Phyathai 2 Hospital: plastic and reconstructive surgeon, Beauty Center. The Beauty Center is on Building B's 14th floor, and the hospital's timetable runs from 9:00 in the morning until 20:00, seven days a week. Its two halves are a cosmetic laser centre and a plastic surgery centre. The hospital reports that it was founded in 1987 and has 550 beds.
• Praram 9 Hospital: plastic surgeon, Skin and Plastic Surgery Center, on the 9th floor of Building B. The centre's published services centre on dermatology and cosmetic laser treatments, and its doctor directory places dermatologists and plastic surgeons under one heading.
• Ramkhamhaeng Hospital: plastic surgeon, shown on the hospital's online appointment service.

A surgeon being attached to more than one hospital is not unusual in Bangkok private practice. For you it means the hospital where you first see her may differ from the one where any operation would be done. Theatre facilities, anaesthesia arrangements and aftercare vary from one hospital to another, so ask which site she would propose for your case, her reasons, and what that facility's own written paperwork says is included.

We hold no public information on her years in practice, number of operations, earlier hospital posts or university appointments, and we do not state any. An absence of such detail on a hospital profile does not by itself signal a problem, though it leaves questions for her to answer.

Documented. Her specialty is plastic surgery, which Phyathai 2 words as plastic and reconstructive surgery. In general, reconstructive work means repairing or rebuilding tissue after injury, illness or earlier surgery, while plastic surgery more broadly also covers aesthetic work on the face, breasts and body. These describe the discipline, not her personal caseload.

Not documented. No hospital page lists a single procedure for her. For that reason her profile on our site is not tied to any procedure page, and the reading list below should not be taken as a menu of what she offers.

Using our procedure pages before you see her. When a specific operation is on your mind, read the general page first so your questions are informed, then ask her outright whether she performs it and how regularly. Pages that many Bangkok patients begin with include:

• Rhinoplasty and Asian rhinoplasty
• Blepharoplasty and double eyelid surgery
• Breast augmentation, breast lift and breast reduction
• Liposuction and tummy tuck
• Facelift

A useful opening question is: how many operations of this kind have you done, and may I see consented photographs of your own patients? Surgeons who carry out a procedure often tend to answer that concretely. If she does not offer the operation you want, an honest answer to that effect, with a pointer to a colleague, is a perfectly good result from a visit.

For gender-affirming surgery, none of the sources we reviewed documents this area for her. It is a specialised field with its own surgeons. Begin at our gender-affirming surgery section and establish whether she has relevant experience before you rely on her for it.

In general, the first meeting with a Thai plastic surgeon is a planning and history-taking visit, not a commitment to operate. This is general guidance, and the format at each hospital may differ.

Before you go. Work out what bothers you most and what you hope to change. Note down your medical history, medicines, allergies, earlier operations, any smoking or vaping, and blood-thinning drugs or supplements. Surgeons ask about these because they bear on anaesthesia and healing.

During the visit. Patients typically expect an examination of the area, a discussion of options, an explanation of what the operation involves, the risks and recovery, and a candid view on whether the goal is realistic. Suitability for surgery is a judgement she can only make once she has seen you. Be cautious of any consultation that promises an outcome without examining you.

Questions worth putting to Dr. Nichakarn:

• Which operations do you do most often, and is mine among them?
• Which hospital would you use for my surgery, and who provides the anaesthesia?
• What risks apply to me specifically, given my health and aims?
• What happens if I need a revision or develop a complication after I am back home?
• Which follow-up appointments are needed, and how long should I remain in Bangkok?
• What does the quoted price cover, and what does it leave out?

Reconstructive as well as cosmetic aims. She is listed at Phyathai 2 as a plastic and reconstructive surgeon, so a patient with scarring, earlier surgery needing correction or tissue problems after an injury may reasonably ask whether she can assess them. Do not assume she can; ask and let her answer.

Allow time. Reputable surgeons do not push you to decide on the day, and comparing two surgeons is reasonable. Our methodology page explains how we approach that comparison.

The Ramkhamhaeng Hospital appointment page names English and Thai as her languages. We have no documented information about any others.

What the hospitals publish for international patients:

• Praram 9 Hospital says interpreters can accompany international patients across the whole journey, working daily from 7:00 to 17:00, and gives separate contact numbers for several nationalities.
• Phyathai 2 Hospital gives its Phyathai call centre as 1772 and the Beauty Center lines as +66 2 617 2444, extensions 4204 to 4205. For the Beauty Center it also lists contact on Line (@pt2_inter) and on WeChat (PT2Chinese).
• Ramkhamhaeng Hospital: the address shown on our hospital page is 436 Ramkhamhaeng Road, Huamak, Bangkapi, Bangkok 10240. Check it with the hospital before you travel.

For the other two sites, Praram 9 is at 99 Bang Kapi, Huai Khwang, Bangkok 10310, and Phyathai 2 stands on Phaholyothin Road (number 943) in Samsennai, Phayathai District, postcode 10400. The sites are spread across Bangkok, so check which one you are going to before arranging transport. Praram 9 also advertises free transport: a van running from Phetchaburi MRT station and a bus running from the Makkasan Airport Rail Link stop.

When your plans involve an operation, allow enough time in Bangkok for the surgeon to check healing and, if needed, remove stitches, and avoid fixing your flight home until she has said when travel is safe. That interval depends on the procedure, so get it from her team rather than from a general figure. Our Bangkok guide covers the city side of the trip.

We have not recorded accreditation for these hospitals, because our rule is to record it only on the strength of the accreditor's published listing or a dated hospital statement, and neither turned up for these three. Anyone for whom this matters should ask the hospital to confirm its current status in writing.

Because no procedure list is published for her, it helps to describe your own goal precisely. The items below let a surgeon give a more concrete first reply:

• A clear statement of your aim. One or two sentences on what you want changed and why, plus any operation you have already read about.
• Recent photographs of the area, in good light against a plain background, from the angles the team requests. Send only what is asked, and say so if you prefer to share images directly with the clinic.
• Reference images if they help convey the look you have in mind. They show your taste and are not a promise of outcome.
• Medical history: current conditions, medicines, supplements, allergies, earlier anaesthetics and previous operations, including where they were done and any operative notes.
• Lifestyle details: smoking or vaping, alcohol, recent weight change and, where relevant, plans for pregnancy.
• Timing: when you could be in Bangkok, and how much room there is to move.
• Your own questions, especially on the hospital, anaesthesia, aftercare and revisions.

For operations on the face and eyelids, surgeons often ask for front and side views. For breast and body procedures they commonly begin with clothed or draped photographs and may ask for more later. Our pages on breast augmentation and rhinoplasty show what is typical. What you send is used to prepare the request and is shared only with the hospital dealing with it.