Dr. Parin Tatsanavivat

Dr. Parin Tatsanavivat (Thai: นพ. ปริญ ทัศนาวิวัฒน์) is a Bangkok plastic surgeon whose current, confirmed place of practice is Bumrungrad International Hospital, where he consults within the Plastic Surgery Center. Bumrungrad publishes his name as Parin Tatsanavivat, M.D., records his specialty under the label Plastic Cosmetic & Reconstructive Surgery, and places his clinic in Building A, floor 16, counter A. Bumrungrad's street address lies on Soi Nana Nua (Sukhumvit 3) in the Watthana district of Bangkok.

Body contouring is the clinical area his sources tie him to. When Kamol Cosmetic Hospital, his former employer, profiled him in 2020, it described his work as aesthetic plastic surgery and laser, with a particular focus on body sculpting that pairs surgery with liposuction and uses high-definition liposculpture to bring out the abdominal and trunk muscles. A 2024 six-pack article on Bumrungrad's Thai health blog, signed as compiled by him, points the same way. On that evidence this profile links him to two procedures:

• Liposuction
• HD liposuction, also called high-definition liposculpture

Key points for patients:

• Where and when. Bumrungrad is the only current practice we could confirm for him. The hospital's schedule on 27 September 2026 showed him in clinic on Tuesdays from 10:00 to 16:00 and on Fridays from 11:00 to 13:00. Clinic hours can change, so our team checks them against your travel dates.
• Languages. Thai and English, according to Bumrungrad.
• Qualifications. A medical degree in 2001, followed by Thai board diplomas in general surgery (2007) and then plastic surgery (2010); the training section gives the details.
• Limits of the evidence. Bumrungrad's profile of him does not name procedures, so the two links above rest on his former hospital's description and on his own patient articles. We found no current official page showing him performing nose, breast, eyelid or face surgery. Bumrungrad's Plastic Surgery Center lists those operations among its services, but we do not attribute them to Dr. Parin.

To ask about seeing him, request a consultation with Dr. Parin Tatsanavivat. Our patient team relays the request to Bumrungrad, and a slot only counts as booked once we have confirmed it back to you. The surgeon-specific facts on this page were taken from sources we opened and dated, following our provider research methodology; the general medical information comes from our procedure guides.

Two sources set out Dr. Parin's education: his current Bumrungrad profile, and the more detailed profile Kamol Cosmetic Hospital published while he worked there, preserved in 2020 web-archive copies. Where both give a year for his board diplomas, the years match.

• 2001, medical degree (M.D.): Phramongkutklao College of Medicine, Mahidol University, according to Bumrungrad.
• 2007, Diplomate of the Thai Board of General Surgery: trained at Phramongkutklao College of Medicine, Royal Thai Army, per the archived Kamol profile. Bumrungrad's profile agrees on 2007, where it is listed as a Diploma of the Thai Board of Surgery from that year.
• 2010, plastic surgery board (Diplomate, Thai Board of Plastic Surgery): trained at Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, per the archived Kamol profile. Bumrungrad's profile also dates his plastic surgery diploma to 2010.
• Study visit, undated: VASER Hi Def body sculpting with Dr. Alfredo Hoyos in Colombia, as listed by Kamol.

In practice, he qualified as a general surgeon first and held that board diploma for three years before completing the plastic surgery board. The only training abroad on record concerns high-definition body sculpting, which lines up with the focus Kamol described for him.

Some things are absent from the record, and this page leaves them absent. Bumrungrad lists no fellowship for him. The Colombian visit is labelled a study visit, which is different from a fellowship or a formal qualification, and none of the sources gives its year or length.

Medical licence. The Medical Council of Thailand keeps the national register of licensed doctors. 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. The ThPRS page for him shows licence number 27022. Patients can search that number on the Council's register themselves; our liposuction guide suggests a licence check for every surgeon on your shortlist.

Dr. Parin's earlier posts come from the archived Kamol profile and his current post from Bumrungrad. Years are given as those sources publish them.

• 2001–2002: General practitioner, Prajaksilpakorn Army Hospital, Udonthani.
• 2007–2008: General surgeon, Anandamahidol Hospital, Lopburi.
• 2010–2012: Plastic surgeon in the Department of Surgery, Thammasat University, Pathumthani.
• Former plastic surgeon, Kamol Cosmetic Hospital, Bangkok. The 2020 capture of his Kamol profile gave 2012 as the start of this post. By May 2022 that profile address displayed a blank doctor page, and Kamol's current list of doctors, checked on 27 September 2026, does not include him, so we record the post as ended.
• Now: plastic surgeon at the Plastic Surgery Center, Bumrungrad International Hospital. The hospital does not say when he joined.

Outside Bumrungrad, we looked for him in the doctor directories of Samitivej, Phyathai, Praram 9, Vejthani, BNH and MedPark and found no profile. That leaves open the possibility of another practice we could not see. If you know of one, tell our team and we will check it with that hospital.

Society listings

• ThPRS: Dr. Parin's member entry, posted on 27 November 2019, sits on the ThPRS website (the Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons of Thailand); that entry still shows Kamol Cosmetic Hospital as his address, which no longer matches where he practises.
• ThSAPS: his name is on a list of aesthetic plastic surgeons that the Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons of Thailand used to publish on surgery.or.th; the Wayback Machine holds a February 2020 copy. We could not find a list the society publishes today, so whether he is still a member remains unconfirmed.
• Named only by Kamol: the 2020 Kamol profile also names the Royal College of Surgeons of Thailand as a membership, plus The Medical Association of Thailand; its English version adds the Asian Pacific Association for Laser Medicine and Surgery (APALMS). None of the three appears on his Bumrungrad profile, so read them as statements from 2020.
• ISAPS: Kamol once posted an ISAPS certificate naming him an active member, with an expiry date of 31 December 2018. We have not found a current ISAPS listing, so we do not present ISAPS membership.

Published research and patient articles

• A 2018 paper in the journal Microsurgery (PubMed 29575166) lists Parin Tatsanavivat among its authors, with Kamol Cosmetic Hospital as his affiliation. It studies the anatomy of perforator vessels from the medial plantar superficial branch artery, in the foot, to help design a flap for rebuilding the pad of a finger. This is reconstructive anatomy research and tells us nothing about cosmetic body contouring.
• Kamol's online patient blog carried a piece called “What is liposuction?” under his by-line; the copy we read was archived in 2019.
• Bumrungrad's Thai health blog ran an April 2024 article on building six-pack definition, marked as compiled by him. It covers liposuction, CoolSculpting, HIFEM and HD liposuction. His English profile links to the English edition of that article, which has no author line, and his Thai profile links to a further six-pack video article from August 2024.

An article surveys options; it does not show which of them the author performs. That is why his procedure links stop at liposuction and HD liposuction, the two his former hospital described as his own work.

The same three pieces of evidence support both of Dr. Parin's procedure links: Kamol's 2020 account of his focus, the liposuction explainer he wrote for Kamol, and his 2024 six-pack article for Bumrungrad. Bumrungrad's own profile of him names no procedures, so confirm at the consultation which techniques he performs there now. At hospital level, the Plastic Surgery Center lists liposuction of the abdomen, arms and both thighs, and a six-pack surgery service using HD liposuction.

Liposuction with Dr. Parin

Surgeon-specific evidence. Kamol presented body sculpting that combines surgery and liposuction as his focus, and his name is on that hospital's patient article explaining liposuction.

General guidance on liposuction. In general, liposuction takes out fat through small incisions with a narrow tube (cannula) to reshape chosen areas. The abdomen and flanks, back and bra-line, thighs and knees, upper arms, and chin and neck are among the areas surgeons commonly treat. It changes contour rather than body weight, and it neither removes cellulite nor tightens loose skin. Suitability generally favours people whose weight is steady and whose fat deposits have persisted despite diet and exercise, and only the surgeon's assessment confirms it for you. Most modern liposuction uses the tumescent method, in which fluid containing local anaesthetic and adrenaline is injected before fat removal to limit bleeding and discomfort.

Our liposuction guide gives these general figures, which vary with each plan: about 1–4 hours of operating time depending on the areas, general anaesthesia or local anaesthesia with sedation, and either going home on the day or staying one night. Its typical recovery outline is:

• The first few days: swelling, bruising and some drainage of fluid from the incisions, with a compression garment on.
• Around one week: many people resume light activity and desk work, and the surgeon usually sees you again before you fly.
• Weeks 2–6: swelling eases gradually, and exercise returns when the surgeon advises.
• Months 3–6: the final shape becomes visible as swelling settles.

Possible complications include uneven contour or dents, asymmetry, numbness, seroma (a fluid collection), infection and skin discoloration, and, less often but seriously, blood clots in the legs or lungs and fat embolism. Larger volumes and combined operations raise the risk. Taking out a large amount of fat at once raises the likelihood of fluid shifts, bleeding and clots; for that reason a surgeon works out a safe ceiling for your weight and health and may split treatment into stages. The liposuction guide explains each risk.

Topics for your appointment with Dr. Parin. How many areas he would treat together and whether he would split a bigger plan into stages; the safe limit he would set for your weight and health; the anaesthesia he recommends; and whether you should expect to leave the same day or stay overnight. If sagging skin is part of the problem, ask him plainly whether liposuction alone can deal with it. Surgery that removes excess skin, such as a tummy tuck, is not among his documented procedures, although Bumrungrad's centre offers abdominoplasty.

HD liposuction (high-definition liposculpture) with Dr. Parin

Surgeon-specific evidence. Kamol described his particular interest as high-definition liposculpture to define the muscles of the abdomen and trunk. His one recorded study visit abroad, with Dr. Alfredo Hoyos in Colombia, covered VASER Hi Def body sculpting. His 2024 Bumrungrad article presents HD liposuction as one of the routes to six-pack definition.

General guidance on HD liposuction. High-definition liposuction aims to sculpt along the outlines of the muscles underneath rather than only to reduce volume, and in general it is meant for suitable, lean patients. Some surgeons first loosen fat with an ultrasound-assisted device such as VASER, which our guide notes can help with fibrous tissue or fine sculpting; it also stresses that a surgeon's judgement and experience matter more than whichever device is used. Surgeons and hospitals listed for this procedure appear on our HD liposuction page.

Topics for your appointment with Dr. Parin. Whether your build and fat pattern suit definition work, or whether conventional contouring fits you better; which parts of the abdomen and trunk he would sculpt; which technique and device he uses at Bumrungrad today (the VASER study visit is on record, but no current page names his equipment); and how a sculpted result tends to change with later weight gain. In general, fat cells removed by liposuction do not grow back, but the fat cells that remain can enlarge if weight rises, which can blur visible definition.

Procedures not linked to Dr. Parin

Kamol's archived English and Thai profiles describe his specialty differently, and nothing current shows him performing rhinoplasty, so rhinoplasty is not linked to his profile. We likewise have no evidence for breast, eyelid or facial surgery. If you are considering one of these at Bumrungrad, our team can ask the Plastic Surgery Center whether Dr. Parin treats such cases or which of its surgeons does.

Whether liposuction or HD liposuction suits you, and how much can safely be done, is decided at the consultation. Bumrungrad's Plastic Surgery Center works by appointment, and the centre offers tele-consultation with a doctor, which may make an initial remote discussion possible before you travel; our team asks whether Dr. Parin can offer an online consultation for your dates.

When assessing someone for liposuction, surgeons in general look at where the fat sits, whether the weight is stable, the condition of the skin and overall health. HD liposuction adds one more question: whether you are lean enough for muscle contours to show once the fat is removed.

Questions to take to Dr. Parin:

1. Which procedure. Is HD liposuction realistic for me, or would standard liposuction fit my build better?
2. How much. Which areas, in how many sessions, and what volume is safe for me in a single operation?
3. How. Which technique and equipment do you use at Bumrungrad: tumescent, ultrasound-assisted such as VASER, or power-assisted?
4. Your experience. How many liposuction and HD liposuction operations do you perform? None of the sources we read gives a number, so ask him directly.
5. Anaesthesia and nights in hospital. General anaesthesia or local with sedation, and a same-day discharge or one night?
6. My specific risks. Which complications matter most in my case, and how does combining areas change them?
7. Garment and activity. How long do I wear the compression garment, and when can I go back to desk work and to training?
8. The flight home. How soon after surgery is a long-haul flight likely to be safe for me, and which measures against blood clots should I take while travelling?
9. After I leave Thailand. If a complication shows up after I return home, who deals with it, and can follow-up happen through Bumrungrad tele-consultation?
10. Cost. Can I have a written quote itemised by area, covering technique, anaesthesia, hospital stay and garments?

That last question is worth asking because, in general, the price depends on the number and size of areas, the technique, anaesthesia, hospital stay and garments. Bumrungrad's Medical Coordination Office can give estimated prices before arrival; treat any figure as provisional until Dr. Parin has examined you.

Bring your medicines and allergies in writing, any reports from earlier surgery on the same areas, and a clear description of the change you are hoping for. If he explains what your anatomy can and cannot achieve, that is part of a proper assessment, even when the answer is not the one you wanted.

Dr. Parin's consultations take place at Bumrungrad International Hospital, in Bangkok's Watthana district. This private hospital opened in 1980, and the factsheet it publishes today lists 40 operating theatres alongside 580 inpatient beds.

Accreditation, as shown in the accreditors' directories in September 2026

• JCI (Joint Commission International), Hospital Program: accredited since 2 February 2002; the hospital lists seven re-accreditations, the latest in 2023.
• HA Thailand: re-accredited at the Advanced Hospital Accreditation level, with the current award running to 22 May 2029.
• Global Healthcare Accreditation: Hospital Accreditation with Excellence for Medical Travel, held since 20 September 2017.

Hospital services that matter for a liposuction trip. The services below are Bumrungrad's own, not ThaiCosmeticSurgery.com's:

• Before you fly: located on the 10th floor of Building A, Bumrungrad's Medical Coordination Office costs international patients nothing. Ahead of your trip, the office's doctors and nurses can look through your medical records, send a price estimate, book appointments and arrange a telemedicine call.
• On arrival: Bumrungrad staffs a representative desk in Suvarnabhumi's international arrivals area every day from 7 a.m. until 11 p.m. Its complimentary van from the airport leaves roughly every hour, passenger numbers permitting, and drops people at the hospital or at hotels nearby.
• Getting to appointments: free vans run daily between the hospital and the BTS stations at Nana and Phrom Phong, which can make post-operative check-ups easier to reach.
• Language: over 130 interpreters work at the hospital according to its factsheet, and medical travellers more at ease in a language other than English can ask for a Cultural Support Officer.
• Paperwork: once you leave hospital, the same coordination office can write up your medical report, issue fit-to-fly paperwork and organise follow-up. The Business Center can book hotels, flights and transport, and it coordinates visa extensions for patients and their companions through the Bangkok Immigration Office. The hospital also helps with embassies and international insurers.

Planning the length of your stay. As general guidance from our liposuction guide, international patients usually allow 7–10 days in Thailand, and extra time after large-volume or combined surgery. A typical plan runs: consultation and pre-operative tests; surgery once Dr. Parin has confirmed you are suitable; a post-operative check a few days later; then the flight home when he clears you. His published clinic sessions are on Tuesdays and Fridays, so tell our team your arrival date early and we will ask Bumrungrad for a consultation slot that fits.

Buy a changeable return ticket, because recovery differs from person to person and the surgeon decides when flying is safe. Early walking, wearing the compression garment as instructed, drinking enough fluids and following his clot-prevention advice, for example compression stockings for the flight, all matter before a long journey.

Dr. Parin's languages, according to Bumrungrad, are Thai and English. For any other language, mention it in your consultation request so that Bumrungrad can arrange an interpreter.

The more the hospital knows in advance, the easier it is to judge whether an online first consultation makes sense and what your visit should include. With your request for Dr. Parin, include:

• Which areas, and what goal: general slimming of an area, or definition work such as abdominal lines.
• Height, weight and weight trend: in general, suitability for liposuction is judged partly on how stable your weight is, so mention recent gains or losses and any plan to lose more before surgery.
• How active you are, especially for HD liposuction, where the visibility of muscle definition depends partly on how lean you are.
• Health background: conditions, operations, medicines, allergies and any past blood clot.
• Earlier treatment of the same areas: for example previous liposuction or abdominal surgery, with dates and where it was done.
• Photos only when the surgeon's team requests them: if asked, well-lit views of each area from the front, the sides and behind, against a plain background, are the most useful.
• Travel dates: arrival, the latest date you can fly home, and whether you would like to speak online before travelling.
• Your own questions for Dr. Parin, written down so nothing is missed on the day.

Please send health information and photos through one of two channels only, the booking form or WhatsApp; do not use social media or third parties.