Dr. Prasert Punpromthada

Dr. Prasert Punpromthada (Thai: นายแพทย์ประเสริฐพันธุ์ พรหมธาดา) is a male surgeon whose specialty, as his hospital profile gives it, is facial plastic surgery with a foundation in otorhinolaryngology, the medical discipline known as ear, nose and throat (ENT). The profile also carries the Thai label for facial plastic and reconstructive surgery and records a Thai nickname, หมอหนุ่ม. His profile is published by The Art Plastic Surgery Hospital, which describes itself as a hospital devoted to plastic surgery and is in the Don Mueang district of Bangkok.

This page is a patient guide assembled from what can be documented about him. The only source we could verify is that official hospital profile. Wherever a patient would reasonably want a fact that the profile does not supply, such as the operations he performs, his years in practice, the languages he consults in or the societies he belongs to, we say that it is missing rather than fill the gap. Our research methodology page sets out how we collect and cross-check profile facts.

Quick facts, as documented

• Name: Dr. Prasert Punpromthada, Thai name นายแพทย์ประเสริฐพันธุ์ พรหมธาดา.
• Specialty: facial plastic surgery (ENT).
• Where he is listed: The Art Plastic Surgery Hospital, Bangkok (Don Mueang), as a facial plastic surgeon.
• Medical degree: College of Medicine, Rangsit University, Thailand.
• Specialist credentials listed: a board certificate in otorhinolaryngology and a facial-plastics certificate listed under the Pan Asia Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
• Not documented on the profile: a procedure list, years in practice, languages, society memberships, publications and awards.

Should a facial concern have brought you to this page, the consultation request form is the way to reach him via our patient team. Sending it is only a first step: the team asks the hospital about availability and answers you, but no date is fixed until the hospital agrees one.

Everything below comes from the profile on the hospital's website, worded as the profile words it. Dates appear only where the profile supplies them, and most entries carry none.

Medical degree. He holds the Thai medical doctorate (แพทยศาสตรบัณฑิต) from the College of Medicine, Rangsit University.

Otorhinolaryngology certificate. The profile lists a specialist board certificate in otorhinolaryngology (สาขาโสต ศอ นาสิกวิทยา). It does not name the body that issued it or the country, so we do not state either. The practical point for a patient is that his surgical grounding is in ENT, the field concerned with the nose, ears, throat, head and neck. That background can matter if a nose concern involves breathing as well as shape, but the profile does not tell us whether he treats breathing problems, so it is a question for the consultation.

Facial plastic and reconstructive surgery. Two entries sit in this field. The first is a certificate in that field listed under the Pan Asia Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; we pass it on as listed and have not inspected the certificate itself. The second is a placement at The New York Eye & Ear Infirmary in the United States, in its otolaryngology and head and neck surgery department. The Thai text of the profile calls it a resident post, yet the certificate pictured on the same page reads "Observational Fellowship in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery". With the two descriptions at odds, we use the narrower one. In general, an observational fellowship means learning by watching and assisting in a unit rather than carrying a full operating role there, so it shows that he spent time in that department but says nothing about case volume. No dates are shown for it.

Courses and conferences listed.

• Certificate of Contemporary Surgery of the Aging Face, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Practical Anatomy & Surgery Education (USA).
• International Course of Masterclass Blepharoplasty, credited on the profile to the Thai Society of Oculoplastic and Reconstructive Surgery together with the Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Association of Thailand.
• ENT Conference 2011, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
• 13th International Congress of Oriental Society of Aesthetics Plastic Surgery, Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (South Korea).

Courses and conferences show where a surgeon has chosen to keep learning. They are a different thing from a licence or a specialist board qualification, and sitting a course does not prove that the surgeon performs the operation it covers. The blepharoplasty masterclass and the aging-face certificate are therefore training entries on his profile, not a catalogue of services he provides.

Licence. The hospital profile states a Medical Council of Thailand licence number, 20997. The number is reported as the hospital states it; it can be looked up on the Medical Council of Thailand's public register at checkmd.tmc.or.th. The register is open to anyone, and it is sensible for any overseas patient to ask the hospital to confirm a surgeon's licence in writing before travelling.

The profile documents a single post for Dr. Prasert, that of facial plastic surgeon (ENT) at The Art Plastic Surgery Hospital. His profile appears among those of the other surgeons the hospital lists. The hospital describes working with roughly 30 specialist surgeons and 30 anaesthetists, and says every patient is paired with one of each; that is the hospital's own statement and we have not tested it.

The profile is silent on when he joined, where he worked earlier, whether he teaches, how many years he has practised and how many operations he has performed. For that reason we put no figure on his experience. Where experience in one particular operation matters to you, and for most patients it should, the consultation is the place to ask. Neutral questions include how often he carries out the operation, how many of those patients had a starting anatomy like yours, and how he handles it when a result needs adjusting later.

As the hospital's about page tells it, the starting point was a surgical clinic with one big operating room. It was later upgraded to a specialist plastic surgery hospital in order to provide inpatient aftercare following major procedures. Alongside the main building it has two further clinics, at Lat Phrao and Pattaya. Nothing on his profile says whether he sees patients at the main building or at a branch, so the patient team will confirm the address with the hospital when your visit is being arranged.

A facial plastic surgeon is trained to work across the face and neck, but a profile helps a patient only once it names the operations the surgeon actually performs. Dr. Prasert's profile has no procedure list and no statement of special interests. We have therefore not linked him to any individual procedure on this site, nor do we suggest that he does rhinoplasty, eyelid surgery, facelift or anything else. The record supports something narrower.

His field. His specialty is facial plastic surgery grounded in ENT, and the further training he lists touches the face widely: facial plastic and reconstructive surgery in New York, surgery of the aging face in Saint Louis, a blepharoplasty masterclass and a Korean congress on aesthetic plastic surgery.

The hospital's services. On its own pages the hospital lists these facial services: facelift, jaw contouring, chin augmentation, double eyelid surgery, alar base reduction, revision rhinoplasty and rhinoplasty. Those are services of the institution. A hospital offering a service does not mean each surgeon on its staff performs it, so use the list to shape your questions, not as a list of his operations.

What to do with this. If your concern lies in the face, whether the nose, eyelids, jawline or the lower face as it ages, ask before you travel whether he would be the surgeon for your particular operation, and ask the hospital to confirm the answer in writing. Our patient team can put that question to the hospital when you send your request.

The three short parts below set out, in general terms, what patients tend to need to know about the facial areas most often raised at a hospital like this one. They reflect our procedure pages and are not claims about his own technique or results.

### The nose The nose is reshaped in rhinoplasty through work on the bone and cartilage underneath, and the skin is then closed over the result; general anaesthesia is the usual choice. Patients usually have one of two different aims in mind: reduction, for example of a hump or a broad tip, or augmentation, for example of a low bridge. How it is done, what is used and what can go wrong all differ between these aims, so know which applies to you. Where the septum is straightened at the same time to help breathing, the operation is often called septorhinoplasty. Our procedure page gives the typical stay as 7–10 days, adds that most visible swelling eases within 2–3 weeks although the tip goes on changing for 12 months or longer, and says that suitability can only be judged after the surgeon has examined your nose, skin thickness and breathing. Our rhinoplasty guide covers recovery, risks and questions to ask. Because his base is ENT, a patient with breathing difficulty may wish to ask him directly whether such cases are part of his work.

### The eyelids Blepharoplasty deals with excess tissue around the eyes, with skin, muscle and fat taken out or repositioned in either lid, whereas double eyelid surgery is about forming or refining the crease of the upper lid. Our procedure page for double eyelid surgery gives a typical stay of 5–7 days. His profile lists a blepharoplasty masterclass, so a patient considering eyelid work could reasonably ask him how that training relates to what he does in practice; as explained above, it is a training entry and not a service listing. See our blepharoplasty guide.

### The ageing face In a facelift the surgeon lifts and secures the deeper layers beneath the lower face and neck and trims skin that is no longer needed. Forehead, eyelids and fine surface lines are not changed by it; those are treated separately and often combined with it. For a facelift our procedure page quotes 10–14 days as the usual time in Thailand. Because his profile lists an aging-face certificate, this is another area where a patient may ask what he offers. Our facelift guide describes techniques such as SMAS, deep plane and mini facelifts, and links to the related neck lift and brow lift pages. Whether any of them would suit you cannot be known without a face-to-face examination.

A consultation is where a general specialty turns into a plan for one person. Since his list of operations is not published, it pays to use that time carefully. As a rule of thumb, aim to leave knowing four things: what he advises for you, his reasons, what could go wrong, and what support you have once you are back home.

Begin with the problem, not the operation. Describe what bothers you in plain words. A facial plastic surgeon can then say whether surgery is the right tool, whether a smaller or non-surgical option would do, or whether waiting makes sense. If he proposes something other than what you came for, ask him to explain why.

Confirm who will operate. The hospital states that each patient is allotted one surgeon and one anaesthetist. Ask that the surgeon you meet at the consultation is the one who performs the operation, and ask who gives the anaesthetic. This is a fair question at any hospital and implies no concern about this one.

Ask about his experience with your operation. Without putting numbers in his mouth, you might ask: How often do you do this operation? Which technique would you choose for me, and why? Which graft or implant material, if any? Have you treated faces like mine, and can you show real cases from patients who agreed to share them? Treat any generic gallery of before-and-after images with care, since a picture on its own tells you nothing about how typical the result is.

Ask about the risks that apply to you. All surgery carries risk. In general, nose surgery risks include bleeding, infection, lasting swelling, numbness, difficulty breathing, asymmetry and the possibility of a further operation. For eyelid surgery, your eyesight, any dry-eye symptoms, glaucoma and thyroid-related eye problems all affect safety, so expect questions about them. For a facelift, smoking raises the chance of problems with skin healing. Ask which of these he sees as your main risks and how he would manage them.

Ask about timing and flights. Our procedure pages give typical stays in Thailand of 7–10 days for rhinoplasty, 5–7 days for double eyelid surgery and 10–14 days for facelift. These are general figures, and the surgeon decides when you may fly. Ask for the earliest realistic flight date for your plan and what happens if you heal more slowly than expected.

Ask about care after you leave. Find out whom you would contact from home, in which language, and what would happen if something needed attention. If you are thinking about correcting an earlier operation, say so at the outset: revision surgery is generally more complex than a first operation, and surgeons often want healing to settle fully before operating again.

Ask for a written quote. It should state what is included and what is not: surgeon, hospital, anaesthesia, tests, hospital stay and medication. We publish no prices for Dr. Prasert because none are documented.

Because Dr. Prasert is attached to The Art Plastic Surgery Hospital, the practical picture for visitors is the hospital's picture. The details below are taken from the hospital's own pages.

• Address: 287 Vibhavadi Rangsit Road, Sanam Bin subdistrict, Don Mueang, Bangkok 10210, in the north of the city. Ask the hospital or our team for journey times from where you will be staying rather than relying on a guess.
• Size: the hospital states 29 beds and 12 operating rooms. Its floors include reception and outpatient clinics, a skin and aesthetic floor, an operating and recovery floor, and inpatient wards that include a VIP ward.
• Patient mix: the hospital says about 85% of its clients are Thai and about 15% come from abroad, and that overseas clients most often choose breast augmentation, open rhinoplasty, liposuction, body contouring, abdominoplasty and facelift. That describes the hospital as a whole, not Dr. Prasert's own patients.
• Branches: clinics in Lat Phrao and Pattaya.

What we could not find. We have located no published interpreter service, international patient desk, airport pick-up or language list for the hospital, and his profile names no consultation languages. If you do not speak Thai, do not take English for granted: ask our team in advance to check what language the appointment would be held in and whether anyone could interpret. We also found no accreditation published for the hospital, for example from JCI or HA Thailand. If accreditation matters to you, ask the hospital to state its current status and the date in writing.

Planning your stay. In general, allow time in Bangkok for the pre-operative consultation and tests, the operation and the first check-ups before you fly. Stay somewhere near the hospital if you can, pack loose clothing that opens at the front, travel with a companion, and leave some slack in your schedule in case a check-up is moved. Because the surgeon decides when flying is safe, a flexible return ticket is wise. Our Bangkok guide gives wider background on the capital.

A well-prepared first meeting, particularly an online one, is far more productive. What follows is general guidance, and the surgeon may ask for more or less.

For any facial concern

• A few sentences in your own words on what you would like changed and why.
• Clear, evenly lit photographs without make-up or filters: taken face-on, in profile from each side and at an angle from each side, with a relaxed expression. For eyelid concerns add a close-up with your eyes open, gazing straight ahead.
• Your age and build, plus any smoking or nicotine use of any kind, which affects skin healing, notably after a facelift.
• Your medicines, supplements and allergies, including reactions to anaesthetics, antibiotics and surgical tape.
• Your medical history: earlier operations, clotting problems, diabetes, high blood pressure and any eye conditions.
• Earlier cosmetic treatment of the same area, such as fillers, threads or surgery, with dates and, if available, the operation report.

If the nose is your concern

• Notes on breathing: whether one side blocks, whether you snore or breathe through your mouth, and any injury, sinus trouble or allergy.
• Older photographs, such as a passport picture, which can show the nose before an injury or an earlier operation.
• For a revision, the first surgeon's operation notes and any record of implants or grafts used.

If the eyelids are your concern

• Notes on contact lens use, and on glaucoma, dry eyes, thyroid-related eye disease or sight changes, and the results of any recent eye test.
• Photos with your eyes relaxed and open, and looking upward, with the brow resting in its natural position.

If the lower face and neck are your concern

• Pictures from the front, each side and below the chin, with hair tied back clear of the face and ears.
• An older photograph of yourself, to show how your face has changed over the years.

Questions to bring. Take the questions from the consultation section above and add your own about dates, cost, language and aftercare. If you are travelling, include your intended arrival and departure dates so the team can judge whether the plan is workable.

Share only what you are comfortable sharing. Medical photographs are sensitive personal data, and you can ask our patient team how they are stored and handled before you send any.