Dr. Sukit Mekraksavanich

Dr. Sukit Mekraksavanich (Thai: นพ. สุกิจ เมฆรักษาวนิช) is a Bangkok plastic surgeon who currently holds his outpatient sessions at Bumrungrad International Hospital, a private hospital in Bangkok's Watthana district (Sukhumvit Soi 3, known locally as Soi Nana Nua), where he is attached to the Plastic (Cosmetic) Surgery Center. 'Plastic Cosmetic & Reconstructive Surgery' is the specialty heading on the hospital's English profile; the Thai version files him under ศัลยศาสตร์ตกแต่ง, the Thai term for plastic surgery. Thai custom pairs the title with the first name, which is why you will mostly hear him called Dr. Sukit at the hospital.

Fifteen special clinical interests appear on his Bumrungrad profile. Twelve of them match eleven of our procedure guides, because the profile names 'Brow Lift' and 'Forehead lift' as two items while we cover them as a single operation. Grouped by body area, they are:

• Face and ears: eyelid surgery, brow lift, facelift, chin augmentation and otoplasty, which reshapes the ears.
• Breasts and the male chest: gynecomastia surgery for enlarged breast tissue in men, plus breast augmentation, breast lift and breast reduction.
• Abdomen and body shape: liposuction and tummy tuck.

The three items left over are 'Body contouring', 'Umbilicoplasty' (reshaping of the navel) and the general heading 'Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery'. None of them lines up with a single guide on this site, so we quote them as Bumrungrad words them and do not link them to a procedure page.

Key facts at a glance

• Published qualifications: Chulalongkorn University medical degree (M.D., 1975) and Thai Board diploma in plastic surgery (1981).
• Clinic location: 16th floor of Building A (clinic 16A), Plastic Surgery Center; hospital address No. 33, Sukhumvit Soi 3 (Soi Nana Nua).
• Outpatient sessions shown on 27 September 2026: Wednesday 13:00–16:00 and Friday 09:00–16:00.
• Languages on his profile: Thai and English.
• Society membership: his membership is shown on the ThPRS list (entry posted November 2019); ThPRS is the professional society for plastic surgeons in Thailand.

If you would like an appointment, request a consultation with Dr. Sukit Mekraksavanich; our patient team checks his clinic days with Bumrungrad before confirming anything. Each fact about him here traces back to an official hospital or society page that we opened and dated; see our provider research methodology for how the checking works.

Two qualifications are published for Dr. Sukit Mekraksavanich, and Bumrungrad's English and Thai profiles agree on both of them, including the years.

• M.D. from Chulalongkorn University's Faculty of Medicine, 1975. The Thai profile gives the degree as แพทยศาสตรบัณฑิต and dated 2518 B.E.; that Buddhist-era year corresponds to 1975 in the Western calendar.
• Diploma of the Thai Board of Plastic Surgery, 1981. On the Thai profile its wording is วุฒิบัตร สาขาศัลยศาสตร์ตกแต่ง, ประเทศไทย, dated 2524 B.E. This diploma is the specialist qualification that Thai surgeons hold in plastic surgery.

Read together, the dates show that he qualified as a doctor in 1975 and received his plastic surgery board diploma six years later.

Gaps in the public record. We could not find the name of the hospital where he trained in plastic surgery, and no fellowship, overseas placement or later certificate appears in any source we opened. On his Bumrungrad profile, the sections headed 'Medical Experience', 'Research & Publications' and 'Articles & Published Content' are blank. PubMed holds no records under 'Mekraksavanich'; the articles filed under the similar spelling 'Mekruksavanich' are by a computer engineering researcher at the University of Phayao, a different person. This profile therefore stops at the two qualifications above rather than filling the gap with assumptions.

Two spellings of one surname. Bumrungrad romanises his surname as Mekraksavanich, while his ThPRS entry uses Mekruksavanich. Both render the Thai name สุกิจ เมฆรักษาวนิช, and searching in Thai script gives the most dependable results.

Verifying his medical licence. Doctors who practise in Thailand are registered with the Medical Council of Thailand, which runs a public lookup at checkmd.tmc.or.th. No licence number appears on the official profiles we read; the licence can be looked up on the Medical Council of Thailand's public register at checkmd.tmc.or.th. Patients can run the same lookup with his name in Thai script, or ask Bumrungrad to confirm his registration when the appointment is arranged.

Current post: Bumrungrad International Hospital. Bumrungrad names Dr. Sukit as a plastic surgeon in two places: on his own doctor profile and on the surgeon list of its Plastic (Cosmetic) Surgery Center. He sees outpatients at the centre's clinic in Building A, 16th floor (16A). Two sessions a week appeared on his profile at our 27 September 2026 check: a Wednesday afternoon session from 13:00 to 16:00 and a full Friday session from 09:00 to 16:00. Opening hours for the centre as a whole run longer (8.30–20.00 on weekdays, 8.00–17.00 at weekends) and consultations there are by appointment only; those hours are not his, though, and his personal clinic times are just the two sessions above. Because hospital timetables can change at short notice, our patient team checks his days again for each new request.

The hospital does not state the year he joined Bumrungrad or list any other position he holds there, so this page gives no start date and no length of service.

Older listings: Sukit Clinic and Lerdsin Hospital. Three workplaces are named on the ThPRS member entry for him, which was posted on 28 November 2019. Besides Bumrungrad, it names Sukit Clinic (คลินิกสุกิจ), a private clinic at 2409 New Phetchaburi Road in Huai Khwang, Bangkok, and the plastic surgery unit (หน่วยศัลยกรรมตกแต่ง) of Lerdsin Hospital, a Bangkok hospital under the Ministry of Public Health. His archived ThSAPS directory entry (Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons of Thailand, formerly hosted on surgery.or.th and last edited by the society in December 2009) lists Sukit Clinic too.

We could not confirm either workplace as current. No website or recent listing for Sukit Clinic turned up, and Lerdsin Hospital's 2025 surgical outpatient timetable does not name him in its plastic surgery row. For that reason Bumrungrad is the only practice this profile treats as active, and any consultation arranged through our patient team takes place there.

Each procedure in this section comes from Dr. Sukit's special clinical interests on Bumrungrad's website, and each one also turns up among the cosmetic services that Bumrungrad's plastic surgery centre advertises. His profile names the operations only; it gives no techniques, case numbers or results. So each part starts from what his profile shows, with general points from our procedure guides added afterwards. Those points describe how the operation usually works, not how he performs it or what his patients experience, and whether any of it suits you can only be decided after he has assessed you.

Eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty)

'Eyelid Surgery' is on his list, but the profile does not say whether this covers upper-lid surgery, lower-lid surgery or the creation of an eyelid crease (double eyelid surgery), so confirm which of these he offers before you travel. As general background, blepharoplasty treats hooded upper lids and under-eye bags: the surgeon removes some of the excess skin, muscle and fat, or moves the fat to a new position. Upper-lid scars are placed in the natural crease, while lower-lid work is done either through an incision immediately below the lash line or through the lining inside the lid (transconjunctival), a route with no visible scar. Our guide describes it as often done under local anaesthesia with sedation, usually lasting one to two hours, with stitches removed after five to seven days, around the time most overseas patients fly home. Expect a medical history that covers your eyes specifically: dry eye, glaucoma, thyroid eye disease and current vision all bear on whether the operation is safe. If the edge of the lid itself droops (ptosis), that calls for repair of the lifting muscle rather than a standard blepharoplasty, and it is looked for at the examination.

Brow lift and forehead lift

His Bumrungrad list includes both 'Brow Lift' and 'Forehead lift', which we treat as one procedure under brow lift. The pairing with eyelid surgery matters because heavy upper eyelids are not always an eyelid problem: when the brow has dropped, lifting the brow can be more appropriate than removing eyelid skin, or the two may be combined. With both operations on his list, Dr. Sukit can examine where the heaviness really comes from. Questions to take to the consultation: where the incisions would sit, which anaesthesia he uses, how long swelling usually takes to settle, and when flying home would be reasonable. Seven to ten days in Thailand is the typical stay shown on our brow lift page.

Facelift

'Face Lift' is one of his listed interests. Speaking generally, a facelift repositions the deeper tissues beneath the skin of the jowls, jaw and frequently the neck, then removes the surplus skin, so that jowling and a loose jawline are improved. Brow position, eyelids and fine surface wrinkles are not changed by it; patients therefore often discuss it together with a brow lift or eyelid surgery, and each extra procedure adds operating time and recovery time. Our facelift guide gives the usual range as two to five hours under general anaesthesia or sedation, one or two nights in hospital, and around 10–14 days in Thailand before flying. A haematoma, where blood collects under the skin and may need draining, is the most frequent serious complication, and smokers are more prone to poor skin healing, so a long nicotine-free period before and after the operation matters. His profile does not name a technique. Facelifts range from a SMAS lift, which tightens the layer beneath the skin, to a deep plane approach, so ask which he would propose for your face and why, and whether he can show you consented photographs of comparable cases.

Chin augmentation

'Chin Augmentation' is on his profile. Our chin augmentation planner, where the procedure is also referred to as a chin implant, puts the usual stay in Thailand at about five to seven days. Because a change to the chin alters the whole side profile, ask Dr. Sukit what the augmentation would involve for you, where the incision would be placed, which material or method he would use, and how he judges the right size in relation to your nose, lips and jaw.

Otoplasty (ear reshaping)

'Otoplasty' appears on his list. Generally speaking, otoplasty pins protruding ears back towards the head, or refolds the cartilage to change the ear's shape; the incision is made behind the ear, so the scar is tucked into the groove there. Adults mostly have a local anaesthetic, while children usually need a general one; the operation takes roughly one to two hours and is normally a day case. The ears are protected by a head dressing for the first days, and for several weeks after that many patients sleep in a soft headband. Our guide suggests five to seven days in Thailand. His profile does not mention children, so anyone asking on behalf of a child should first check that he operates on younger patients.

Breast augmentation

'Breast Augmentation' is among his interests. In general, breast augmentation enlarges or reshapes the breasts, most often with silicone or saline implants. Placement is either above the pectoral muscle (subglandular) or partly beneath it (submuscular or dual plane), and the implant is inserted through one of three incisions: in the breast fold (inframammary), at the lower border of the areola (periareolar) or in the armpit (transaxillary). Where the nipple already sits low, extra volume alone will not correct it; correcting it requires a breast lift, another operation on his list. Ask which implant types, shapes and surfaces he works with and his reasons, because certain textured surfaces carry an increased risk of BIA-ALCL, which is a rare lymphoma. No implant is permanent: over the years, many patients return for surgery to exchange or take out their implants. Our guide gives one to two hours under general anaesthesia, no more than one night in hospital and about seven to ten days in Thailand. Before you leave, ask Bumrungrad for your implant card listing the brand, size, type and lot numbers, and keep it with your records.

Breast lift

'Breast Lift' is on his list. A breast lift, or mastopexy, tightens a sagging breast by removing surplus skin and repositioning the nipple and underlying tissue upward, and stretched areolas are often reduced in the process. Shape improves; volume barely changes. It is typically discussed when the nipple now sits level with, or below, the crease beneath the breast. The amount of lifting decides the scar: a ring around the areola where sagging is mild, a 'lollipop' running from the areola down to the fold where it is moderate, and an anchor (inverted-T) that adds a line along the fold where it is marked. Patients who also want a fuller upper breast can have an implant placed at the same time or in a later operation. The combined operation is more complex, and our guide notes a higher revision rate for it than for a lift or an augmentation done separately; ask Dr. Sukit whether he would recommend one stage or two in your case. Our guide puts operating time at two to three hours and suggests roughly 10–14 days in Thailand.

Breast reduction

'Breast Reduction' is listed. A breast reduction lightens and shrinks the breasts by removing glandular tissue, fat and skin, and the nipple and areola are moved higher during the same operation. Besides appearance, people often want relief from aching in the neck, back or shoulders, grooves worn by bra straps, or irritation of the skin beneath the breasts. Most reductions use a vertical ('lollipop') or an anchor (inverted-T) pattern, and where a breast is made up mostly of fat, liposuction on its own may be enough, with less scarring but little lift. Some people cannot breastfeed after a reduction, so tell him about any future pregnancy plans. Our guide gives two to four hours under general anaesthesia, usually one or two nights in hospital, about 10–14 days in Thailand, and no heavy lifting for around six weeks.

Gynecomastia surgery

'Gynecomastia' is on his profile. Male breast gland enlargement is common. Possible triggers range from hormonal shifts and weight gain to particular medicines, anabolic steroid use, alcohol and some illnesses, which is why a treatable cause should be excluded before anyone operates. In general, gynecomastia surgery relies on liposuction when the chest is mostly fat, on removal of firm gland tissue through a short incision along the lower edge of the areola, or on a combination of the two. Taking out too much tissue can leave a hollow, 'saucer'-shaped chest, so ask him how he decides how much to remove. Our guide lists one to three hours of surgery under general or local anaesthesia, going home on the day of surgery or after a single night, a compression vest for several weeks, no chest training for four to six weeks, and around seven to ten days in Thailand.

Liposuction and body contouring

His profile lists 'Liposuction' and, separately, 'Body contouring'. In general, liposuction takes out stubborn fat from places such as the abdomen, flanks, thighs and arms by suction through a slim cannula inserted via tiny incisions. The aim is a better contour, not a lower weight; skin laxity and cellulite are not corrected by it. The larger the volume removed in one sitting, the more likely fluid shifts, bleeding and clots become in the legs or lungs; for that reason surgeons cap the amount according to your weight and health, and sometimes divide treatment into more than one session. Our guide gives about one to four hours depending on the areas, same-day discharge or one night in hospital, a compression garment afterwards, a final shape that emerges over three to six months as swelling settles, and seven to ten days in Thailand, more after combined procedures. 'Body contouring' can mean several different operations, so ask Dr. Sukit exactly what the term covers in his practice.

Tummy tuck and umbilicoplasty

Both 'Tummy Tuck' and 'Umbilicoplasty' are on his list. In general, a full tummy tuck (abdominoplasty) cuts away the loose skin and fat of the lower abdomen through a low hip-to-hip incision, in most cases stitches together abdominal muscles that have separated after pregnancy (diastasis recti), and brings the navel out in a new position. Umbilicoplasty means reshaping the navel itself; whether he performs it on its own or only as part of a tummy tuck is not stated on his profile. If more pregnancies are planned, surgeons generally recommend postponing a tummy tuck, and they look for a weight that has held steady for some months. Nicotine has to be stopped well in advance, because smokers are far more likely to have wounds that heal poorly. Our guide gives two to five hours under general anaesthesia, one to three nights in hospital and drains for the first few days. Blood clots are a bigger concern after a tummy tuck than after most cosmetic operations, so walking early and clot prevention are important, particularly around a long flight. Allow roughly 12–14 days in Thailand and no heavy lifting for roughly six weeks.

The consultation is where the general points above are turned into a plan for you. Under our booking process, Dr. Sukit examines you and confirms the plan himself, and the hospital sets out its fees in a written quote before any surgery. The questions below are built around the procedures on his Bumrungrad list.

Does this operation match what bothers me? Several of his procedures overlap, and the distinction matters. Heaviness above the eyes may come from the eyelid skin or from a lowered brow. A loose lower abdomen is a tummy tuck question, because liposuction does not remove excess skin. A nipple sitting low on the breast needs lifting, since an implant alone adds volume without correcting real sagging. Ask him to explain why he favours one option for you.

Together or in stages? Common pairings on his list include a facelift with brow or eyelid surgery, augmentation with a lift, and liposuction with a tummy tuck. Each combination lengthens the operation and the recovery. With body procedures in particular, bigger volumes and longer combined sessions push up the chance of complications, blood clots included. Find out whether he would treat everything in a single operation or spread it over two, and how either choice changes your time in Bangkok.

How often does he perform it? Our guides recommend asking any surgeon this. Bumrungrad publishes no case numbers for him, so the answer can only come from him.

Which technique and which materials? For a facelift, which approach; for augmentation, which implant type, surface and placement; for eyelid surgery, which lids and where the scars would lie; for gynecomastia, whether he would use liposuction, gland removal or both.

Can I see comparable results? Ask whether he can show before-and-after photographs of his own patients with a similar concern, shared with their consent.

Anaesthesia and hospital stay. Ask him to confirm both for your case, since they shape your travel dates and the quote.

Aftercare once you are home. Ask whom you should contact if something worries you after leaving Thailand, and which records you will take with you. After discharge, Bumrungrad's Medical Coordination Office says it can prepare your discharge paperwork, including a medical report and a fitness-to-fly letter, and set up follow-up care.

Cost. Fees are agreed with Bumrungrad, not with us. Request a line-by-line quote that separates the surgeon's fee, anaesthesia, hospital nights, garments and any implants, and how a revision would be handled and paid for if one were needed.

His profile lists Thai and English, so the consultation can be held in either. If another language would suit you better, Bumrungrad can provide an interpreter.

Dr. Sukit's clinic sits inside Bumrungrad International Hospital, so the hospital's own international services are what overseas patients will mostly rely on. According to Bumrungrad:

• Address: Bangkok 10110, at 33 Sukhumvit 3 (Soi Nana Nua) in Wattana. Dr. Sukit's clinic is reached via the Plastic Surgery Center's Counter A, Building A, level 16.
• Medical Coordination Office: free of charge for international patients and located on level 10 of Building A, with physicians and nurses who coordinate care. Before you arrive they help with review of your records, price estimates, appointments, telemedicine and medical transport; once you leave hospital, the office deals with discharge reports, fitness-to-fly paperwork and follow-up arrangements.
• Arriving by air: Bumrungrad keeps a representative in Suvarnabhumi's international arrivals area, Exit C, Gate 9, open daily 07.00–23.00. From Suvarnabhumi there is also a free van leaving roughly every hour, passenger numbers permitting, which drops patients at the hospital or at hotels close by.
• Getting there within the city: Skytrain users can take a free hospital van, which runs seven days a week, from Nana or Phrom Phong BTS station.
• Language help: more than 130 interpreters, according to the Bumrungrad factsheet, and Cultural Support Officers for patients who are not comfortable in English.
• Visas and travel bookings: the Business Center handles visa extension requests, working with the Bangkok Immigration Office, covering both the patient and accompanying family or friends, and can reserve hotels and domestic or international flights. Embassy assistance, international insurance coordination and a Muslim prayer room are also listed.
• Accreditation: Bumrungrad's HA Thailand Advanced Hospital Accreditation (re-accreditation) runs to 22 May 2029, its JCI hospital accreditation goes back to a first effective date in 2002, and Global Healthcare Accreditation has listed it since 2017. Sources for each are on our Bumrungrad hospital page.

Fitting your trip around his two clinic days. Because his listed sessions are on Wednesday afternoon and Friday, choose your arrival date with care. Landing the day before one of them allows the consultation and pre-operative tests to happen early in your stay; the operation date is then fixed by him and the hospital after the examination. Typical stays in Thailand, taken from our procedure guides, for each operation he lists:

• Eyelid surgery, chin augmentation, otoplasty: about 5–7 days
• Liposuction, gynecomastia surgery, breast augmentation, brow lift: about 7–10 days
• Facelift, breast lift, breast reduction: about 10–14 days
• Tummy tuck: about 12–14 days

A changeable return ticket is sensible: recovery speed varies, and it is Dr. Sukit who clears you for the flight. For breast and body operations above all, ask what clot prevention he advises for the journey (compression stockings, for example), and line up help with your luggage.

Our booking form includes an optional health section where you can note smoking or vaping, current medicines, medical conditions and past operations; completing it helps us confirm your request sooner. Photos and medical reports travel by a separate route: after your booking is confirmed, you receive a link to a secure upload page. Please hold medical records back until that link arrives rather than attaching them to an email.

Whatever the procedure

• Height, weight, and whether your weight has recently changed
• All medicines and supplements, especially any that thin the blood or affect bleeding
• Any smoking or nicotine use, which increases healing risks, particularly for a facelift or tummy tuck
• Earlier surgery on the same area, with dates and any operation notes
• Your travel window, and whether a Wednesday afternoon or a Friday in Bangkok works for you

Eyelids, brow, facelift or chin

• Well-lit photos without make-up from the front, at a three-quarter angle on each side and in full profile, with your hair held away from the forehead and ears
• For eyelid surgery, a close-up with the eyes open, and tell us if you have glaucoma, dry eye, thyroid eye disease or reduced vision
• For a facelift, views that clearly show the jawline and neck

Ears

• Photos of the front and back of the head and of each side, with hair tied back
• The patient's age, if you are asking on behalf of a child

Breasts or male chest

• Standing photos from the front and both sides, arms by your sides
• For a lift or reduction, whether you plan future pregnancy or breastfeeding; for a reduction, the complaints that bother you, for example aching in the neck, back or shoulders, strap marks or irritated skin
• Existing implants: a photo of your implant card, or the manufacturer, size and type if you have no card
• For gynecomastia, medicines, any steroid use and hormone tests you have had, since medical causes are ruled out before surgery

Abdomen and body

• Standing photos of each area from the front, back and both sides
• For a tummy tuck, past pregnancies, whether more are planned, and any scars on the abdomen
• For liposuction, the areas you want treated, listed in order of importance

This information lets Dr. Sukit prepare for your visit, but it is no substitute for the examination, which is where he decides whether surgery is suitable for you.