Dr. Weerakan Satitniramai

Dr. Weerakan Satitniramai (Thai: นพ.วีรกานต์ สถิตนิรามัย) is a Thai plastic surgeon (ศัลยแพทย์ตกแต่ง). The single workplace documented for him in the research behind this page is Meko International Hospital, which also trades as Meko Clinic, in Bangkok's Chatuchak district. His own page on the Meko website gives his specialty as plastic surgery and says he finished specialist plastic surgery training under the Thai Board.

Most of the work shown on his Meko profile is facial, with some breast and body surgery. Four areas appear both among the work categories on his profile and in the expertise line of the Meko doctor listing: rhinoplasty, double eyelid surgery, chin augmentation and breast augmentation. Several other categories carry case reviews on his profile but are absent from that expertise line: revision nose surgery, nasal tip refinement, tummy tuck, liposuction, facelift and facial fat injection. We treat the first group as better supported than the second and say so under each heading below.

One detail deserves a plain explanation. In Meko's doctor directory, the label attached to Dr. Weerakan's entry is a general one meaning a doctor in aesthetic medical practice, whereas his individual profile describes plastic surgery training and a specialist diploma. We report both as published. Because we could not check the diploma against the Thai medical or surgical society registers, anyone who wants certainty should ask to see the certificate at the consultation. How we separate confirmed from unconfirmed facts is described in our provider research methodology.

Other places to look: his listing on this site at Dr. Weerakan Satitniramai, the facility page for Meko International Hospital, and other surgeons in Bangkok. If you would like to take it further, ask for a consultation with Dr. Weerakan and our patient team will get in touch to arrange the next step. Nothing is booked instantly.

This section is built from the doctor page on Meko's website, which we looked at on 2 October 2026. 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.

• Medical degree: Doctor of Medicine (แพทยศาสตรบัณฑิต), Ramathibodi Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Mahidol University. The profile puts the study years at 2006 to 2012.
• Specialist qualification: a specialist certificate in plastic and reconstructive surgery under the Thai Board (วุฒิบัตรศัลยศาสตร์ตกแต่งและเสริมสร้าง), tied to Chulalongkorn University's medical faculty; the page gives 2015 to 2020 as the years of that training.
• Observerships abroad: short clinical observerships in two overseas plastic surgery departments: ASAN Medical Center in Seoul, South Korea, and Chang Gung International Medical Centre in Taiwan. Observing means learning alongside the host team. The profile does not call either one a fellowship or say he operated independently there, and we do not suggest otherwise.

His profile also prints a Thai medical licence number. We copy no figure here because we could not match it to the official register ourselves. Overseas patients can ask our patient team to help verify a surgeon's licence and specialist standing before any deposit is paid; asking is routine, wherever you have surgery.

For readers new to Thai credentials: the Thai Board route is a supervised residency that ends in a specialist certificate, and it is the minimum we look for in a plastic surgeon listed here. What a certificate cannot show is how frequently someone carries out one particular operation; the consultation section later on suggests how to ask.

Current role. The Meko page presents him as a plastic surgeon at Meko International Hospital (Meko Clinic). The page offers no start year, no title beyond plastic surgeon and no earlier posts; we therefore say nothing about his length of service. Meko's site says the clinic dates from 1982, but that describes the facility and not Dr. Weerakan's own years in practice, which his profile leaves out.

Professional societies (as stated by the hospital). His profile names three organisations:

• ThPRS, the national body whose members work in plastic and reconstructive surgery
• ThSAPS, its counterpart for aesthetic plastic surgery
• the Royal College of Surgeons of Thailand, the wider surgical college

Because we were unable to open any of the corresponding member lists, we describe these as memberships the hospital says he holds, not as confirmed membership.

Volunteer work. The profile mentions medical volunteering with Operation Smile Foundation and with the Thai Red Cross Society. It gives no dates, locations or scope, so we add nothing further and draw no conclusions about the type of operations involved.

What we did not find. No published papers, no awards, no case-volume figures and no years-in-practice number appear in the sources we read, so this page makes none of those claims. If figures matter to your decision, ask for them in the consultation, and ask how they are counted and over what period.

The areas below come from his Meko profile and the Meko doctor listing. Where a procedure appears only as a case-review category and not in the listing's expertise line, we flag it as weaker evidence. The explanations that follow are general information in line with our procedure guides; they do not describe how Dr. Weerakan personally operates. His preferred techniques, implants and materials are not published in the sources we read, so those are questions for him.

### Rhinoplasty (stronger evidence)

Rhinoplasty reshapes the nose by adjusting bone, cartilage and the skin envelope over them. The Meko listing names open rhinoplasty and nose surgery in his expertise line, and his profile has a nose category with case reviews. Some patients want a smaller or straighter nose; others want a higher bridge or a more defined tip, and the methods differ. Building up a low bridge can rely on cartilage taken from elsewhere in the patient's body or on a manufactured piece (silicone and ePTFE are two examples), and each brings its own balance of natural feel, infection risk and long-term stability. Put that choice to him directly for your own anatomy. Typical timeline from our rhinoplasty guide: outward swelling mostly fades within two to three weeks, a stay of 7 to 10 days is typical for visitors, long enough for splint removal and a check-up, and the tip goes on refining for a year or longer.

### Revision nose surgery and tip refinement (weaker evidence)

His profile also carries categories for correcting an earlier nose operation (see revision rhinoplasty) and for refining the nasal tip (see tip rhinoplasty). They are case-review categories only and do not appear in the listing's expertise line. If you have had nasal surgery before, tell the team at the first contact, send any operative report, and ask how often he does revision work and what the plan would involve. Surgeons generally prefer to let the first operation settle completely before reoperating, so a quick fix is rarely realistic.

### Double eyelid surgery (stronger evidence)

Double eyelid surgery creates or sharpens the fold of the upper eyelid. It is in his profile categories and in the Meko expertise line. Points to settle at a consultation: how high and how deep you want the crease, whether the amount of skin and fat in your lids favours a certain technique, and how any difference between your two eyes would be handled.

### Chin augmentation (stronger evidence)

Chin augmentation adds forward projection to a receding chin, usually with an implant. It is often discussed together with nose surgery because both change the balance of the side profile. It appears in his profile categories and the listing's expertise line. Ask about the implant material, where it would sit, and request a profile view that shows how chin and nose would relate.

### Breast augmentation (stronger evidence)

Breast augmentation enlarges the breasts or alters their shape, using silicone or saline implants in most cases, with the patient's own fat as a less common route. It features in his profile categories and in the listing's expertise line. On its breast surgery page Meko states that every case has an anaesthesiologist in attendance; that is the clinic's claim, and the patient team can be asked to confirm it. As general advice, remember that implants are not lifetime devices: find out how aftercare continues from abroad, request an implant card listing brand, size and lot, and discuss whether a lift would suit you better if the nipple sits low on the breast.

### Tummy tuck, liposuction, facelift and facial fat grafting (weaker evidence)

Four more categories appear on his profile as case reviews: tummy tuck, liposuction, facelift and fat grafting to the face. None of the four is in the listing's expertise line, which instead names Vaser Smooth 2.2 and lip work; we have not linked those to a procedure page. As general guidance, the four operations differ in risk and recovery. A tummy tuck, which carries a higher clot risk than most cosmetic operations, commonly means 12 to 14 days away from home according to our guide, and the figure for a facelift is 10 to 14 days. With liposuction, how much fat is treated in one session is a safety question. If one of these is your main goal, find out how regularly he does it, and whether a colleague with it among his listed specialities would fit better.

A procedure missing from this list is not proof he cannot do it, only a sign that we hold no published evidence either way. Check with the patient team rather than assuming.

This is your chance to weigh up the surgeon and the proposal. The prompts below are general, are matched to the areas on his profile, and are not a sign that anything is wrong.

For any operation

• Request sight of his Thai medical licence and specialist certificate, and ask the patient team to help check them.
• Find out how many operations of your type he does, how recently, and what happens if the result needs a touch-up.
• Ask who performs each part of the surgery, who gives the anaesthetic, and what the facility does in an emergency. Meko calls itself a clinic, and we found no published number of beds, operating theatres or intensive care places, so ask what happens if you needed admission to a hospital.
• Clarify what aftercare is included, how check-ups before your flight are timed, and who handles problems once you are home.
• Obtain an itemised written quote that spells out inclusions and exclusions.

If nose surgery interests you

• Describe the change you want, such as smaller, straighter, higher or a better-defined tip, and bring pictures of noses you do and do not like.
• Find out which approach he would take with your skin thickness and nasal structure, including whether grafts or an implant would be needed, and why.
• Mention any breathing difficulty; surgery may or may not help it.
• For a revision, bring whatever is known about the earlier operation.

If eyelid or chin surgery interests you

• Ask which crease style or profile would suit your face and how he judges symmetry.
• For the chin, ask which implant material would be used and how the outcome would be judged against your nose.

If breast or body surgery interests you

• Ask about implant types, sizes and incision sites, and what a realistic size range looks like on your frame.
• Ask how a lift, fat transfer or liposuction might fit into the plan, and whether the clinic's own anaesthesia team would look after you.
• For tummy tuck or liposuction, ask how clot risk and the long flight home are managed.

A sound consultation includes a physical examination, a talk about risks and alternatives, and frank advice that surgery may be unsuitable or better delayed. Suitability is something an in-person assessment must settle, so regard anything proposed from photographs alone as a first draft.

What we know about the facility comes from Meko's Thai-language website. The main site is number 41 on Vibhavadi Rangsit Road, in the Chom Phon subdistrict of Chatuchak (postcode 10900), and it is shown as open daily from nine in the morning until eight in the evening. Meko also lists Meko Clinic Rama 2, a separate branch in the Bang Mot area of Chom Thong district (500 Rama 2 Road, postcode 10150), which opens at 10:00. Dr. Weerakan's profile does not say he also works there, so check which site he would use before you book flights.

Gaps matter as much as facts. The Meko pages we read did not describe an international patient desk, interpreter or translation help, airport pick-up or the languages staff speak, and we found no accreditation entry for the facility. No language is documented for Dr. Weerakan either, so we cannot say whether his consultations are given in English. When you ask for an appointment, have the patient team confirm how communication would work, whether an interpreter can attend both the consultation and the surgery day, and whether written aftercare instructions come in English.

Let the operation set the length of the trip. Our procedure guides give these general figures for time in Thailand: nose and breast surgery each 7 to 10 days, a facelift 10 to 14 and a tummy tuck 12 to 14. Only your surgeon can say what is safe in your own case. Choose lodging near the clinic, travel with light luggage, and ask about measures against blood clots before a long flight if you are having body surgery.

The main site lies on a long arterial road in the north of the city. The Bangkok city page has general travel information, and the Meko International Hospital page sets out what we know about the facility.

The more complete your enquiry, the more useful the reply. Pick what fits you from the lists below.

For everyone

• Your age and body measurements, with a line on whether your weight has been steady in recent months.
• Health conditions, allergies, what medicines and supplements you take, and whether you smoke or vape. Surgeons commonly want nicotine stopped around the time of an operation.
• Past operations and complications, with reports if you have them.
• The procedure you are considering, the result you hope for in your own words, and a rough travel window.

For nose surgery

• Photos in even daylight, with no make-up or filters: straight on, from each side and from beneath.
• Any past nose surgery, injury or breathing problem, with operative notes or scans if you have them.
• Two or three images of shapes you like, and one of a shape you want to avoid.

For eyelid or chin surgery

• Front photos with the eyes relaxed and open, looking ahead and slightly upward, and a side view for the chin.
• Any earlier treatment to these areas, including fillers or implants.

For breast surgery

• Front and side photos, your bra size, and your pregnancy and breastfeeding history.
• If you already have implants: brand, size, date and any implant card or surgeon's report.

For tummy tuck, liposuction or facelift

• Standing photos from front, side and back for the body, or the front and both sides of the face for a facelift.
• Your weight history, pregnancies and any previous blood clots.

Send images only through the secure form or the channel the patient team gives you, and tell us clearly if you do not want them shared. Never put passport or payment details in a first message.