Visit to Dr Narong Nimsakul - BKK

August 2013

Was introduced to this plastic surgeon by a private message in a forum. Did not do any procedure with him. 

Piqued my curiosity.  From the list of certified plastic doctors in Thailand, he is the ONLY Thai doctor who has studied and trained in Japan.  Not one of those general practitioner doctors who only attended 3 days course and claimed to have worked/studied in Japan. After seeing his certificates and tested out his Japanese proficiency, I am convinced he is the real  形成外科学 教授.

Above is the picture of Dr Narong.  He is posing with a picture of the royal princess potrait. One of his favourite persons and painting.


Dr Narong Nimsakul's clinic is located at 420 Sukothai Mansion, Sukothai Road, Dusit, Bangkok.

This location is rather near Victory Monument BTS and Phaya Thai BTS.   However, do not attempt to take taxi  at the taxi stand outside Phaya Thai BTS.   There will be taxi coordinators in uniform whom will use walkie talkie to try book a taxi for you, claiming no booking charges.   However, once you get into the taxi, all the shit taxi scam tactics come out.     Taxi driver are not all honest in Thailand.   I will recommend a few good drivers in another post.


Told Dr Narong Nimsakul I met with a scammer taxi driver whom wanted to charge me 1000 baht for a 2 way trip from the nearest train station to Dr's clinic.  By meter, it should not have cost more than 200 baht each way.  Narong had his receptionist rescued me and helped call a taxi when I was going home.

Narong has been trained in various plastic surgery procedures.  Many patients have gone to him for revision plastic surgery.  Above picture shows his "collection" of nose implants. These implants caused complications in patients and they approached Dr Narong to remove the problematic implants and put in new ones for revision.   

Dr Narong explains his preferred implant type which is ordered from Japan.  It felt very different from many other implants I had touched.   Very soft and flexible.  

Dr Narong explains that a big implant is not the key to having a caucasian nose. Inadequate implants run the risk of protruding out from skin, especially at the nasal tip. Many people know this already.  But not many people know that when the implant is too big, it "paralyses" quite alot of facial muscles that prevents a person from having natural expressions. This is what most people would refer to as "the plastic look".

There are many asshole doctors who would go around telling people they perform cleft lip surgeries for poor children so as to make themselves look kind hearted. Many of the results still look horrible even though the lips have been stitched up.    

I asked to have a look at Dr Narong's works and he gladly showed me. Where plastic doctors excel in craniomaxillofacial surgeries, you can be assured you are not in the wrong hands.


Dr Narong's surgeries for cleft lip patients were awesome.  He has an special process to introduce implant to young cleft lip patients, adjusting the length of implants at different stages of the kids life, into adulthood, so that the kids will be socially accepted.  

As we know, most cleft lip patients still end up with significant deformities in nose and lips even after surgery.   Narong is an expert to make these rabbit kids look as normal.  Love his works.

Aside for the commonly known plastic procedures like rhinoplasty, eyelid surgery etc, ask Dr Narong what is his forte? He will tell you his passion lies in Laser.  He has published a few books in Japan on laser procedures.

Dr Narong's Operating Theatre.  It is small and rundown. Even smaller than Nara's clinic.
Dr Narong has mentioned that a new clinic/hospital with brand new facilities is being built in central BKK.   It should be ready in 2 years time.


Laser machines are his babies in his Operating Theatre. Many Japanese clients go to him. It seems popular in Japan now to do adult circumcision using laser.  Laser surgeries are normally used in cases where bleeding must be kept to a minimal.  Narong has taught many doctors on usage of laser machines. 

I asked Dr Narong why doctors in Thailand do not seem to use natural materials, such as the rib or ear cartilage for rhinoplasty.   His reply was simple.  All surgeons would have learnt the technique in school. However, if implants can do the job, then we need not subject patients to more trauma by cutting other areas.

Doctor has mentioned that other than the use of rib and ear cartillage, for severe accident cases, hip bone would have been used to reconstruct the nose. 

On rhinoplasty issues, I used to dislike implants and felt that only lousy doctors would use artificial implants rather than own body cartilage.  However,  further understanding of rhinoplasty had me realise that, really,   silicone and rib implants have their  pros and cons. I will cover that in a separate blog post later. So, for results it really depends on the skill of doctor and patients luck.

Dr Narong is a down to earth doctor. Kind. Honest. There are weird ass plastic doctors in Thailand whom tell you they can do anything and everything for you as long as you can pay. Dr Narong actually rejects patients that he reckons inappropriate for surgery.


He likes Singapore's Bak kwa. Do bring a packet for this kind doctor when you visit.