Facial feminization surgery (FFS) is about more than a new profile: it's about recognising yourself in the mirror and being seen the way you are. Choosing where to have it, often in a city you've never been to, is a lot to carry on your own.
Bangkok is one of the world's leading destinations for FFS. Its hospitals and clinics cover every procedure, from hairline lowering and forehead contouring to rhinoplasty, jaw and chin reshaping and tracheal shave, and most are set up for international patients. These are the best FFS clinics in Bangkok in 2026: who will operate on you, the hospital behind them, and how to start planning before you book a flight.
How we rank Bangkok FFS clinics
I've spent over ten years coordinating international patients through Bangkok hospitals: visiting the clinics, sitting in on consultations, comparing treatment plans and seeing people through recovery. This list ranks on what matters when it's your face: who will operate, the hospital behind them and how quickly you get a straight answer.
Every fact comes from each provider's own website, checked 8 October 2026, with sources on its profile. No provider pays to be listed or to move up.
The best FFS clinics in Bangkok, ranked
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Kamol Hospital is where facial feminization is the main event, not a side service, and that is why I'd trust it with a face first. Its founder, Dr. Kamol Pansritum, has more than 10,000 FFS procedures to his name by the hospital's count, and Dr. Sanipreeya Yingtaweesithikul, board-certified since 2015, works alongside him on facial feminization. Together they cover every area from forehead and hairline through nose, cheeks, lips and jaw to the tracheal shave, inside a full JCI-accredited hospital with an endoscopic theatre and anaesthesiologists on staff. Plan on around three weeks in Bangkok, with stitches out at about a week, and recover at K Garden, the hospital's own apartments. If you want a team that does this every day, start here.
- FFS is a main focus of the hospital
- JCI-accredited hospital
- Full range from forehead to tracheal shave
- Around three weeks in Bangkok with its own recovery apartments
Dr. Kamol Pansritum
Founder and chief plastic surgeon. Thai Board of Plastic Surgery, 1997; more than 10,000 FFS procedures by the hospital's count
Dr. Sanipreeya Yingtaweesithikul
Plastic surgeon for facial feminization and masculinization. Board-certified 2015; at Kamol since 2018
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Yanhee International Hospital
Bang Phlat · Private hospital · Checked 8 Oct 2026
Yanhee International Hospital gives you the safety of a large JCI-accredited hospital, with 400 beds and an intensive care unit on site, and the calm of a whole team around you. Your face is in the hands of a specialist: plastic surgeon Dr. Suthat Koonnawarote focuses on facial feminization, covering forehead, nose, cheeks, jaw and chin, Adam's apple, eyes and neck. Most procedures mean one or two nights in hospital and at least two weeks in Thailand. Its Pride Center brings transgender care together in one place, so your face is part of a wider plan, not a one-off operation.
- Dedicated FFS surgeon
- JCI-accredited with an ICU on site
- Free virtual consultation from photos
- Dedicated Pride Center
Dr. Suthat Koonnawarote
Plastic surgeon specialising in facial feminization surgery
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Bangkok Plastic Surgery
Din Daeng · Private clinic · Checked 8 Oct 2026
Bangkok Plastic Surgery is built around one surgeon, Dr. Pichet Rodchareon, a board-certified plastic surgeon with extensive FFS experience, so from your first message you know exactly who you're trusting with your face. A full FFS takes five to six hours, followed by one night in hospital and two weeks in Bangkok for follow-up. Its 24-hour hotline means someone answers whenever you need them, before you fly and while you heal.
- One named board-certified surgeon
- Five to six hours for a full FFS
- One night in hospital
- 24-hour hotline
Dr. Pichet Rodchareon
Board-certified plastic surgeon
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Preecha Aesthetic Institute (PAI)
Watthana · Private clinic · Checked 8 Oct 2026
Preecha Aesthetic Institute (PAI) on Sukhumvit 55 has cared for trans people since 1975 and works to the WPATH standards of care, so you are with a team that understands what this surgery means to you. Its FFS covers tracheal shave, brow bossing, brow lift and hairline lowering, custom forehead augmentation shaped for your face, nose reconstruction and jaw and chin contouring. Smaller procedures happen in its own operating rooms and larger ones at two JCI-accredited partner hospitals in Bangkok, usually with one night in hospital and nine to twelve days in the city. If FFS is one step in a longer transition, this is a team that can plan the rest with you.
- Gender-affirming surgery since 1975
- Works to WPATH standards of care
- Online consultation before you travel
- Custom forehead augmentation
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Bumrungrad International Hospital
Watthana · Private hospital · Checked 8 Oct 2026
Bumrungrad International Hospital on Sukhumvit Soi 3 is a large JCI-accredited international hospital, and its Pride Clinic, running since 2021, means your face is cared for by a team that understands your whole transition. Hormones, gender-affirming surgery, voice surgery and help with legal documents all sit under one roof. Facial feminization, from forehead, nose, jaw and chin to Adam's apple reduction, is part of that care, with every specialty of a full general hospital behind you. If you'd feel safer knowing any medical need can be met in the same building, this is the place.
- JCI-accredited international hospital
- Pride Clinic for all gender-affirming care
- Voice surgery and hormones in the same clinic
- Full general hospital behind it
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Masterpiece Hospital
Dusit · Private hospital · Checked 8 Oct 2026
Masterpiece Hospital in Dusit is a dedicated cosmetic surgery hospital, and it takes on the full bony range of facial feminization: brow ridge, forehead and hairline, nose, cheekbones, jaw and chin. Three bony procedures take five to six hours, with about two more for hairline or forehead work, and stitches come out at seven to fourteen days. Because it is a hospital rather than a day clinic, you stay in after the bigger operations, one night after forehead contouring and one to two after jaw and chin, so the first night of your recovery is spent in a hospital bed with care around you, not alone in a hotel room.
- Dedicated cosmetic surgery hospital
- Full bony FFS range
- Clear operating times
- Overnight hospital care after bony surgery
How to plan FFS in Bangkok
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Start before you travel
Yanhee offers a free virtual consultation from photos, PAI starts with an online consultation, and Kamol and Bangkok Plastic Surgery can be reached on WhatsApp or a 24-hour hotline. Send the same photos and the same list of what you want changed to two or three of them. You get plans you can compare, and you land knowing what will happen.
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Ask for an itemised plan
A full FFS usually combines several procedures, so ask each provider to list them, with the anaesthesia, hospital nights and follow-up visits. Seeing the whole plan on paper lets you compare like with like.
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Plan for two to three weeks
Stitches come out at one to two weeks, and most people fly home after two to three. Book flights with some flexibility, and somewhere comfortable to recover close to the hospital: the swelling takes time to settle, and you'll want to be kind to yourself while it does.
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Ask who will operate
At Kamol, Yanhee and Bangkok Plastic Surgery you know your FFS surgeon by name; with the others, ask for the name and how many FFS cases they do a year. You should know whose hands you're in.
This page is information, not medical advice: the surgeon who examines you is the one to decide which procedures suit your face.
FFS in Bangkok: common questions
How long do I need to stay in Bangkok after FFS?
Two to three weeks. Kamol plans on around three weeks, and Bangkok Plastic Surgery asks you to be available for follow-up for two weeks, with social activity after about three. Your surgeon will confirm when you can fly.
Which Bangkok hospitals for FFS are JCI accredited?
Kamol Hospital, Yanhee International Hospital and Bumrungrad International Hospital are JCI accredited, and PAI does its larger operations at JCI-accredited partner hospitals.
Can I get a treatment plan before I travel?
Yes. Yanhee offers a free virtual consultation from photos, PAI starts with an online consultation, and Kamol and Bangkok Plastic Surgery can be contacted on WhatsApp or by phone. Sending the same photos to two or three providers is the easiest way to compare.
How are these FFS clinics ranked?
On who will operate, the hospital behind them and how easy it is to get a straight answer, from over ten years of coordinating patients through Bangkok hospitals. Every fact is checked against each provider's own website. No provider pays to be listed or to move up.
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