Bangkok · Cosmetic surgery

Rhinoplasty in Bangkok

Rhinoplasty is performed in Bangkok by private hospitals and licensed day-surgery clinics. This page sets out the indicative price, what changes it, how long the trip takes, and what to establish with a clinic before you pay anything.

The same procedure name covers different operations. Technique, materials, whether anything is done alongside it, and whether you are treated in a hospital with an overnight bed all change what you are quoted.

Starting price · Bangkok

฿80,000

What a starting price means. It is the published figure for the simplest configuration of this procedure — the standard implant, technique or materials. Yours may cost more depending on what you need. Thai hospitals quote a fixed package that states the hospital stay it includes.

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Typical stay9 days
Nights in hospital2
Also available inChiang Mai, Pattaya, Patong

About rhinoplasty

Rhinoplasty reshapes the nose by altering the bone at the bridge, the cartilage at the tip, or both. It is done under general anaesthetic and takes two to four hours depending on how much structural work is involved.

Surgeons distinguish between reduction work, augmentation work, and functional correction of the septum. Many operations are a combination, and the combination is what determines how long you are in theatre.

Techniques and approaches

The same procedure name covers different operations. These are the approaches a clinic will offer, and what separates them.

Closed rhinoplasty
All incisions are made inside the nostrils. No external scar. Gives the surgeon less direct sight of the tip structures, so it suits more limited reshaping.
Open rhinoplasty
A small incision across the columella — the strip of skin between the nostrils — lifts the skin so the surgeon can see and work on the framework directly. Leaves a fine scar that is usually inconspicuous once healed.
Preservation rhinoplasty
A newer approach that lowers the bridge by removing structure underneath while keeping the surface dorsum intact, rather than taking the bridge down and rebuilding it.
Ultrasonic (piezo) rhinoplasty
Uses an ultrasonic instrument to reshape bone rather than a chisel and rasp. Works on bone without cutting soft tissue.
Septorhinoplasty
Reshaping combined with correction of a deviated septum. Adds theatre time and may be partly functional rather than purely cosmetic.

The decisions you will make

These come up at consultation. Knowing them beforehand makes the conversation shorter and the plan clearer.

Graft material

Where structure needs adding, surgeons use your own cartilage — septum, ear, or rib — or a synthetic implant. Rib gives the most material and requires a second surgical site.

Tip versus bridge

Whether you are changing the profile, the tip, or both. Tip work is finer and more technically demanding; bridge work is more visible in profile.

Whether breathing is involved

If you have obstruction, say so at consultation. Functional correction changes both the plan and, in some countries, how the procedure is classified.

Revision or primary

Revision work is planned around existing scar tissue and previously altered structure, and takes longer.

About 9 days

What the trip involves

Clinics vary, and your clinician’s plan overrides anything on this page. The shape is consistent.

Before you fly
Photographs, measurements and history by email, then a video consultation. Nothing is fixed until you are examined in person.
Day 1
Consultation, examination, bloods and pre-operative checks. This is where the plan — and therefore the price — can change.
Surgery
Usually the day after the assessment. Most people stay one night where an overnight bed is part of the plan.
Recovery
Rest, dressing changes and wound checks. Expect to do very little.
Final review
Sutures and dressings checked, and clearance to fly. This appointment is why the trip is around 9 days rather than three.
Back home
Swelling settles over weeks. Agree before you leave who you contact and how.

Where you are going

Where the treatment happens.

Where you recover.

Where you spend the rest of the trip.

Video slot. Once a video is registered here it is checked automatically and we are alerted if it disappears.

Ask these before you pay a deposit

In writing, in English, before money moves.

Formatted as a numbered list, ready to email a clinic.
  1. Who is treating me, and what are their qualifications?

    A clinic name is not a clinician. Ask for the individual, their registration, and how often they do this procedure.

  2. What is included in the price, and what is not?

    Facility fees, anaesthesia, materials, medication, follow-up appointments and take-home items are often quoted separately.

  3. Is the deposit refundable, and under what conditions?

    Including if the clinic reschedules, or if the in-person assessment changes the plan.

  4. What happens if something needs correcting?

    Ask for the policy in writing: who pays, within what window, and whether it covers a return trip.

  5. Who do I contact after I go home, and in what language?

    A name, a channel, and an expected response time. Aftercare that ends at the airport is not aftercare.

Your checklist for this trip

Everything worth settling before you book, before you fly, while you are in Bangkok, and once you are home — including how this goes wrong and how to avoid it. Tick it here, or take it with you.

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Before you book anything

All of this is settled on paper, before money moves.

Before you fly

Avoidable problems, mostly caused by booking in the wrong order.

While you are there

On the ground in Bangkok.

How this goes wrong

General patterns in medical travel. Read once, and check yourself against each.

After you get home

The part that decides the result.

Clinics in Bangkok

Surgical and aesthetic clinics in Bangkok, listed because they work in this field. Open a profile for the address, the services listed and the contact details.

JW Plastic Surgery (Bangkok) Watthana / SukhumvitCosmetic
Nida Esth' Medical Center Siam Square / PathumwanCosmetic
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Questions

Is the price on this page a quote?

No. It is a starting price — the published figure for the simplest version of this procedure. Only a clinic can quote you, and only after examining you and agreeing a plan.

Why is it cheaper than at home?

Lower facility and staffing costs, and high procedure volume. It is the same operation, and the major implant and device manufacturers are the same ones used at home.

How long do I need to be in Bangkok?

Around 9 days for most people. The final review and clearance to fly sets the length, not the surgery.

Can I fly home straight afterwards?

No. Your surgeon sets the date you are fit to fly. Book a flexible return if you can.

Do I need to speak Thai?

No. Clinics working with international patients operate in English. Ask which language your aftercare contact works in.

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