SRS in Thailand

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Introduction

According to Dr Preecha in a paper published in 2015 - "To date, there are more than 100 reputable surgeons in Thailand who are able to perform a vaginoplasty in MTF transsexuals."

pubmed

Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons of Thailand: List of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons

Travel Insurance

reddit

A couple of non-trans reddit subs on Thailand

YouTube

Facebook

New York Times

Manga about SRS in Thailand

Longreads

Psychiatrist Letters

According to the 2009 law you cannot have SRS in Thailand under 18, and before 20 you need parental/guardians permission. Note that the age of majority (adulthood) in Thailand is 20.

reddit

Psychs proving letters

In 2009 the Thai Medical Council introduced regulations on SRS surgery in Thailand

Links on 2009 Law change

The 2018 book "Mobile Subjects: Transnational Imaginaries of Gender Reassignment" by Aren Z. Aizura talks about surgery in Thailand. Amazon link.

Since they began participating in the medical travel market, grs surgeons in Thailand have also adapted their protocols to address both national and international anxieties about regulation. In 2009 the Medical Council of Thailand wrote a policy to regulate grs. Under the new law trans people must consult a psychiatrist, live in their preferred gender for a year, and receive hormone therapy before having grs. The Thai law addressed an ongoing national concern about a “rash” of teenagers obtaining cheap orchiectomy (castration): the previous year a well-known gay Thai activist, Natee Teerarojjanapongs, had called on the government to prevent clinics from operating on “boys,” and the Thai health minister banned nonmedical orchiectomy for a time.

Bangkok

reddit


Transgender in Thailand

YouTube

THAI-PATH

The Thailand Professional Association for Transgender Health seems to be the Thai version of WPATH. Dr Preecha of PAI is the chairman and Dr Navipa Dusitanond (also known as Dr Prae of the Suporn Clinic) is Assistant Secretary. I don't recognise the rest. There's some links at the bottom of that page in Thai that includes some well known surgeons.

Institute of HIV Research and Innovation

https://ihri.org - "IHRI is a non-profit organization who has achieved recognition for its work, including clinical and operational research, policy mobilization and development projects for community health services, at national and international levels."

IHRI runs the Tangerine Clinic for transgender health, and in 2020 published "The Thai Handbook of Transgender Healthcare Services, 1st Edition", followed by an English version in 2021.

No doubt this origanisation is doing a great deal of good in Thailand, but it also illustrates some strange contradictions as seen from a Western viewpoint. Page 19-26 of the handbook deals with "Diagnosis of Gender Dysphoria", and appears very backwards and gatekeeping by Western standards.

Another tool in the psychiatric evaluation is the psychological test and trial period living as the opposite sex. This trial period includes asking individuals to dress, socialize, and carry out activities as the desired sex over at least 12 consecutive months. Detailed records that can be reviewed must be taken, with specific attention to duration, continuity, and personal results from the trial period.

Case Study: A 22-year-old male university student, was referred to a psychiatrist for evaluation prior to initiating feminizing hormone therapy. He told the psychiatrist that he has started cross-dressing about six months ago because he felt sexually satisfied and more comfortable when wearing female clothing. He still perceived himself as a man but wanted to take feminizing hormones to make his appearance look more like a woman. He is an only child, and his parents have anger management issues. He was treated for depression and ADHD as a child. He wears female shoes while wearing male clothing. He does not make eye contact and had pressured speech. After taking a thorough history, he reported difficulty getting along with friends. The psychiatrist diagnosed him with transvestism and autistic spectrum disorders with family problems. He then received psychiatric treatment including counseling and family therapy.

Page 30 on Gender Affirming Hormone Treatment (GAHT), redefines informed consent as understood in the Western countries. We do not normally need a disagnosis of gender dysphoria by a psych for "informed consent"; It is self-affirmed and consent is judged by the prescribing doctor as with all other medical interventions. It starts off with

Before GAHT, a psychosocial assessment must be conducted by a specialist. Individuals must always be asked for informed consent. The following criteria should be met (Recommendation level 1):

  1. The diagnosis of gender dysphoria must be confirmed.
  1. Individuals must be competent to make their own decisions and able to give consent for treatment. ...

HRT in Thailand

A bit off topic, but I find it interesting.

You can buy HRT without prescription in Thailand. No doctor, just go to a pharmacy and pay. Hence some Thail trans people start very young, because they can.

Bangkok Post

reddit

YouTube

Susans

Tangerine Community Health Center

See also above on Institute of HIV Research and Innovation

reddit

YouTube

M-plus

reddit

Transitions Hormone Clinic


Malpractice

Its appears unlikely that a foreigner could successfully sue for medical malpractice in Thailand.

Bangkok Post

BBC

reddit


Travel Insurance

Travel insurance usually excludes trips for medical tourism.

reddit

For Australians going overseas for surgery


Flying Home

reddit


Yanhee Hospital

Has various trans-related services, including and endo for HRT, laser and electrolysis hair removal, voice, SRS.

Sites

Susans

In Chinese



Chonburi

Suporn Clinic

Located in Chonburi, Clinic google street view and Samitivej hospital street view.

For tourism this reddit post may be useful Things to do in Chon Buri (besides Pattaya City) in 2019. Its not trans related

Suporn announced his retirement for the the end of 2019, but has deferred it for at least another year as of March 30, 2019. Two new surgeons, Dr Bank and Dr Prae, were to take over. Dr Prae apparently did a few surgeries, but Dr Bank has taken over now that Dr SUporn has finally retired. A lottery was also announced to get surgery dates, but it looks like its not longer in effect.

Preecha (of PAI) trained Suporn (and many other surgeons in Thailand), but it was a very long time ago and Suporn's come up with his new technique since then. Chettawut is reputed to use at least some of Suporn's techniques. Useful document if you're going to Suporn: SRS with Dr Suporn PDF 5th Edition, and an older edition in French.

Surgeons site

On of the more common aesthetic revisions patients request appears to be for the anteriour commissure. Prior to the revision the anterior commissure is somewhat spread out, but as this photo shows it also occurs with cis-women.

Cost

reddit

According to this reddit post in April 2019 by psychrochirality

Revisions outside the free one are 40k thai baht.

General

reddit

Longreads

Papers


Chayamote Chyangsu "Dr Bank"

Photo links

reddit

4chan

Non-Photo links

reddit

YouTube

In Chinese


Navipa Dusitanond "Dr Prae"

http://www.supornclinic.com/HTML/Home/Home.html

Note that Dr Prae has been taken off the Clinic's website.

Photo links

reddit

Non-Photo links

reddit


Suporn Watanyusakul

April 2022, Dr Suporn has retired due to illness. See reddit comment here.

Photo links

reddit - /u/Narksh

reddit - /u/SRSwithSuporn

reddit

http://remadenthailand.livejournal.com/photo/

The Real Sveta

http://jessebaetsxxx.tumblr.com/

realself

https://catbutt2000.tumblr.com/ and https://padthaipussy.tumblr.com/ more photo's here.

Danielle Foxxx (she had a revision in 2008)

transbucket

Crista Lynn (2004)

Metria's Home Page

i-trans

Corinne's sex change photos. Sept 2004 in 2004, also here.

Anna's Place in 2003, photos here

Veronica Carol Blades @missxronix http://www.pictame.com/user/missxronix/581764131/1407186810593152503_581764131 in 2016 (these are from instagram)

Other

Non-photo links

reddit

Susans

YouTube

Facial Team

Ginny Bourne

Wordpress

Blogspot

transpulse

Books on Amazon (google shows excerpts of these books if you search)

Umareru Seibetsu wo Machigaeta! - Japanese manga fan translated to English. The original is available on Amazon Japan.

Daily Mail UK

RNZ - New Zealand News

Other

Leah Rowe https://blog.vimuser.org/

Shakina Nayfack

Sex Change Soldier (Documentary about Jan Hamilton, includes footage of Dr Suporn)

Jackie Green

twitter

T-Nederland (in Dutch)

https://emmaiamme.nl/nl/medisch/emma-naar-suporn-augustus-2016/

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjh2M6b6pruAhUezTgGHWjdCh4QFjAAegQIAhAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fgendercentre.org.au%2Fresources%2Fsupport-resources%2Fmale-to-female%2Fpersonal-stories%3Fdownload%3D429%3Adaughters-of-the-doctor%26start%3D12&usg=AOvVaw3WwgmmsSvfA9ItBpJX1rxl

Transgender Austria

i-trans (in French)

http://redlionsoul.tumblr.com/ in 2015

dario digital transexual (in Spanish)

"More than a woman" is Nominee in the contemporary issues category at the World Press Photo 2018⠀Dr Suporn Watanyusakul shows patient Olivia Thomas her new vagina after gender reassignment surgery at a hospital in Chonburi, near Bangkok, Thailand

Super Intersessante (in Portuguese)

Japanese

Chinese

The 2018 book "Mobile Subjects: Transnational Imaginaries of Gender Reassignment" by Aren Z. Aizura talks about surgery in Thailand. Amazon link.

A small number of surgeons gained a reputation outside Thailand and began to attract a large non-Thai customer base. Dr. Suporn reported that in 1996 he was performing around twenty to thirty grs procedures per year, mainly on Thai patients. By 2006 he was operating on around 220 patients per year and was only performing grs, breast augmentation, and facial feminization procedures. These 220 patients were almost exclusively non-Thai, traveling from Europe, North America, and other locales outside Asia.



Bangkok

Chettawut Tulayaphanich

Name in Thai - นายแพทย์เชฏวุฒิ ตุลพานิช

Location

Surgeons sites

Photo links

reddit

transgendersquid on reddit in 2019

AllieHugs on reddit

In French

Surgeon provided YouTube

Hana

twitter

The Orbit

In Chinese

Other

Non-photo links

reddit

Bambi's Guide. Useful document if you're going to Dr Chettawut, and also these related YouTube videos

Susans

YouTube

Google streetiew of Dr Chettawut's clinic.

T-Nederland (in Dutch)

In French

Facebook

i-trans (in French)

Hana Mohan

Other


Saran Wannachamras

Location

Surgeons sites

YouTube

Non-photo links

reddit

YouTube

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Preecha Aesthetic Insitute (PAI)

Surgeons Preecha, Sutin, and Burin.

Location

Surgeons sites

Resources on surgeons site

Photo links

reddit

Non-photo links

reddit

Susans

YouTube

realself

The Globe and Mail

Longreads


Preecha Tiewtranon

https://www.facebook.com/PAISURGERY

Preecha no longer performs surgery.

Research

Susans

YouTube


Sutin Khobunsongserm

Photo links

reddit

realself

Non-photo links

reddit

susans

YouTube

T-Nederland (in Dutch)


Burin Wangjiraniran

Facebook

Photo links

reddit

YouTube

transpulse

transbucket

Non-photo links

reddit

Susans

YouTube



Kamol Pansritum

Note that there appears to be significaint commercial promotion of Dr Kamol in trans spaces, and some of it is not disclosed as promotion. See this post This is why we have a rule against commercial promotion of surgeons by HiddenStill in March 2021

See also the Thailand FFS, and the BA page where there's some more information.

Location

Surgeons sites

Offers

Photo links

reddit

realself

http://transvanilla.hu/vaginoplasty-orvos/pansritum

Non-photo links

reddit

Susans

YouTube

Facebook

realself

TheLadyboyForums

Korean language YouTube channel - not really sure what this is about, but there's some video's about SRS in Thailand, and Kamol. Yanhee is a large public hospital in Bangkok.

Jessica Alves, former 'Human Ken Doll'

Longreads

Papers

In Chinese



Greechart Pornsinsirisak

Location

Surgeons sites

reddit

YouTube

Susans

realself

In Chinese

http://pulitzercenter.org/reporting/thailand-price-womanhood



Thiti Chaovanalikit

Location

Surgons sites

Photo links

reddit

Non-photo links

reddit

YouTube

Cosmetic Journey

Avoid at all costs Dr Thiti...Bangkok... in 2014

Susans

YouTube

CosmeticJourney: Avoid at all costs Dr Thiti...Bangkok... in 2014

In Chinese

http://www.ladyboyspattaya.com/topic/35174-srs-with-dr-thep-vechavisit-at-pratunam-pc-belgian-trans-woman-here/ in 2018



Pichet Rodchareon

Location

Note that Pichet is not on the list of qualified plastics surgeons in Thailand.

Surgeons site: http://www.bangkokplasticsurgery.com

http://transvanilla.hu/vaginoplasty-orvos/rodchareon

Photo links

reddit

Non-photo links

reddit

Susans

YouTube

Chinese

https://cosmeticjourney.com/forum/topic/316-surgery-in-bangkok-anyone-know-of-dr-pichet/?page=2

Singapore Expats Forum

http://messageboards.makemeheal.com/breast-augmentation-implants/who-thailand-for-boobs-t132746.html



Teerapong Poonyakariyagorn

Does Peritoneal Pull-Though Vaginoplasty.

Location

I'd not heard of this surgeon before and can't find out much. Not sure how much of this info is relevant, and its possible some of it is a different person.

This pdf lists the payment to the bank account of "Theerapong Poonyakariyagorn". The Beneficiary address for the bank is "59/469 Rama II road, Bangkhuntien, Bangkok, Thailand, 10150", the same address as BCS Clinic. Its alo the only place I can find the any surgeons name on that site, which seems quite odd. The pdf shows some results.

Photo links

reddit

realself

Non-photo links

reddit

YouTube

The Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons of Thailand lists "Teerapong Poonyakariyakorn" as a member.

https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/275429098/-bangkok-cosmetic-surgery-clinic-wwwbcscliniccom/

http://www.bcsclinic.com/

Not that Theerapong POONYAKARIYAGORN is associated with BCS Clinic, with the same phone number here

https://bangkokplasticsurgeons.blogspot.com/



Thep Vejvisith

Location

Note that Thep is not on the list of qualified plastics surgeons in Thailand.

Thep is famous for being very cheap - US$2200 for SRS.

Surgeons sites

Note that while Dr Thep is very cheap, he's almost unknown outside Thailand and doesn't share the reputation of the well known Thai surgeons.

reddit

Non-photo links

reddit

Susans

YouTube

BBC

Bloomberg

http://www.chickynet.com/thailand/blogs/1/191/the-middle-sex-a-story-in-3-pa

Note that the Sun has an appalling reputation in the UK as a "newspaper".

https://www.thesun.co.uk/archives/health/513676/sharp-practice-2/

http://www.tsroadmap.com/physical/vaginoplasty/thep-vechavisit.html

The Globe and Mail

Sydney Morning Herald

The Nation

Realself

http://www.ladyboyspattaya.com/topic/35174-srs-with-dr-thep-vechavisit-at-pratunam-pc-belgian-trans-woman-here/ in 2018

Articles by Mailee Osten-Tan

TikTok

Other



Kanit Wittayavanichai

Location

Surgeons sites

Reviews sites

Photo links

reddit

realself

thefifthma - Medical tourism company

Non-photo links

reddit

Susans

Cosmetic Journey

realself


Juta Jansi

There have been a number of attempts to make fake reviews and posts about Dr Juta on the r/Transgender_Surgeries over time.

Location

Surgeons sites

Photo links

Sales representative on reddit is u/louisdpc999, banned from r/Transgender_Surgeries for repeated rule 6 violations.

reddit

tumblr

Non-photo links

http://www.tssurgeryguide.com/Dr-Juta-Jansi-SRS.html

reddit

realself

YouTube

Thai Articles

See reddit comment here by MorningBegonia in 2023 that refers to these articles. Note that these articles are in Thai and can be translated tgo English when using the google chrome browser

Panob Mepinan

Apparently this is Dr Juta Jansi and he has changed his name multiple times.

See this reddit post



Tanongsak Panyawirunroj

Location

Surgeons sites

reddit

realself

YouTube



Worapon Ratanalert

Location

Surgeons sites

He's a member of THAI-PATH

Non-photo links

reddit

YouTube

Research

Amethysta Herrick



Poonpissamai Suwajo

See also FFS page.

Surgeons sites

Dr Suporn's 2019 paper on SRS contains the following acknowlegement. The other doctor is Dr Bank of the Suporn Clinic.

The author sincerely thanks colleagues Dr Poonpissamai Suwajo and Dr Chayamote Chayangsu for their invaluable help with supportive medical information, and to Sophie Taylor, executive coordinator.

In the pdf Report on Transgender-Competent Care Workshop, Jan 2019, in Bangkok

Dr. Poonpisamai Suwajo, a plastic and reconstructive surgeon from the Department of Surgery, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Thailand, presented the latest technique for vaginoplasty in transgender women called peritoneal vaginoplasty. For this technique, the tissue from the peritoneum that encircles the inside of the abdomen is used to create the neo-vagina. This vaginoplasty technique requires a relatively easy surgical procedure with smaller intraoperative blood loss and less operative time when comparing to other penile inversion techniques. The technique can help achieve a result that is very close to the biological female genitals, both cosmetically and functionally. The commonly used techniques for transgender men who wish to undergo genital surgery are metoidioplasty and phalloplasty. Metoidioplasty is less invasive because it takes advantage of testosterone’s enlarging effect on the clitoris. It is an alternative for those who do not wish to have a complete phalloplasty or for those who initially choose metoidioplasty and later want to undergo a phalloplasty.

She's one of the ao-authors of the 2014 paper The Development of Sex Reassignment Surgery in Thailand: A Social Perspective with Dr Preecha.

reddit

YouTube

Research

Other



Panya Sundarathiti

Surgeons sites



Boonchai Taweerattanasil

Surgeons sites

Photo links

reddit

Non-photo links

reddit



Realteam Clinic

Surgeons sites

Surgeons listed on their site (google translated names)



Chiang Mai

Wimon Sirimaharaj

Surgeons sites



Hat Yai

Nara Donsakul

Location

Surgeons sites

Singapore Expats Forum

Blogspot

realself



Kuldech Techanaparukse

Location

Surgeons sites

https://www.pitnit.com/business/details/DrKuldech-Clinic/113666355/10314533/10322788

Photo links

reddit

Non-photo links

reddit

Susans

YouTube

https://forum.singaporeexpats.com/viewtopic.php?t=100574



Phuket

Sanguan Kunaporn

Name in Thai - นายแพทย์ สงวน คุณาพร

Location

Sanguan performs a two stage surgery - At P-PS, Doctor Sanguan achieves this via a two stage procedure, to ensure that the necessary skin grafts for the vaginal tunnel are carried out after an initial healing process of approximately 7 days.

Surgeons sites

See also surgeon Veerawat Tirananmongkol on the BA page.

http://transvanilla.hu/vaginoplasty-orvos/kunaporn

Photo links

reddit

Non-photo links

reddit

Susans

YouTube

dario digital transexual

Amazon

My Journey to Thailand, Surgery with Dr. Sanguan Kunaporn, in Polare Magazine 2012

Australian Channel 7 TV, season 2, episode 4



Nakhon Ratchasima

Ittipat Treesaranuwattana

Surgeons sites

reddit



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