Tummy Tuck: Stories

Hi, lls. For both procedures I did with Dr. Suchart, I went in the day before and had the consultation, had all the pre-op, and then was admitted the night before the surgery. I found it to be easier as my surgery was scheduled real early in the AM. You know the cost at the consultation and you pay before the surgery. You do have to "check out" when you leave the hospital (and one time they tried to make me pay for something extra but I refused and they took it off my bill - it was something like 500 Baht). I don't think the abdominal binder is included in the package, so ask about that (it is "expensive" in bahts but relatively cheap). With a tt, you do realize that you really should leave Bangkok until they pull the JP drains (those are 2 drains they put in on the side of the incision). For me that took about 11 days - I kept draining. In total for the tt, I was in Bangkok 14 days. I was (and am) very pleased with the care and Dr. Suchart. In fact, I was going to get my facelift done with him last October but my bankcard would not work in Thailand (after many, many phone calls with the bank, they told me that). So I will go back sometime this year to have that done. Oh, lab fees comes to around 3-4000 Bahts so they are not expensive at all. Any other questions, just ask. (and if you go, tell Dr. Suchart "Hi" from the nurse who used to live in Dubai and now lives in China. He will know who I am!! :-)

Hi world traveler, I have an appointment with dr Suchart at the end of March for my TT. I could do with some advice: he wants me to come in the day before and admit me then do surgery the next day. My husband thinks I should go and see him so I can get a feel for it and get a specific quotation for total fees. Lab fees are not covered by the package any more and I worry that I may have booked flights, hotels etc. and then the dr tells me my case isn't straight forward and I need to pay more....tried to contact him for an appointment but haven't heard back yet. Did you go for an initial consultation and did you get a quotation? Flying in an extra time is not cheap so I am torn. Dd you find the cost was higher than you expected at first and that you had additional costs to worry about? Thanks!

Yes, he did light lipo on my "love handles". He did not do a full lipo because he said the cost was too much (It didn't add any money to the package where a full lipo would have). And no, he did not ask me to do more. In fact, he discouraged me when I asked if other things should be done.
No, I did not go with an agency. I thought about it but when I went the first time, I went with a friend (for a breast augmentation and lift). So I went by myself for the tummy tuck. I spent about 16 days in Bangkok for that one. I was a little worried but it worked out real well. The only thing I thought was weird was you only spent 1 day in the hospital. Dr. Suchart knew I was going by myself so he said I could stay in the hospital more days if I felt I could not handle it alone outside of the hospital. I spent the rest of the time at the Le Meridien.
I am a nurse so that might be the reason!
Yes, I am very excited about the face lift. I am trying to figure out the best time to go as I am now working in China and do a lot of business trips (so I need to find out when I have the time to include the recovery period.
Good Luck!

Hi world traveler,

Thanks for that! I found him in the meantime and had quite a bit of email communication with him. I have seen a few of his tummy tucks and the results look very good. The thing that worried me is that he said he wanted to do lipo on my back, and charge more, but I don't think I have a problem there. Did he do lipo on your back and did he advise to do extra things?
Also, who took care of you after? Did you have an agency?
Thanks very much and wow, good luck with your face and neck lift, would love to see the results!

Hi there,

what a fabulous job your dr did on you! Which hospital was it? I found a dr Suchart at Bumrungrad but he's a heart surgeon. I would like the same op as you and with those results I'd love to have it done with your dr. Can you please telle me where I can find him?

Thanks,
lls

I'm from Bangkok. Glad to see that Thai doctor did a really wonderful job on you. I am thinking to go back Thailand and just starting to research about TT. Could you please kindly forward Dr. Suchart's information for me.

Kimmers,

I will stay in Bangkok probably about 2 weeks - just until the drains are removed. Then I will come back to Dubai to finish the recoup time. Unfortunately, this time I am going alone but have already spoke with my doc to keep me in the hospital longer if I think I need to. Once out of the hospital, I am staying at the same hotel as I did the first time - 5 star and absolutely tremendous service. So I am not worried. If I need, everyone here knows I will call and someone will get on the next flight to Bangkok to come to me.
I am a nurse so have lots of help here - docs and nurses. The flight is not long (about 6 hours) and straight thru so not bad. Luckily, I can take off as much as I want because I can do work from home (I don't do patient care anymore). We get nearly 40 days vacation a year so no problem there.

I will have to take some before pics to post. The ones I sent to the doc back in July might be a little too risque for here!

Thank you for all the encouragement.

Yes, Dr. Suchart did my first surgery. Since I live/work in Dubai, going to Thailand is easy for me. It is very expensive to get surgery here in Dubai and Thailand is JC accreditted (US based standards), so I am off to Thailand. (I am an American).
Thank you for your comment on my weight loss! I am very proud - did it with no surgery! :-)