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🇹🇭  Treatment in Thailand

Asia's largest destination for cosmetic surgery, dental work and weight-loss surgery, mostly in Bangkok and Phuket. Any doctor's licence can be checked online in English; the clinic register may not open from outside Thailand.

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Not medical advice. Whether a treatment is right for you is a decision to take with a doctor or dentist who has examined you. Talk to your own doctor before you book.

EU rules

No

Currency

THB

Language

Thai

Time zone

UTC+7

Treatments in Thailand: Hair transplant · Dentists: implants and veneers · Weight-loss surgery · Cosmetic surgery · Laser eye and lens surgery

Check a clinic or a doctor in Thailand

Doctors

Medical Council of Thailand: check a doctor

Search a doctor's first name and surname, in Thai or in English: only doctors licensed to practise medicine are listed.

Dentists

Dental Council of Thailand: check a dentist

Type the dentist's first name and surname exactly as written in their licence (the form is in Thai): it lists only living dentists licensed to practise. If you do not find them, ask for their licence number and contact the council.

Clinics

Ministry of Public Health, Department of Health Service Support: licensed hospitals and clinics

The ministry's register of licensed health facilities.

Doctors: Search the surgeon's name in the Medical Council's check (English names work).

Dentists: Search the dentist in the Dental Council of Thailand's check (link above).

Rules worth knowing

  • The UK Foreign Office says private hospitals in Thailand are of a high standard but can be expensive, and that public hospitals and clinics do not always meet UK standards, particularly outside Bangkok; all hospitals require a guarantee of payment before treating patients.
  • If your nationality needs a visa, Thailand has a tourist visa for medical treatment, applied for on the official e-Visa site (thaievisa.go.th) well before travel (at least 21 working days at the Thai embassy in Singapore: check your own Thai embassy), with a stamped confirmation letter from the hospital giving the length of the treatment (Royal Thai Embassy, Singapore).
  • Since 15 September 2026, citizens of 60 countries and territories, including the US, the UK, Canada, Australia and all EU member states, can stay up to 30 days without a visa for tourism; for a medical stay or a longer one, check whether you need the medical-treatment visa. If your country is not on the list, you may need a visa even for a short stay (Tourism Authority of Thailand).
  • Hair transplant, Weight-loss surgery, Cosmetic surgery, Eye surgery: Only doctors licensed by the Medical Council of Thailand may practise medicine; the council's online check lists them.
  • Dental treatment: Only dentists licensed by the Dental Council of Thailand may practise dentistry: search the dentist in the council's check, or ask for the licence number.

Treatments in Thailand

Hair transplant in ThailandOne trip Dental implants and veneers in ThailandOne or two trips, by procedure Weight-loss surgery in ThailandAt least 10 days before flying home Cosmetic surgery in ThailandAt least 7 to 10 days (by procedure) before flying home Laser eye and lens surgery in ThailandUp to 7 days (by procedure) before flying home

Official travel advice

Your own government's advice on Thailand: Ireland (DFA) · France (Diplomatie) · Australia (Smartraveller) · New Zealand (SafeTravel) · Germany (Auswärtiges Amt) · Canada (travel.gc.ca) · United States (CDC travel health) · Sweden (UD, Sweden Abroad) · Norway (UD, regjeringen.no) · Austria (BMEIA) · Switzerland (EDA: choose the country) · Denmark (Udenrigsministeriet) · Finland (UM) · Belgium (SPF Affaires étrangères) · Netherlands (Nederland Wereldwijd) · Singapore (MFA)

Sources

Next review due 25 Jan 2027.