Hello to all of you.... This is my first post, but I have read many before joining your forum.. So many interesting points of view.
I have have been researching the cost of SRS, which seems to vary so much.. I live in Australia where the cost of SRS is out of my price range, around $37,000Aus, the quote I received today. To me thats a total rip off price and shame on that surgeon. That is huge money for around 6 hours of surgery. It seems I need to be rich to be a transgender wanting SRS in Australia.. Besides that, the required skills are very limited in Australia where mistakes are made, and I am assuming this is the case with other countries around the world.
This is why many transgender members here seem to look to Thailand for their SRS needs... But even the cost of SRS in Thailand seems to be getting out of hand.. Thai surgeons seem to be using the transgender community as a production line in carrying out one surgery after another as quickly as they can, with a river of gold going to their greedy pockets... I have read so many reviews some good and some bad. It has to be remembered that many of the surgeons in Thailand are not trained surgeons, they are just G.P.'s or M.D.'s The letters FRACS after a Doctor's name indicate they are a fully trained and qualified Surgeon not purely a G.P. or M.D.
I have listed some pricing from Thailand. We, the transgender community have more power over the pricing than you might think. One voice will always remain silent but many will get us heard. Here are the most recent pricing obtained this month, July 2016. I will just make mention of the main top doctor.. If I have made any mistakes please correct me. Some of these pricing including accomodation and food but it has to be made clear that accomodation and particularly food in Thailand are cheap.. I guess some consideration in this can be taking into consideration when reading the pricing here, you will need to work out the total price yourself according to your needs. I must also point out that I am only making mention of the SRS pricing and NOT FFS.. These are totally different processes and need to be kept separate since I personally might trust one doctor to do my SRS but in no way would trust them to do my FFS.
Dr. Kamol Pansritum at the Komol Hospital. He is an M.D. Price 286,000
I think its a good option and affordable.
Dr. Boonchai Thanyalakpark M.D. at the Yankee Hospital. Price 295,000
I like the fact that the SRS is carried out at a main Bangkok Hospital with many highly skills doctors but, only M.D's
Dr. Chettawut MD is "board-certified". I will be contacting the Thailand Medical Board on this statement. Being Board citified does carry a lot of weight but is it current?? He charges 340,000 which is beginning to get high.. To be honest I really hate it when surgeons use Stock Photos of naturally beautiful women on their web sites. For me, I just get too many warning bells ringing in my ears when I read about Dr. Chettawut..
Dr. Sanguan at the PPSI in Phuket. He charges 400,000, beginning to get very high and he is still only an M.D... I am still researching this mob.
Dr Suporn M.D. Are you sitting down??? 565,000 as of today, and it seems to be going up around 10,000 to 15,000 each year. He mentions price rises. OK, girls.. I would avoid this doctor totally.. Unless you are rich, or have rocks in your head. This doctor is just getting far too greedy... There is simply no justification for his pricing. Higher pricing does not mean better surgery. I have read on many forums and reviews that he makes just as many mistakes with poor quality surgery as other surgeons who charge a lot less.. You will just be part of his production line with some Thai lady at the desk counting your money. He is supposed to offer a Life Time guarantee. Well, if I had a Life Time guarantee offered to me in Australia it would mean something but with this man.. Ya sure!!
Lastly in this current list.. The PAI. Dr. Preecha Tiewtranon has a wealth of knowledge in SRS but he does not do it anymore. As I understand Dr.Sutin Khobunsongserm, MD carries out the SRS, but there seems to be a very knowledgeable team behind him. To me Dr. Preecha is not a sleazy man. He looks like a very genuine knowledgeable surgeon without all the fancy web site and Stock Photo media. I have just received a PDF showing the yuck process and after photos, far too much information, but its not fake its real.. I like the fact they are in Bangkok. Just one small snag. I cannot seem to get them to send me a price list. They talk about the extra charges on their web site but I cannot find their pricing.. If their pricing falls into the 320,000 range, I will choose this team for my SRS. I would love to hear from others who have used the PAI..
Tess
