Best awake deep plane facelift and necklift package Turkey

Your package at a glance

What’s included — and what’s not

This outline covers the deep-plane facelift and neck lift named in the provider’s plan. Anaesthetic and overnight monitoring arrangements are confirmed after assessment.

Included

Deep-plane facelift with neck lift

Hotel accommodation

Accommodation in a private single room during the planned ten-to-fourteen-day Istanbul stay; exact hotel nights are confirmed in writing. Accommodation is provided in a 4-star or 5-star hotel.

Pre-operative assessment

Pre-operative examination and blood tests.

Anaesthetic plan

Local anaesthetic with sedation as named in the written plan.

Hospital stay and post-operative care

Same-day discharge if the treating team clears it; an overnight stay if drains or checks require it.

Post-operative medication

Necessary medication after the procedure, as confirmed by the healthcare provider.

Dressings and chin strap

Dressings; a chin strap only if named in the written plan.

Provider assistance

A dedicated English-speaking Medical Concierge from the healthcare provider throughout your Istanbul stay.

VIP transfers

1. 
   Airport to hotel Transfer from the airport to the hotel.
2. 
   Hotel ↔ hospital for treatment Return transfers between the hotel and hospital for treatment.
3. 
   Hotel ↔ hospital for scheduled checks Return transfers between the hotel and hospital for scheduled checks.
4. 
   Hotel to airport Transfer from the hotel to the airport.

The healthcare provider confirms final inclusions and arrangements in writing. Just Clinic Istanbul is an independent marketing and lead-generation platform; clinical care and support are provided by the healthcare provider.

What an awake deep-plane facelift and necklift package is

A deep-plane facelift lifts a composite flap of skin and deeper tissue and releases retaining ligaments so the jawline can sit again without a skin-only pull. In the same sitting a necklift addresses platysma bands and, when named, submental fat, so a lifted face does not sit above an untreated neck. “Awake” here means local anaesthetic with sedation as named on the written plan — not a general anaesthetic, and not a lunch-hour thread lift. It is still a long theatre day. A number of years is not promised at a fixed fee.

The written offer should confirm the deep-plane and neck-lift scope and anaesthetic plan. Who operates belongs on the paper, not in a slogan.

Who this package is for

Surgeons usually consider adults with jowl and jawline descent plus a neck that needs platysma work in the same sitting, who can accept scars around the ear and into the hairline, and who can follow a smoke-stop protocol. A mini facelift is the wrong quote for a heavy neck. A SMAS-only plan without deep-plane release is a different sitting. If the team judges that a general anaesthetic is safer than an awake protocol, this package is not assumed.

Send daylight photographs without make-up — front, both profiles, the neck and a three-quarter turn. Suitability is confirmed in Istanbul, standing, before anyone operates. Eyelids in the same sitting are not assumed. Blood pressure, smoking and blood-thinning tablets belong in the history, not as an afterthought at the door.

What sits outside the quote

Eyelid surgery, fat grafting, conversion to general anaesthetic if separately billed, a mini-only procedure or later revision is outside this scope unless written in the offer. The plan should not pursue a photograph at the expense of safe treatment. Stretching the skin to chase a photograph of another face is refused; that is a clinical limit, not an upsell.

Theatre, anaesthetic and nights in Istanbul

Plan ten to fourteen days in the city. That window covers the in-person assessment, the sitting, the first dressing checks, drain removal when drains are used, and clearance to fly. Seven to ten nights belong to a mini facelift, not this combined deep-plane and neck plan. Social downtime is usually two to three weeks — longer than the stay. Leave room for an extra night if the team asks.

Theatre is commonly three to five hours when the neck is in the same sitting, under local anaesthetic with sedation as named. Cuts run in the temple hairline, around the ear and into the posterior scalp. Bruising often peaks on days two to four. Discharge is signed by the surgeon — it is not an advertising date.

Recovery after you fly home

Head up, cold compresses as shown, no gym, no heavy bags, no headset or tight sunglasses on fresh lines. Hair washing follows the protocol so the hairline is not pulled. Numbness in the ears and cheeks is common. Scars take six to twelve months to settle. Harder exercise and anything that raises blood pressure in the face wait until the discharge note says so. The face keeps settling for months. None of that is a years-younger guarantee.

Red flags after you return — sudden one-sided swelling, spreading redness, pus, a temperature that persists, pain that is getting worse, or breathlessness — mean a local clinician or A&E first, then your coordinator. Take the discharge note with you.

How other patients went through a facelift

To read how other patients went through a facelift in Turkey, see our facelift recovery article.

Questions from you

These notes answer questions people raise before they accept a written treatment plan. They describe what that plan should make clear. They are not a promise that any partner hospital uses a particular technique, device or payment arrangement. With your consent, an enquiry may be shared with an authorised healthcare partner.

How are bleeding, haematoma and nerve injury managed in a face, neck, brow or temple lift?

ASPS lists bleeding and facial-nerve weakness among facelift risks. No single tissue layer is better for everyone. A skin, SMAS or deep-plane operation is a different operation, and the nerve is at risk in a different place in each. The written plan should say which layer will be worked in. Haematoma is the facelift complication that most often means a return to theatre. A 2001–2013 meta-analysis found expanding haematoma in about 1.8% of cases, and the TOPS database in about 1.97%. About 90% of haematomas appear in the first 24 hours. A small collection can distort the contour. A large one can threaten the skin flap and, rarely, the airway. The treatment of a significant collection is to find the bleeding point and evacuate it. Opening stitches to relieve pressure has been described as a temporary step if evacuation is delayed. Uncontrolled blood pressure is a main risk. Cutting the facial nerve is rare. Weakness that continues after the anaesthetic wears off can come from a stitch, tension or cautery heat and may settle over days or weeks. Weakness that does not settle should be reviewed by the team that operated. Sources: ASPS facelift safety, ASJ Open Forum review of early facelift complications.

Where will the incisions be, and how can the scar, hairline, ear shape or symmetry change?

ASPS lists a poor scar, temporary or permanent hair loss at the incision, asymmetry, and a visible distortion at the ends of the incision among facelift risks. Too much tension on the earlobe can pull it forward into what is sometimes called a pixie ear. The written plan should show the incision in the hair-bearing scalp, in front of the ear, behind the lobe and in the hair behind the ear. For the chin, ASPS describes an incision inside the mouth or in the skin under the chin. An intraoral incision leaves no external scar, and infection and contact between the implant and mouth bacteria are discussed separately. A submental incision leaves a short external scar. Millimetre-perfect equality of the two sides cannot be promised. Sources: ASPS facelift safety, ASPS chin surgery.

If vision changes, the eye will not close, the face becomes weak, or a haematoma develops after I go home, what happens and who pays?

The symptoms that need review without delay depend on the operation. After a face, neck, brow or temple lift: rapidly growing swelling on one side, pain, breathlessness or new facial weakness. After eyelid surgery: a lid that will not close, severe pain, an eye being pushed forward, or reduced vision. After facial fat injection: sudden loss of vision. ASPS lists blindness among eyelid-surgery risks, while describing it as very rare. A significant haematoma is treated by evacuation, as described above. Fat in a vessel needs emergency eye assessment. The NHS asks people to settle in writing, before cosmetic surgery abroad, where reviews happen, what further surgery and a return journey cost, and whether the clinic’s insurance covers the patient. Travel insurance usually does not cover surgical complications. Follow-up after an operation in the UK is the surgeon’s responsibility. A clinic abroad may not offer the same follow-up or a doctor in your own country. The NHS uses 7–10 days after facial cosmetic surgery as a planning window before flying, because of clot risk. Your own surgeon gives the personal clearance. This page does not say that any partner pays for admission, revision or the return flight. Sources: NHS advice on cosmetic surgery abroad, ASPS eyelid surgery safety.

Can a neck lift improve a double chin?

A neck lift may improve under-chin fullness when it comes from excess fat, loose skin or neck muscle banding, but the right plan depends on the cause. The surgeon may address different tissues in the neck; a neck lift cannot guarantee a sharply defined jawline, and fullness caused by another anatomical or medical issue needs separate assessment. The ASPS neck lift guidance includes excess fat under the chin among the concerns a neck lift can treat. Ask the surgeon to explain which tissue your written plan addresses and whether any separate chin or facial procedure is proposed.