Deep Plane Facelift in Istanbul for UK Patients

Private deep plane facelift cost in the UK is among the highest of any aesthetic operation, and London and Harley Street quotes typically show the surgeon's fee only — hospital, anaesthetist, garments and follow-up appear as separate line items. Prof. Dr. Karaaltın's Istanbul plan is quoted as one all-inclusive figure covering the JCI-accredited hospital, anaesthesia, transfers, recovery checks and aftercare, and your exact figure is confirmed in writing after your video consultation.

It is a facelift that lifts the deep layer of the face rather than the skin. The surgeon releases the ligaments holding the cheek down, moves cheek, jawline and neck upward together as one unit, then lays the skin back without tension. That is what separates it from a skin-only or mini lift.

Yes. UK and Irish patients travel from London, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Bristol and Dublin, all of which have direct flights to Istanbul. Your consultation, planning and follow-up are done by video, so the only travel required is the surgical stay itself.

A SMAS lift tightens the fibrous layer above the deep facial tissues. A deep plane lift works underneath that layer and releases the retaining ligaments, so the cheek, jawline and neck are repositioned as one composite unit. The skin is redraped rather than pulled, which is why deep plane results avoid the swept-back look and typically last longer.

A private deep plane facelift in London is one of the most expensive aesthetic operations available in the UK, and hospital, anaesthetist and follow-up fees are often quoted separately. In Istanbul the same operation is quoted as one all-inclusive figure and is materially lower, because staff, hospital and insurance costs in Turkey are lower — not because the accreditation, implants or anaesthesia standard differ. Your exact figure is given in writing after your video consultation.

Because the lift is held by released and repositioned deep tissue rather than by skin, most patients keep the structural benefit for roughly ten years or more. Ageing continues, so skin quality and volume still change with time.

Plan 8–10 nights in Istanbul. Sutures and dressings are managed in person and you are cleared to fly only after the final check. Most patients are socially presentable at around three weeks, with residual swelling settling over three months.

It is the descent of the midface and jawline, not your date of birth, that decides. Patients in their forties with early ligament laxity and patients in their seventies with good general health are both routinely suitable. Your video consultation gives you an honest answer, including when a lesser procedure would serve you better.

Safety depends on the surgeon and the hospital, not the country. Prof. Dr. Karaaltın operates in a JCI-accredited Istanbul hospital — the same international accreditation standard used by leading UK private hospitals — performs every operation personally, and keeps you in Istanbul for in-person recovery checks before you are cleared to fly home. Your aftercare continues by scheduled video follow-up and direct WhatsApp access once you are back in the UK.

Scheduled video follow-ups with Prof. Dr. Karaaltın plus direct WhatsApp access to the team, so questions during your first weeks at home are answered by the people who performed the surgery.

Ask four questions of any surgeon, in the UK or abroad: how many true deep plane lifts they perform each year, whether they release the zygomatic and masseteric retaining ligaments or simply plicate the SMAS, who performs the operation on the day, and what the quote actually includes. Prof. Dr. Karaaltın is a professor of plastic and reconstructive surgery who performs every deep plane lift personally, publishes on facial anatomy, and quotes one all-inclusive figure.

A mini lift tightens skin in front of the ear and a thread lift suspends tissue temporarily; neither releases the ligaments that hold the midface down, so neither corrects true midface descent and both fade comparatively quickly. If your concern is a heavy cheek, a blunted jawline and a loose neck, a deep plane lift is the operation that addresses the cause. If the change is mainly skin quality, we will tell you so rather than sell you surgery.

London and Harley Street deep plane quotes sit at the top of UK private aesthetic pricing and are almost always surgeon-fee-only, with hospital, anaesthetist, garments and follow-up added. Before comparing any Istanbul figure, ask your UK clinic for a single total including theatre, anaesthetist, overnight stay and all follow-up appointments — that is the only like-for-like number.

Yes, and most UK patients do. Upper or lower blepharoplasty, platysma neck repair and fat grafting are commonly planned in the same anaesthetic, which means one recovery and one trip rather than two. Combining changes theatre time, so it is priced into your written plan before you travel.

Desk-based work from home is realistic at around two weeks, and most UK patients return to the office and social life at three to four weeks when bruising has resolved and swelling is no longer obvious. Exercise resumes progressively from four to six weeks.

The difference is the cost base — staff salaries, hospital overheads and insurance premiums in Turkey are far lower than in London or New York. It is not a difference in implant brands, hospital accreditation or the surgeon's training, all of which are international standard here.

Send your photos and goals through the consultation form. After a private video call with Prof. Dr. Karaaltın you receive a written surgical plan for your deep plane facelift and an all-inclusive quote — no call-centre estimates before the surgeon has seen your case.

Yes. The quote covers the plan you approve. If nothing changes in your plan, the price you are given before you travel is the price you pay.

Revision policy is discussed and written down before you travel, so you know exactly what is covered and what would be chargeable.