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Deep Plane Facelift
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Istanbul, Turkey — Board-Certified, 860+ Deep Plane Cases
Repositioning Structure at Its Origin — Not Holding It There With Skin Tension.
Deep plane releases the ligaments anchoring facial tissue to bone and moves skin, SMAS and midface fat as one unit. It's the most demanding facelift technique to perform well, which is why we publish a case count rather than a claim.
Documented deep plane outcomes, shared with written patient consent. Look at the cheeks rather than the jawline: repositioning the malar fat pad is what separates this technique from a well-performed SMAS lift.
Deep Plane Facelift
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Deep plane is often described as a deeper SMAS facelift, which understates the difference. The two techniques do not differ by degree; they differ in what actually holds the result in place. One relies on tension, the other on repositioned structure — and that single distinction explains the longevity, the natural look, the longer operation and the greater technical demand all at once.
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Structural
Skin and SMAS move together as one composite unit, and the retaining ligaments anchoring that unit to bone are released first. Sagged tissue is returned toward where it came from, the malar fat pad travelling with it, rather than tightened where it now sits. Nothing is being held under tension, which is why the result reads as movement rather than pull.
Midface descent and deeper sagging where structure, not surface tension, needs to move.
From €5,000 — the same figure as SMAS. Four to six hours of surgery, one night in hospital.
Short answer: yes, on one condition — that the surgeon's deep plane count is specific and verifiable. This is the one facelift technique where general volume does not transfer. Istanbul's scale is what makes a genuine deep plane caseload findable rather than rare.
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860+ deep plane cases with one named specialist, counted separately from the clinic's total facelift volume. The number that matters is the technique-specific one.
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Direct examination of how far the midface has descended settles whether deep plane is genuinely required. If SMAS would reach it, that's what your plan says.
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Lower operating, staffing and facility costs plus the exchange rate produce a real difference against the €13,000–€24,000 this technique commands elsewhere.
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Istanbul connects directly to hundreds of cities, and deep plane needs one trip of ten to fourteen days.
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Every appointment coordinated in English, with Dutch on request, and your interpreter free from consultation to discharge.
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Ministry of Health licence, board registration, logged sterilisation cycles and an independent anaesthesia review.
Deep plane reaches the midface by releasing ligaments. That extra reach is why the surgeon's experience — and your stay — matter more.
Deep plane is for faces where the cheek has dropped along with the jaw. Without midface descent, a lighter lift is the honest recommendation.
Your plan names the operating surgeon and their deep plane caseload specifically, because facial nerve branches sit closer at this depth.
The retaining ligaments are divided so the SMAS and deeper tissue move as one unit along the line they originally descended from.
A night in hospital and strict blood-pressure control reduce the risk of hematoma during the first 48 hours.
Deep plane asks for the most patience in Istanbul: walking and reading from early on, but the green light to board a plane rarely comes before the twenty-first day.
Full recovery takes eight to ten weeks; results usually last ten to fifteen years.
Why deep plane reaches the midface, and what its longer recovery involves.
A deep plane facelift is the most comprehensive facelift technique. The surgeon works beneath the SMAS layer and releases the retaining ligaments that tether facial tissue, allowing the skin, SMAS and deeper tissue to be repositioned together as one unit, including the midface and cheeks.
In a SMAS facelift, the supporting layer is tightened in place by folding and stitching. In a deep plane facelift, the retaining ligaments are released so the tissue can move freely along its natural direction, which allows the midface to be lifted and often gives a longer-lasting result.
A deep plane facelift is suited to people with significant sagging that includes the cheeks and midface, not only the jawline, or those seeking the longest-lasting facelift result. Without midface descent, a lighter technique may be more appropriate, and your surgeon will say so.
If your midface has not descended, one of the lighter techniques is the honest answer — and the neck, brow and eyelids are separate decisions that often belong in the same session. Each has its own guide.
Personalised Care, Just for You
Send front, side and three-quarter photographs in even light. Our deep plane specialist reviews your case and replies with a realistic, itemised plan — whether the midface descent genuinely calls for this technique or SMAS would reach it, her case count in the technique she recommends, whether a neck lift belongs in the same session, what it costs with free transfers and the hotel arranged, and how many nights you'll be in Istanbul. No obligation, no pressure, no cost.
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