Face & Rejuvenation.
Procedures that change the shape or the surface of the face, from structural surgery to injectables.
- Rhinoplasty
Reshapes the nose: the bridge, the tip, or the internal structure.
- Forehead Reduction
Lowers the hairline to change the proportion of the upper face.
- Eyebrow Lift
Raises the brow line and the tissue above the eye.
- Fox Eye Lift
Lifts the outer corner of the eye to change its angle.
- Otoplasty (Ear Reshaping)
Repositions or reshapes prominent ears.
- Temporal Lift
A targeted lift at the temples, affecting the upper third of the face.
- Full Face Lift
Repositions deeper facial tissue rather than only the skin.
- Neck Lift
Addresses loose skin and banding along the neck and jawline.
- Chin Implant
Adds projection to the chin to rebalance the profile.
- Face Fat Injection
Moves your own fat to areas that have lost volume.
What This Changes in Your Plan
Facial surgery usually means visible swelling in the first days, so the plan keeps you in Istanbul until your surgeon has seen how it settles. Injectable treatments need far less time.
See the full week →Four Questions Worth Asking.
A good consultation is one where you did the asking. These are the ones that change the answer for this group of procedures.
- Which technique are you proposing for my face, and why that one?
- How much of the result depends on healing rather than surgery?
- What will I look like in the first week, and when is that no longer swelling?
- If I am not happy with the result, what are the revision terms?
What Facial Surgery in Istanbul Actually Covers
Face and rejuvenation is not one operation but a group of them, and they do very different things. Some change structure: a rhinoplasty reshapes bone and cartilage, a chin implant adds projection, an otoplasty repositions the ear. Others reposition tissue that has moved with time, which is what a full face lift, a neck lift or a temporal lift do. A third group works on the surface rather than the frame.
That distinction matters more than the list, because it decides how long you stay, how visible the first week is, and what the result depends on. Structural surgery is planned around bone and cartilage that will not change afterwards. Repositioning surgery is planned around tissue that keeps living, ageing and settling once you are home.
How the Week Works When the Operation Is on Your Face
The face swells where the body does not. That is the single reason the plan keeps you in Istanbul rather than sending you home the next morning: your surgeon wants to see the swelling begin to settle before signing off on a flight, and a photograph sent from another country is not the same as looking at you.
It also changes small things that nobody mentions until they matter. What you can wear over your head. Whether you want to be seen. How you eat in the first days. Your consultant goes through these before you fly, which is the point of writing the plan down in advance rather than explaining it on arrival.
What Decides Which Procedure Suits You
Almost everyone arrives having named a procedure. Quite often the examination points somewhere else, because the thing that bothers you in a photograph and the thing that causes it are not always the same feature. A profile that reads as a nose problem can be a chin problem. A tired upper face can be brow position rather than eyelid skin.
This is why the plan is confirmed on Day 1 and not before. You are told what your surgeon proposes and why that one, in person, with a translator if you want one, and nothing is final until after that conversation.
Questions We Get About This Group.
Does facial surgery need a longer stay than injectables?
Yes. Surgery on the face swells visibly, and your surgeon wants to see how it settles before clearing you to fly. Injectable treatments carry no such requirement. Your exact stay is set at the consultation, not before it.
Can two facial procedures be done in one operation?
Often, but it depends on the combination and on your health. It is a surgical decision made at the examination rather than a scheduling one.
What if the examination suggests something other than what I asked for?
Then you hear that on Day 1. A plan built from photographs can be wrong, and the examination exists so it can be corrected before anything is final.
Not every procedure suits every patient, and the examination on Day 1 can change the plan. That is what it is for.
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