Neck lift

The usual picture is loose skin under the chin, a “turkey neck” that hangs or creases, vertical bands that stand out when you speak or smile, or a jawline softened by sagging and a double chin — often after major weight loss. Most people who travel to us for it are 30 or older, from the UK, Europe, the USA and Canada. What decides the plan is not your age but your skin elasticity and whether the platysma has loosened: strong skin with fullness alone may only need liposuction, while loose skin or clear banding needs a lift.

Less sharp than most people expect. What you feel is tightness and pressure rather than pain, with a pulling sensation when you swallow or turn your head. It is at its worst over the first two or three days while swelling peaks, and it is managed with the pain relief your surgeon prescribes, your head kept elevated, and the compression garment on. By the end of week one most people are down to occasional discomfort. The tight feeling under the chin and numbness near the incisions outlast it by weeks, but those are altered sensation, not pain.

Plan on 10–14 days before you look presentable for in-person work or video calls. Bruising and swelling are most obvious in the first week. A turtleneck or scarf carries you through the awkward middle stretch.

Incisions sit behind the ear and in the natural crease under the chin, where they fade over 6–12 months. Most people find them difficult to spot once healed, even with hair pulled back.

A neck lift typically holds for 10–15 years, though it does not stop aging. Skin quality, sun exposure, and weight stability all influence how long the result looks fresh.

Only if your concern is fullness and your skin still snaps back well — usually people under 40. If there is loose skin or muscle banding, liposuction alone can make the laxity look worse.

Yes, and it is one of the commoner reasons people come. Skin that has been stretched for years stops retracting, and the platysma underneath is usually slack too, so the operation that works is one that tightens the muscle and removes skin — liposuction has little left to take. We ask for a stable weight first, usually six months of it, because further loss stretches the result you have just paid for.

Most full neck lifts are performed under general anesthesia and deep sedation inside an accredited surgical facility. Limited cases, such as isolated submental liposuction, can be done under local with light sedation.

You talk to the surgeon before you travel, then plan a 7-day window in Istanbul — 6 nights in a hotel — for suture removal and two wound checks. We ask you to wait until around day 7 before flying home, once swelling has settled and the surgeon clears you.

Light walking starts within a few days. Cardio resumes around week 3–4, and full strength training — anything that raises blood pressure significantly — waits until week 6 with surgeon clearance.

Non-surgical options such as radiofrequency or ultrasound-based tightening can subtly improve mild laxity or early texture change. They cannot correct significant loose skin, visible platysma bands, or a heavy under-chin contour — for those, surgery remains the definitive option.

Follow the wound-care instructions exactly, stay off nicotine, and protect the incisions from sun exposure while they mature. Silicone-based scar gels or sheets can help fading, but start them only once your surgeon approves.

Necklift surgery ranges from €2750–5100. Within that, your quote depends on whether you need a mini or full neck lift or liposuction alone, whether the platysma muscle is tightened, any combination with lower-face procedures, and the anaesthesia plan and operative time.

Lower operating costs relative to some Western markets, coordinated pathways with the essentials bundled into one price, and the experience that comes of doing these operations often. None of it should be the deciding factor. The comparison worth making is standards, aftercare, transparency and safety planning — a UK or US quote usually covers the surgery alone, so look at what sits inside each price before you compare the numbers.

Yes — a combined lower face and neck plan is common when jowls also affect the jawline. Combining too much in one session raises risk, though, so the surgeon may recommend staging procedures across separate operations when that is the safer plan.