POSTED UNDER Deep Plane Facelift Reviews
Totally Not What I Was Expecting
UPDATED FROM mariposa56
5 months post
I need to add an important detail to my review
$22,000
I was not sure if the whole process was worth it because I do like my eyes and lips, but as I have reevaluated my situation, I have concluded it was not worth it because of all the emotional and mental anguish I have suffered and am still suffering. I had forgotten to mention that one of the results of the facelift is that I am not able to smile normally because when I try the skin around my eyes and cheeks bunches up weirdly. My surgery was on January 23rd 2026, so after nearly 5 months not being able to smile is totally unnerving and heart breaking and soul crushing. My smile was one of my best features, so not being able to smile, totally defeats the purpose of getting a facelift. I should add that this surgery has been an embarrassment to show my family and friends, and the need to explain to them the reason I can't smile. I don't tell my friends I had a facelift. I just say that I had a laser treatment and is the reason why I can't smile. I was totally not expecting to having to explain to people what happened to my face after 3 months of surgery (when it was still very bad). It is improving, but not able to smile normally yet.
The other thing, that negatively impacted my life is that when you have a facelift, the sides of your face have bruises that take time to heal, so if you use eyeglasses, you will not be able to use them comfortably for the first 4 months, specially when adding the eye and browl lift surgery, so potentially you might not be able to work go back to work where you need your eyeglasses to see and work with your computer. in my own experience, I found that the eye strain and tenderness was too much. I still have not been able to go back to work because of the whole trauma let alone the strain on my eyes and sides of my face. I am right now using my glasses because I need to add this update. I love to read but don't read anymore. I listen to audiobooks, which is the only way I can enjoy and finish a book.
The other thing, that negatively impacted my life is that when you have a facelift, the sides of your face have bruises that take time to heal, so if you use eyeglasses, you will not be able to use them comfortably for the first 4 months, specially when adding the eye and browl lift surgery, so potentially you might not be able to work go back to work where you need your eyeglasses to see and work with your computer. in my own experience, I found that the eye strain and tenderness was too much. I still have not been able to go back to work because of the whole trauma let alone the strain on my eyes and sides of my face. I am right now using my glasses because I need to add this update. I love to read but don't read anymore. I listen to audiobooks, which is the only way I can enjoy and finish a book.
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Response from Dr. Akbas:
Dear Blanca,
First of all, we would like to express our sincere wishes for your recovery and assure you that, as FBM Medical Center, we fully understand and share your concerns regarding the process.
The recovery period following comprehensive surgical procedures such as a facelift and rhinoplasty is a medical process that requires both time and patience. While patients are generally expected to return to their social lives after the first month, it takes at least one year for the face to fully settle, for the tissues to mature, and for muscle function and skin elasticity to regain their natural form.
It has been only four months since your surgery. At this stage, the persistence of swelling and temporary asymmetries is medically considered entirely normal and expected. It is still too early to draw conclusions about the final outcome before the healing process is complete. According to international medical literature, in order to determine whether issues such as tissue laxity, sagging, or nasal deviation are permanent and to assess whether a revision procedure may be necessary, the tissues must complete their full healing process. Therefore, it is medically essential to wait until the end of the first postoperative year. Any intervention performed before this period would not be appropriate from the perspective of tissue health.
Our institution is committed to following each patient's recovery process through to its completion. In order to clinically evaluate your current condition, address all of your concerns, and manage this one-year recovery period in the healthiest possible way together with Prof. Dr. Hayati , we would like to invite you to our center for a follow-up examination.
We wish you continued good health.
Kind regards,
FBM Medical Center
UPDATED FROM mariposa56
5 months post
More photos
I needed to add a few other photos of a clear view of the right side of my neck, that I noticed I had missed. Please tell me your opinion, because as far as I am concerned the result on the left side of my neck after nearly 5 months is subpar, and I don't believe that both sides will turn magically the same even after a year. I do believe it will improve, but specially the nose will not be any less droopy or uplifted.
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UPDATED FROM mariposa56
5 months post
Recent and before photos
I am continuing to improve and starting to like my front facing photos, not so with the right side photos. The right side of my neck and face look like a different person. It seems that the doctor gave me Nefertiti's neck and jawline on the right side and it looks completely snatched and lifted, but the left side looks slightly lifted and fuller, like done by a different surgeon including the ugly bump on my cheek bone persists and doesn't want to go away. These are before and after photos.
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