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Facelift in Berlin: price and key factsFacelift for patients from Berlin at City Medical Centre starts at €2,150 (from $2,400). The first online consultation is free; the doctor names the final price and it is fixed in the contract.
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The scope of a SMAS facelift depends on your anatomy and how much correction is needed. Compare two options — the surgeon will help you choose the right one at the consultation.
Incisions hidden along the hairline and ears

from $2,400
Focused on the lower face, chin and neck

from $2,400
The benefits and recovery times shown are averaged for each technique and given for guidance: the scope of correction and rehabilitation depend on your anatomy and individual features, and the surgeon confirms them at the consultation.
At the consultation the surgeon draws up a plan for your case and explains how your SMAS facelift will go.
Free, before surgery and with no obligation.
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Prices
The final cost is calculated individually after an examination
Jowls, sagging cheeks and deep nasolabial folds

Double chin, jowls and loose neck skin

The surgeon assesses your skin and the soft tissues of the face and neck, listens to your wishes and defines the scope of your SMAS facelift.

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all inclusive
From preparation for surgery to a year of follow-up.
from $2,400
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An agreed surgical plan, inpatient monitoring and follow-up by your surgeon for a year.
1The surgeon examines you, assesses the degree of sagging and the areas to correct, and explains the surgery and recovery. The first consultation is free and can start online.
2We book a date that suits you. The scope of surgery and the final price are fixed in the contract — no hidden extras.
3You complete the check-up prescribed by the surgeon and see the anaesthetist. The specialists assess your health and readiness for surgery.
4Under general (inhalation) anaesthesia the surgeon lifts and secures the SMAS layer, redrapes the skin and removes the excess. Incisions are hidden along the hairline and around the ears.
5After surgery you stay in a comfortable inpatient room with meals, under 24/7 monitoring by medical staff.
6For the first 7–10 days — rest, a compression bandage and reduced physical activity. Your operating surgeon follows you up for the whole first year.

For the first 7–10 days you need rest, a compression bandage and reduced physical activity. For the first few days you may feel discomfort and tightness, which are relieved with medication prescribed by your doctor.
Swelling and bruising fade in 2–4 weeks, and full recovery takes about 2 months. The first clear changes appear once the swelling goes down, after 3–4 weeks; the face takes on its final look within 3–6 months. Your operating surgeon follows you up for the whole first year.

Advantages

Certified plastic surgeons with real surgical practice — no one else. We work honestly, never suggesting needless surgery and never prescribing extras.

The surgeon examines you, evaluates sagging and the zones to correct, and explains the surgery and recovery process. No pushing, no pressure.

An accredited operating suite in our own inpatient unit. We work under our licence and national healthcare standards.

The price is fixed in the contract before surgery, with no hidden extras.

We fit around your busy schedule: open 24/7, flexible booking and a personal approach — we adapt to you
FAQ
It is a face lift that tightens the deep SMAS layer under the skin, not only the skin itself, so the lower face, jawline and neck become firmer. The result is long-term, while natural skin ageing continues.
General (inhalation) anaesthesia is used, so the surgery is painless. You may feel some discomfort and tightness for the first few days; medication prescribed by your doctor relieves it.
The first clear changes appear once the swelling goes down, after 3–4 weeks. The face takes on its final look within 3–6 months. The result of a surgical SMAS facelift is long-term, while natural skin ageing continues.
Yes. You'll need rest, a compression bandage and lower physical activity for the first 7–10 days. Swelling and bruising fade over 2–4 weeks, with full recovery in about 2 months. The operating surgeon follows you up for the whole first year.
Yes. Surgical facelifts are frequently combined with blepharoplasty (eyelid surgery), rhinoplasty or liposuction of the double chin. The scope of the combined procedure is set by the surgeon at the consultation.
Payment is made in full before the procedure. If you would like to spread the cost, you can take out a loan with your own bank and pay the full amount with it.
A standard (skin-only) lift affects just the top layer of skin and gives a short-lived effect. A SMAS facelift is deeper surgery: the surgeon works on the facial muscle and fascia layer, lifting tissues at the cause rather than the effect. The result is natural and lasting.
One surgery gives a complete result. Whether a repeat correction is ever needed is individual and is decided by the surgeon at an examination.
Surgery is, as a rule, recommended at 40+ with marked tissue sagging — in some cases from 35. After an examination, the recommendation is given individually.
Book a free consultation — the surgeon examines you, assesses your type and degree of ageing, explains the expected result and answers all your questions.
City Medical Centre performs surgical facelifts only. The surgeon tailors the scope of surgery at the consultation, after assessing the changes and explaining every stage. The skin, subcutaneous fat and the SMAS layer (muscles and ligaments) are corrected layer by layer, so the face looks natural, without an “overdone” effect, and the result is long-term — while natural skin ageing continues.
After 40–50 the skin gradually loses firmness: tissues sag visibly, jowls form, the jawline blurs and the cheeks droop. A surgical SMAS facelift works deeper than cosmetology — it repositions the muscle and fascia layer and treats the cause of sagging rather than its effects, so it gives a lasting result even with significant changes.

City Medical Centre performs surgical facelifts only: work on the SMAS layer treats the cause of sagging rather than its effects
Skin, subcutaneous fat and the muscle and fascia layer are corrected layer by layer — a natural look with no “mask” effect
Incisions are hidden along the hairline and around the ears, so once healed the scars are barely visible
Prices are shown in EUR, converted at the rate of 02.10.2026; the amount in brackets is the base price in US dollars. The final price is fixed in your contract.
Prices start from €2,150 (≈ $2,400). The surgeon sets the final price at the free consultation, and it is fixed in the contract, with no hidden extras.
A one-to-one consultation, the medical team, anaesthesia, inpatient care with meals, 24/7 monitoring and twelve months of follow-up by the surgeon.
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Jowls, a heavy lower face, a blurred jawline, drooping brows: these are the changes that bring people in Berlin to a plastic surgeon. Cosmetology can refresh the skin, but it does not reach the deep layer where sagging begins. A SMAS facelift does, which is why it suits patients who want a lasting correction. Where sagging affects only the lower face, a neck and lower face lift may be enough.
Follow-up does not end at discharge. Throughout the first year, your plastic surgeon monitors how the face settles and checks the result until it is final. Personal support is provided before and after surgery. When combined procedures such as eyelid surgery or double-chin liposuction are planned, the surgeon sets their scope in advance. For patients from Berlin, every step is agreed at the consultation.
Start with a free, no-pressure consultation: you get an assessment of your ageing type, an explanation of the expected result and answers on recovery. If you decide to proceed, a facelift costs from €2,150 (≈ $2,400), with anaesthesia, the inpatient stay, meals and a year of follow-up included. People in Berlin can send a request online or message a coordinator.
Berlin's daylight and sun strength change sharply across the year: short, low-angled winter days with daytime highs around 3–5°C, and long, stronger-sun summer days around 22–24°C, according to climate normals from the Deutscher Wetterdienst. For a fresh facelift scar, hidden in the hairline, that seasonal swing is worth planning around even though it does not change the operation itself.
In the weeks when swelling and bruising are still fading — roughly the first 2–4 weeks, with full recovery over about two months — fresh skin is more sensitive to strong sun, so ordinary sun protection and a hat matter more in a bright Berlin summer than in a grey winter. In winter, the opposite problem shows up indoors: dry heated air can leave healing skin feeling tight, which is simply a comfort issue, not a medical one.
Either way, the three-to-four week point when swelling goes down, and the three-to-six month point when the final look settles, stay the same whatever the season — the calendar only changes how the weeks in between feel.
Any doctor practising in Berlin is listed with the Ärztekammer Berlin, the statutory chamber representing around 36,000 physicians in the city. Its website offers a public doctor search and explains how to raise a complaint, and it runs a Schlichtungsstelle — an independent mediation body for disagreements between a patient and a doctor, separate from going to court.
Because a facelift is a specialised operation, it is also worth checking whether a surgeon belongs to DGPRÄC, the German Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (founded 1968, 2,000+ members), which keeps its own searchable list of members who work in this exact field. Asking directly how many facelifts a surgeon performs, and what their revision policy looks like, is a normal question at a first consultation, not an awkward one.
A facelift carried out for visible signs of ageing, rather than for a documented medical problem, counts as a cosmetic procedure under Germany's statutory health insurance (gesetzliche Krankenversicherung), so it falls outside normal cover. §52 SGB V goes a step further and requires insurers to pass on part of the cost if a complication from a medically unnecessary cosmetic operation needs further treatment, which is worth knowing before, not after, you decide.
The short time away from the office — generally judged from the 7–10 days of rest and reduced activity — sits comfortably inside the six weeks of continued wage payment an employer owes under §3 of the Entgeltfortzahlungsgesetz, so most patients handle it the same way they would any brief illness, without ever reaching statutory Krankengeld under §44 SGB V. One caveat: the law ties continued pay to illness that is not the employee's own fault, and a purely elective cosmetic procedure does not automatically meet that test, which is why many people simply plan the recovery days as holiday or clear them with their employer first. A short word to your employer that you need a few days off is usually all the process requires.
Yes, coordinators answer on Telegram and WhatsApp at any hour, so you can ask questions and get a sense of the plan before any appointment is fixed.
Not medically — the healing timeline is the same in every season — but many patients prefer to avoid the strongest summer sun on a fresh scar, or simply pick a calmer month at work for the first two to four recovery weeks.
The first 7–10 days need rest and reduced activity with a compression bandage; most people judge their own readiness for the office from there, once swelling and bruising are clearly settling.
Search the Ärztekammer Berlin register for the doctor's name, and separately check the DGPRÄC member list if you want confirmation they specifically work in plastic and reconstructive surgery.
Initial swelling goes down within three to four weeks, but the settled, final look of the face typically arrives at three to six months — the same timeline regardless of when in the year you have it done.
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