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Facelift for Patients from Frankfurt am Main

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from €2,150 (≈ $2,400)

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Facelift in Frankfurt am Main: price and key facts

Facelift for patients from Frankfurt am Main 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.

Price
€2,150 (from $2,400)
Anaesthesia
general (inhalation)
Recovery
about 2 months to full recovery
Final result
3–6 months after surgery
How it works
Send photos on WhatsApp or Telegram, get a free doctor assessment and the price, then confirm the plan and dates before anything is booked.

How it works · Facelift prices

Information current as of 3 November 2026

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Results

SMAS facelift results
of our patients

Facelift before and after photos of real patients of the clinic.

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50 years9 months

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32 years7 months

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40 years6 months

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Comparison

SMAS facelift options compared

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.

SMAS facelift (mid and lower face)

Incisions hidden along the hairline and ears

SMAS facelift of the mid and lower face: a diagram before and after

from $2,400

Main goal
Lift the cheeks and remove jowls
When it is done
Jowls, sagging cheeks, nasolabial folds
Scope of correction
Skin and SMAS of the mid and lower face

Lower face and neck lift (SMAS)

Focused on the lower face, chin and neck

Lower face and neck lift: a diagram of the face and neck before and after

from $2,400

Main goal
Remove a double chin and jowls
When it is done
Sagging of the lower face and neck
Scope of correction
Small incisions, barely visible scars

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.

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About the clinic

A clinic where you can feel at ease

Modern equipment, comfortable rooms and care for every patient

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A facelift is not for everyone

If your case can be solved without surgery, the doctor will tell you so at the consultation — and you will not spend money for nothing.

Suitable

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A SMAS facelift solves

  • Marked sagging across the face and neck
  • The jawline is blurred, with jowls
  • Loose skin on the neck, a double chin
  • Marionette lines and deep nasolabial folds
  • Drooping brows and a heavy look
  • A significant drop in skin firmness after 40

Not suitable

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  • Younger than 30
  • Acute skin inflammation
  • Pregnancy and the breastfeeding stage
  • A severe cardiovascular condition
  • Blood clotting disorders
  • Cancer
  • Decompensated diabetes

Not sure the surgery is right for you?

Message our coordinator — you can send photos, and the surgeon will tell you whether a facelift suits you. No surgery booking needed.

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Prices

You know the price
before surgery

The final cost is set individually after an examination

Facelift prices

  • Surgeon consultationFree
  • Endoscopic brow / temple liftfrom $2,400
  • All-inclusive faceliftfrom $2,400
  • Full (circular) facelifton request
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Find out your facelift plan and price

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

What the price includes

From preparation for surgery to a year of follow-up.

  • One-to-one consultation
  • A highly experienced surgical team
  • Combined inhalation anaesthesia
  • Comfortable rooms for your inpatient stay
  • Medical staff monitoring you 24/7
  • Meals included during your stay at the clinic
  • Dedicated support before and after surgery
  • Twelve months of post-op monitoring by your plastic surgeon until the final result

from $2,400

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How it works

From consultation —
to the final result

An agreed surgical plan, inpatient monitoring and follow-up by your surgeon for a year.

A surgeon shows a patient the face and neck lift plan on a monitor1

Consultation
and surgical plan

The 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.

Paying the deposit by card at the clinic reception2

Booking the date
of surgery

We book a date that suits you. The scope of surgery and the final price are fixed in the contract — no hidden extras.

A blood sample for tests before surgery3

Check-up before
surgery

You complete the check-up prescribed by the surgeon and see the anaesthetist. The specialists assess your health and readiness for surgery.

The surgical team during the operation4

The operation

Under 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.

A hospital ward at the clinic5

Inpatient stay

After surgery you stay in a comfortable inpatient room with meals, under 24/7 monitoring by medical staff.

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Recovery

For the first 7–10 days — rest, a compression bandage and reduced physical activity. Your operating surgeon follows you up for the whole first year.

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A surgeon on a video call with a patient, with SMAS facelift diagrams on screen

Recovery after a SMAS facelift

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.

A surgeon visits a patient in the ward after a facelift

Advantages

Why patients choose City Medical Centre

A surgeon discusses the final SMAS facelift plan with a patient

10+ years of experience across our doctors

Our plastic surgeons are all certified and have real surgical practice. We are honest: we never recommend unnecessary surgery and never prescribe anything extra.

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The first consultation is free

An examination by the surgeon, an assessment of the degree of sagging and areas to correct, and an explanation of the surgery and recovery. No pushing, no pressure.

The surgical team at work in the clinic operating room

A fully licensed operating room

Our own inpatient unit, equipped with an accredited operating suite. We work under our licence and to national healthcare standards.

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Fixed price in the contract

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

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We put your schedule first

We fit around your busy schedule: open 24/7, flexible booking and a personal approach — we adapt to you

FAQ

We answer what
people ask before booking

What is a SMAS facelift and who is it for?

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.

From 40–50, skin slowly loses its firmness — tissues noticeably sag, jowls appear, the jawline loses definition and the cheeks drop. A surgical SMAS facelift goes deeper than cosmetology: it repositions the muscle and fascia layer, addressing the cause of sagging, not its effects, and so the result lasts even when changes are significant.

A surgeon talks with a patient about a SMAS facelift at the consultation

How our SMAS facelift is performed

  • Surgical lift only

    City Medical Centre performs surgical facelifts only: work on the SMAS layer treats the cause of sagging rather than its effects

  • Three levels of correction

    Skin, subcutaneous fat and the muscle and fascia layer are corrected layer by layer — a natural look with no “mask” effect

  • Hidden incisions

    Incisions are hidden along the hairline and around the ears, so once healed the scars are barely visible

Facelift in Frankfurt am Main: price and what is included

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.

How much does a facelift in Frankfurt am Main cost?

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.

What is included in the price?

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.

How do I get my exact price?

Message us on WhatsApp or Telegram using the buttons below. A coordinator will answer your questions and book a free consultation where the doctor names the exact price.

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Facelift in Frankfurt am Main: types, stages and price

What changes after a facelift? The lower-face contour becomes crisp, the cheeks are lifted, the chin line is clean without a double chin and nasolabial folds soften. Brows rise and the eyes look more open. The aim for patients from Frankfurt am Main is a younger, fresher look without an overdone effect or a mask-like appearance. One surgery gives a complete result; the result is long-term, while natural skin ageing continues.

Recovery follows a clear timeline. For the first 7–10 days you need rest, a compression bandage and reduced physical activity. Swelling and bruising fade in 2–4 weeks, and full recovery takes about two months. The first clear changes appear after 3–4 weeks, and the face takes on its final look within 3–6 months. Patients from Frankfurt am Main are guided by the surgeon throughout.

If you are comparing facelift prices in Frankfurt am Main, check what each offer includes and how long the result lasts. Here the price starts from €2,150 (≈ $2,400) and covers anaesthesia, the stay, meals, 24/7 monitoring and a year of follow-up, and the result of a surgical SMAS lift is long-term. The final amount is fixed at the consultation. Book yours for free on WhatsApp or Telegram.

Coronations, a parliament and rebuilt old buildings: Frankfurt and the art of renewal

From 1562 onward Frankfurt was where the Holy Roman emperors were crowned, in the cathedral of St Bartholomew. The city was a free imperial city from 1372 and a sovereign city-state for long stretches until Prussia annexed it in 1866, and in 1848 the first democratically elected German parliament opened in the Paulskirche.

Much of the old centre was destroyed in the Second World War. Reconstruction was often plain and modern, but a few landmarks, among them the Römer, the Paulskirche and Goethe's house, were rebuilt in their historic form, in a simplified way. Frankfurt today is a mix of restored façades and glass towers, a city of 778,589 residents at mid-2025 according to its statistics portal.

A SMAS facelift follows a similar idea: it does not replace a face, it restores structure that has slipped. The surgeon lifts and secures the muscle and fascia layer and redrapes the skin, so the aim is a fresher version of the same person rather than a new look, and the result is long-term, while natural skin ageing continues.

Sun, wind and a healing hairline across the Frankfurt year

Frankfurt has some of the warmest summers in Germany. The national weather service, DWD, gives 1991–2020 normals of about 26°C for July daytime highs and roughly 235 hours of July sunshine, while January nights average around 0.5°C and December brings only about 40 hours of sun.

The incisions of a facelift run along the hairline and around the ears, exactly where summer sun and winter wind hit. During the first 7–10 days you rest indoors with a compression bandage, so the weather hardly matters. Afterwards, while bruising and swelling fade over 2–4 weeks, a wide-brimmed hat or a loosely tied scarf keeps strong sun off the healing skin in summer, and a soft hat that does not rub protects tender ears from cold wind in winter.

Full recovery takes about two months, and the face takes on its final look within 3–6 months. A date in late autumn means the most visible weeks fall in the darkest part of the year, when shorter days outdoors are normal anyway; a spring date gives a fresh result by summer. Either is a matter of preference, not of outcome.

Your face on file: records to keep for the next decade

Because a SMAS lift gives a long-term result and a repeat correction may be considered later if you wish, the documents from the first operation can matter a decade later. German law helps here. Under § 630f of the Civil Code the treating doctor must keep a treatment record, including the findings, the procedure, your consent and the explanation you received, for ten years after treatment ends.

Under § 630g you may inspect the complete record at any time and request copies, including electronic ones, and the first copy is free. It is worth asking for the operation report, the description of which areas were treated and any combined procedures such as blepharoplasty, rhinoplasty or double-chin liposuction while the details are fresh.

The same records help in the shorter term. If your family doctor in Frankfurt sees you for something unrelated in the first weeks, for example a prescription or a check of blood pressure, a short copy of the operation report and the list of medication given at discharge saves a phone call and avoids guessing about what was done.

Keep your own set of photographs as well: before surgery, at 3–4 weeks when the first clear changes appear, and at 3–6 months when the final look has settled. Whichever surgeon sees you years from now, that sequence will say more than memory.

Checking the surgeon in Hesse, and where to turn with a complaint

All doctors in Hesse belong to the Landesärztekammer Hessen, which awards the specialist titles. For a facelift the relevant protected title is Facharzt für Plastische, Rekonstruktive und Ästhetische Chirurgie, or one of its older forms; designations such as aesthetic surgeon or Schönheitschirurg are not protected and any doctor may use them, as the DGPRÄC points out.

For locating doctors the chamber refers patients to the search of the Kassenärztliche Vereinigung Hessen, which lists only doctors in statutory practice, and keeps a separate list of private doctors. A surgeon who works only privately will therefore not appear in the KV search at all, so a missing entry there says little on its own. The chamber also runs a Gutachter- und Schlichtungsstelle, an expert and arbitration board for suspected treatment errors.

At the consultation, ask how many SMAS lifts rather than skin-only lifts the surgeon performs, which of the variants, classic, extended or lower-face and neck, fits your degree of sagging, and how the explanation under § 630e will be documented, given orally, in time to think it over and with copies of what you sign.

It also helps to ask the surgeon to describe or sketch where the incision lines will run in your case, in front of or behind the ear and how far into the hairline, so you know where to expect the healing scars and can plan hairstyles, hats and glasses around them in the first weeks.

Insurance and pay: what to expect after an aesthetic operation

Statutory health insurance pays for treatment needed to recognise, cure or relieve an illness under § 27 of the Social Code Book V; a facelift for age-related changes is not such treatment and is paid privately.

If a complication follows a facelift that was not medically indicated, § 52(2) SGB V requires the statutory insurer to make the patient share its treatment costs to a reasonable extent and to refuse or reclaim sick pay, fully or partly, for the period of that treatment.

Continued pay from an employer under § 3 of the Entgeltfortzahlungsgesetz is granted only for incapacity that arises without fault on the employee's side, and an elective aesthetic operation is not automatically treated that way. Plan the 7–10 days of rest, and if you prefer, the 2–4 weeks until bruising fades, as annual leave or agree them with your employer in advance.

Can I get an opinion from photos before booking anything in Frankfurt?

Yes. Send clear photos via Telegram or WhatsApp; coordinators answer around the clock, and the surgeon can say what is realistic before any date is set.

Which season in Frankfurt suits a facelift best?

Medically any. Summer needs sun protection for the incisions near the hairline, winter a soft hat against wind; late autumn keeps the most visible weeks in the dark season.

How long before I look presentable?

After 7–10 days of rest, bruising and swelling fade over 2–4 weeks, the first clear changes show at 3–4 weeks, and the final look settles within 3–6 months.

Will my employer pay me while I recover?

Do not assume so. § 3 of the Entgeltfortzahlungsgesetz covers only incapacity without fault, which is not automatic after an elective aesthetic operation, so book the rest period as holiday or agree it beforehand.

How long does the result last?

The result of a surgical SMAS facelift is long-term, while natural skin ageing continues.

Can I get copies of my operation report?

Yes. Under § 630g of the Civil Code you may inspect your full record and request copies, the first free of charge, and the doctor must keep it for ten years under § 630f.

Why is my surgeon not in the KV Hessen search?

That search lists only doctors in statutory practice, so a surgeon who works only privately will not appear there; the Landesärztekammer Hessen keeps a separate list of private doctors.

Can a facelift be combined with eyelid surgery?

Yes, blepharoplasty, rhinoplasty or double-chin liposuction are common additions, and the surgeon decides the extent at the consultation.

Sources and further reading

  1. NHS — Facelift
  2. American Society of Plastic Surgeons — Facelift
  3. MedlinePlus — Face lift
  4. PubMed / NCBI — Systematic Review and Comparative Analysis of Reconstructive Rhytidectomy (Cureus, 2024)
  5. PubMed / NCBI — Rhytidectomy: current concepts, controversies and the state of the art (2012)

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