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The deep plane register

Deep plane facelift surgeons, every fact traced to its source.

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A deep plane facelift typically costs $10,000–$75,000 (2026 DEEPPLANE™ estimates, bands set 2026-07-21). DEEPPLANE™ lists 1,229 surgeons in 68 countries; sending an enquiry is free.

A deep plane facelift lifts the SMAS-platysma layer and its skin as one composite flap. It releases the zygomatic and masseteric retaining ligaments, unlike earlier techniques that pulled skin over an unmodified deeper structure. Dr. Sam Hamra introduced it in 1990. What a deep plane facelift is, in full →Source: Hamra ST, Plast Reconstr Surg 1990;86(1):53-61

Listed surgeons

A weekly sample of 32 of the 1,229 listed surgeons. Verified surgeons are shown first; the rest of the sample changes every week.

  • USA
  • Brazil
  • Turkey
  • South Korea
  • Australia
  • Czech Republic
  • Greece
  • Philippines
  • Romania
  • UK

The record

Registry updated 2026-10-14

1,020 listed surgeons carry a Google rating of their own: 126,240 reviews, 4.70 average, all of it Google’s and none of it ours.

We record the board certification each surgeon publishes and name its source; we do not confirm it with the issuing board, hold facility or case-volume data, or monitor licence status. How we read each source

Where we read from — and for how many surgeons
  • OpenAlex 651
  • NPPES 555
  • HHS OIG LEIE 558
  • ORCID 359
  • Crossref 188
  • ABFPRS 95

6 sources · 558 screened against the HHS exclusion list · the mark on 23 clinic sites · open data, CC BY 4.0 · monthly AI citation report

7 guides signed · latest · Meet the review council

Verified surgeons

20 of the 24 surgeons this site calls verified, most recently verified first.

Results, with the surgeon named.

Every case below links to the profile of the surgeon who published it, and carries the source it was collected from.

Cost by country.

Context for your research, not a shopping guide. Each range is a DEEPPLANE™ estimate band for surgeon fee, facility and anesthesia in that country, not a quote. Estimate · bands set 2026-07-21. See the full cost index and its method

Surgeons’ own prices ·

24 surgeons in 11 countries publish their own price here. Deep plane facelift, as stated, where 3 or more surgeons in one country publish in one currency: USA (9 surgeons) $24,450–$75,000; Turkey (4 surgeons) $10,000–$19,900.

Asked of the register

How many surgeons does DEEPPLANE™ list?

1,229 deep plane facelift surgeons in 68 countries, as of Oct 14, 2026. 24 of them are verified. A listing alone is not an endorsement.

Every listed surgeon

Where does a deep plane facelift cost least?

Across all 43 countries in DEEPPLANE™’s own estimate (bands set Jul 21, 2026), the lowest mid-point is about $10,250, in Czech Republic, Hungary, and Malaysia; of the destinations in the cost chart on this page, the lowest is Brazil. These are our estimates, not surgeons’ quotes. 24 surgeons publish their own price on their profiles.

The cost index

How can I check a deep plane facelift surgeon?

DEEPPLANE™ reads 6 public sources and names the source of each fact on a profile; 558 listed surgeons are screened against the HHS exclusion list. We record the board certification each surgeon publishes and name its source; we do not confirm it with the issuing board, hold facility or case-volume data, or monitor licence status.

How we read each source

How long is recovery after a deep plane facelift?

Recovery runs in stages rather than ending on a single date. Expect 10–14 days before desk work feels realistic, 2–3 weeks before you are comfortable in public, and 4–6 weeks before strenuous exercise is cleared.

The recovery guide

What are the risks of a deep plane facelift?

The main risks are hematoma (blood pooling under the skin), reported as major in 1.22% of deep plane facelifts across 183 studies; temporary facial nerve weakness, which usually recovers; permanent facial nerve injury, which is rare; infection; and hypertrophic scarring, which is uncommon. Your surgeon should give you their own rates.

The risks we do not hide

How does DEEPPLANE™ make money?

DEEPPLANE™ takes no advertising and no sponsored listings. Its revenue is a fixed fee that a surgeon pays to open a patient’s request; the fee is never a percentage of the surgery price, and it never buys a ranking or a badge. Sending an enquiry is free.

Read the methodology

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