Chiang Mai · Cosmetic surgery

Facelift in Chiang Mai

Facelift is performed in Chiang Mai by private hospitals and licensed day-surgery clinics. This page sets out the indicative price, what changes it, how long the trip takes, and what to establish with a clinic before you pay anything.

The same procedure name covers different operations. Technique, materials, whether anything is done alongside it, and whether you are treated in a hospital with an overnight bed all change what you are quoted.

Starting price · Chiang Mai

Quoted by the clinic

What a starting price means. It is the published figure for the simplest configuration of this procedure — the standard implant, technique or materials. Yours may cost more depending on what you need. Thai hospitals quote a fixed package that states the hospital stay it includes.

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Typical stay14 days
Nights in hospital2
Also available inBangkok, Pattaya

About facelift

A facelift repositions the deeper tissue of the mid and lower face and removes the skin that becomes surplus once it is lifted. It addresses jowls, the jawline and the neck rather than skin texture.

The name covers a wide range of operations, from a short-scar procedure under sedation to a full deep-plane lift under general anaesthetic taking several hours.

Techniques and approaches

The same procedure name covers different operations. These are the approaches a clinic will offer, and what separates them.

SMAS facelift
Lifts the superficial musculoaponeurotic system — the fibrous layer beneath the skin — as well as the skin itself. The long-standing standard approach.
Deep-plane facelift
Releases and lifts the SMAS and the overlying skin as one unit rather than separately. Longer in theatre and more technically demanding.
Mini or short-scar lift
A shorter incision and a more limited lift, generally for earlier or milder changes around the jawline.
Neck lift
Often done at the same time. Addresses the platysma muscle bands and submental fullness, which a facelift alone does not reach.
Endotine or suspension techniques
Fixation devices used to hold repositioned tissue, sometimes in combination with the above.

The decisions you will make

These come up at consultation. Knowing them beforehand makes the conversation shorter and the plan clearer.

How much of the face is included

Face, neck, and brow are separate territories. A lower-face lift will not change the brow or the eyes.

Whether skin quality is also a concern

A lift repositions tissue; it does not resurface skin. Texture and pigment need separate treatment.

Anaesthetic

Some short-scar procedures are done under local with sedation. A deep-plane lift is normally general anaesthetic.

Adding fat transfer

Volume loss and tissue descent are different problems. Many plans combine a lift with fat grafting.

About 14 days

What the trip involves

Clinics vary, and your clinician’s plan overrides anything on this page. The shape is consistent.

Before you fly
Photographs, measurements and history by email, then a video consultation. Nothing is fixed until you are examined in person.
Day 1
Consultation, examination, bloods and pre-operative checks. This is where the plan — and therefore the price — can change.
Surgery
Usually the day after the assessment. Most people stay one night where an overnight bed is part of the plan.
Recovery
Rest, dressing changes and wound checks. Expect to do very little.
Final review
Sutures and dressings checked, and clearance to fly. This appointment is why the trip is around 14 days rather than three.
Back home
Swelling settles over weeks. Agree before you leave who you contact and how.

Where you are going

Where the treatment happens.

Where you recover.

Where you spend the rest of the trip.

Video slot. Once a video is registered here it is checked automatically and we are alerted if it disappears.

Ask these before you pay a deposit

In writing, in English, before money moves.

Formatted as a numbered list, ready to email a clinic.
  1. Who is treating me, and what are their qualifications?

    A clinic name is not a clinician. Ask for the individual, their registration, and how often they do this procedure.

  2. What is included in the price, and what is not?

    Facility fees, anaesthesia, materials, medication, follow-up appointments and take-home items are often quoted separately.

  3. Is the deposit refundable, and under what conditions?

    Including if the clinic reschedules, or if the in-person assessment changes the plan.

  4. What happens if something needs correcting?

    Ask for the policy in writing: who pays, within what window, and whether it covers a return trip.

  5. Who do I contact after I go home, and in what language?

    A name, a channel, and an expected response time. Aftercare that ends at the airport is not aftercare.

Your checklist for this trip

Everything worth settling before you book, before you fly, while you are in Chiang Mai, and once you are home — including how this goes wrong and how to avoid it. Tick it here, or take it with you.

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Before you book anything

All of this is settled on paper, before money moves.

Before you fly

Avoidable problems, mostly caused by booking in the wrong order.

While you are there

On the ground in Chiang Mai.

How this goes wrong

General patterns in medical travel. Read once, and check yourself against each.

After you get home

The part that decides the result.

Clinics in Chiang Mai

Surgical and aesthetic clinics in Chiang Mai, listed because they work in this field. Open a profile for the address, the services listed and the contact details.

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Questions

Is the price on this page a quote?

No. It is a starting price — the published figure for the simplest version of this procedure. Only a clinic can quote you, and only after examining you and agreeing a plan.

Why is it cheaper than at home?

Lower facility and staffing costs, and high procedure volume. It is the same operation, and the major implant and device manufacturers are the same ones used at home.

How long do I need to be in Chiang Mai?

Around 14 days for most people. The final review and clearance to fly sets the length, not the surgery.

Can I fly home straight afterwards?

No. Your surgeon sets the date you are fit to fly. Book a flexible return if you can.

Do I need to speak Thai?

No. Clinics working with international patients operate in English. Ask which language your aftercare contact works in.

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