Facelift

THERESIUM offers SMAS facelift, Deep Plane facelift, Mini-MACS facelift, endoscopic brow lift, and neck lift performed by Dr. med. Markus Klöppel — named FOCUS Top Mediziner 2025–2026 specifically for facelifting. Procedures run 3–5 hours under general anaesthesia with 1–2 nights in hospital. Patients are socially presentable after approximately 14 days and cleared for sports after 4–6 weeks.

Facelift surgery at THERESIUM in Munich is one of the practice's most recognised specialties, reflected in Dr. Markus Klöppel's FOCUS Gesundheit Top Mediziner 2025–2026 award in this category. The clinic offers the full spectrum of rhytidectomy techniques, with the approach selected based on the degree of facial ageing, skin quality, and the patient's recovery window. The standard SMAS facelift (Superficial Musculoaponeurotic System) addresses descent of the lower face, jowl, and neck by lifting and repositioning the underlying fibromuscular layer rather than relying solely on skin tension — this preserves natural facial expression and avoids the 'operated' appearance that results from pure skin-pull techniques. The Deep Plane facelift, indicated for more advanced facial ageing, releases the ligamentous attachments between the SMAS and the overlying skin at a deeper anatomical level, allowing the composite flap of skin and subcutaneous tissue to be repositioned in a more vertical vector. This technique is particularly effective at correcting nasolabial folds and cheek descent that a standard SMAS lift cannot fully address. For patients with earlier-stage laxity, the Mini-MACS facelift provides meaningful lower face rejuvenation through shorter incisions confined to the preauricular area, with purse-string sutures gathering the SMAS in a controlled pattern. Endoscopic brow lift and neck lift (Halsstraffung) are available as standalone procedures or combined with facelift in a single operative session. Surgery is performed under total intravenous anaesthesia (TIVA) at the Munich clinic. Sutures are removed at 11–13 days. The practice's 25+ years of surgical experience and its strong aggregator review profile — 5/5 stars from 126 Estheticon reviews — make it one of Munich's most respected facelift destinations for German and international patients alike.