Lower Eyelid Surgery (Lower Blepharoplasty) in Turkey
Lower blepharoplasty in Turkey: treating under-eye bags by repositioning fat into the tear trough through the inside of the lid or a lash-line incision; 1 hospital night and 1 hotel night included. Bags versus dark circles, technique, recovery, risks.
€1,610Package priceOperation, 1 hospital night, 1 hotel night and airport transfers — one price, no add-ons for anaesthesia or medication.
See exactly what is and is not includedAnaesthesia
General anaesthesia, or local with sedation for the transconjunctival approach
Operation time
1–1.5 hours
Hospital / hotel
1 night / 1 night
Stay in Turkey
5 nights recommended; 1 hotel night included, more arranged at cost
Back to work
Desk work in 7–10 days
Package price
€1,610
What Lower Eyelid Surgery involves
Lower blepharoplasty treats under-eye bags — the puffiness beneath the eye that is present in the morning and in good light, not just when you are tired. Bags form when the membrane holding the fat behind the eye weakens with age and the fat bulges forward; often there is a hollow groove beneath the bag (the tear trough) that makes the bag look larger and casts a shadow. The modern operation does not simply remove the fat, which hollows the eye: it moves the fat down over the bony rim into the trough, so that the bag and the groove are corrected at once and the lid flows smoothly into the cheek.
The approach depends on the skin. In younger patients with bags but good skin, the fat is reached through an incision on the inside of the lower lid — transconjunctival — leaving no external scar. When there is loose lower-lid skin as well, a lash-line incision allows a conservative strip of skin to be removed. In either case the surgeon checks the tightness of the lower lid before surgery, because a lax lid needs a supporting stitch at the outer corner (canthopexy) to prevent the lid from being pulled down afterwards.
What lower blepharoplasty does not do: it does not treat dark circles caused by pigmentation or thin skin, it does not remove crow’s feet or fine lines, and it does not lift the cheek. An honest assessment separates bags (surgery), dark circles (skin treatment or filler) and cheek descent (mid-face lift or fat grafting) — they look similar to the patient and are treated completely differently.
Scars: None (transconjunctival), or a fine line just below the lashes that fades to nothing visible
Who it suits — and who it does not
Good candidates
- ✓Under-eye bags present in the morning and in good light, with or without a tear-trough hollow
- ✓A lower lid that snaps back briskly when gently pulled — checked at consultation
- ✓Good general health, no active eye disease, dry-eye symptoms absent or mild
- ✓Typically over 35, though hereditary bags are treated earlier
- ✓Realistic that dark circles from pigmentation are a separate issue
When we would tell you not to come
- –Dark circles from pigmentation or thin skin rather than fat — different treatment
- –Significant lower-lid laxity without support — canthopexy is added, and the surgeon will say so
- –Significant dry eye, thyroid eye disease or recent laser eye surgery without an ophthalmologist’s clearance
- –Malar (cheek) bags or festoons, which are a different problem with different treatment
- –Expecting removal of fine lines or crow’s feet
If your case is on the right-hand list, we say so at the review stage, before you book anything. Some of these are solved with a different plan; some mean the honest answer is not to travel — and we will tell you that too.
Techniques and options
Transconjunctival fat repositioning
An incision on the inside of the lower lid gives access to the fat pads without any external scar. The fat is released and moved down over the orbital rim into the tear trough and fixed there with fine sutures, filling the hollow and flattening the bag. Skin is not touched; mild laxity is sometimes treated with a laser or peel at the same time.
Subciliary (skin-muscle flap) approach
An incision just below the lashes; the skin and muscle are lifted as a flap, the fat repositioned or conservatively reduced, and a small strip of excess skin removed before closure. The scar lies in the lash line and fades to nothing visible. Chosen when skin laxity is part of the problem.
Canthopexy / canthoplasty
A supporting stitch at the outer corner tightens a lax lower lid so it is not pulled down after surgery. Added whenever the snap test shows laxity — this is the step that prevents the rounded, pulled-down eye of older techniques.
Fat grafting
When the hollow is larger than the bag can fill, or the cheek has lost volume, fat from the abdomen or thigh is grafted to the lid–cheek junction for a smooth transition.
Skin treatment
Fine lines and crepey skin under the eye are treated with a light laser or chemical peel at the time of surgery in suitable patients; pigmentation is treated separately.
What happens on surgery day
- 1
Assessment before travel: close-up photos of the eyes looking straight ahead, looking up (which makes bags prominent), and from the side; a description of whether the problem is puffiness or darkness. The surgeon plans the approach and whether canthal support is needed.
- 2
Admission on the morning of surgery after fasting if general anaesthesia is planned. Blood tests and anaesthetic review. Markings sitting up.
- 3
Under anaesthesia, the chosen approach: fat repositioned into the trough, canthopexy if needed, conservative skin removal if the lash-line approach was chosen. Both sides compared before closure.
- 4
Antibiotic ointment and cold compresses. One night in hospital with the head raised, for comfort and observation of any bleeding.
- 5
Discharge to the hotel the next morning. Clinic visit at day 5–6 for suture removal (if external) and the fit-to-fly confirmation.
Recovery timeline
Days 1–3
Swelling and bruising of the lower lids and upper cheeks, a tight feeling, some blurred vision from ointment. Cold compresses 15 minutes every hour while awake; head raised; limited screens.
Days 5–7
External sutures removed if used. Bruising fading. Fit-to-fly check.
Weeks 2–3
Most bruising gone; concealer over the rest once the skin has sealed. Desk work resumes. Lower lids may look slightly full or uneven in the mornings — expected.
Weeks 4–8
Swelling resolves; the lid–cheek junction smooths. Exercise from week 2–3, swimming from week 4.
Month 3
Final result; any lash-line scar has faded to nothing visible.
Results — and their limits
A smooth lower lid that flows into the cheek, no bag, no shadow from a hollow — a rested look that others notice without being able to say why.
Fat that has been repositioned does not return; the bags are treated permanently. Skin continues to age normally.
Dark circles from pigmentation, fine lines and cheek descent are unchanged and are treated separately if wanted.
Slight asymmetry of swelling in the first weeks is normal; the two sides settle at different rates.
When it is final: Swelling settles over 6–8 weeks; final at 3 months
Risks and how they are managed
Every operation carries risk. These are the ones that matter for this procedure, and what is done to reduce, spot or treat each.
Bleeding behind the eye (retrobulbar haematoma)
Very rare but serious. Blood thinners stopped, blood pressure controlled, first night in hospital, immediate reporting of pain, pressure or vision change.
Lower lid pulled down (ectropion / scleral show)
The classic complication of older, skin-removing techniques. Prevented by fat repositioning rather than removal, conservative skin excision, and canthopexy when the lid is lax. Early cases are treated with massage and taping.
Dry, gritty or watery eyes
Common for a few weeks; lubricating drops and night ointment. Persistent dry eye is rare with screening and conservative technique.
Hollowing
Caused by fat removal; avoided by repositioning.
Asymmetry or residual fullness
Both sides compared on the table; minor adjustment under local anaesthesia after 3–6 months if needed.
Lumps or irregularity at the repositioned fat
Usually early swelling that settles; persistent lumps are rare and can be treated.
Chemosis (swelling of the eye’s surface membrane)
Occasional after lower-lid surgery; resolves with drops and time.
Infection
Uncommon; ointment and clean technique.
What you pay
€1,610Package price
One fixed price for the operation and a 2-night stay: 1 hospital night and 1 hotel night. No deposit surprises, no add-ons for anaesthesia or medication.
Included
- ✓Consultation with the operating surgeon, including lid-laxity assessment
- ✓Anaesthetic assessment and blood tests where needed
- ✓Lower blepharoplasty for both eyes with fat repositioning and canthal support where indicated, in a hospital operating theatre
- ✓1 night in hospital with nursing care, cold compresses and medication
- ✓1 night in a 4- or 5-star hotel in Kuşadası
- ✓Private transfers between airport, hospital, clinic and hotel
- ✓Antibiotic ointment, lubricating drops, suture removal if external, and fit-to-fly confirmation
- ✓12 months of remote photo follow-up
Not included
- –Additional hotel nights — we recommend 5 nights in total and arrange the extra nights at cost
- –Flights and travel insurance
- –Upper blepharoplasty, fat grafting or skin treatments if combined — quoted as a package
May change after examination — and why
Only after a clinician has examined you, only in writing, and only with your yes.
- △The plan itself, if the surgeon’s examination differs from the photo review — for example a lift turns out to be needed alongside an augmentation. You receive a revised written quote before anything is done, and you can decline it; neither we nor the hospital charge you for saying no.
- △Extra hospital nights, if the surgeon or anaesthetist wants to keep you in longer. The nightly rate is stated in your written plan; it is never added silently.
- △Findings in the pre-operative tests — poorly controlled diabetes or blood pressure, a blood-borne infection, an unexpected ECG — can postpone the operation or change the hospital’s price. You are told before surgery, not on the invoice.
- △Extra hotel nights if you are not fit to fly on the planned day, at the rate in your plan.
Free
Not “included” — free, whether or not you go ahead.
- 0The surgeon’s review of your photos and documents, and the written plan and price that follow
- 0Asking questions, asking for a plan for a different procedure, or deciding not to go ahead before anything is booked — none of this costs anything
- 0A coordinator on WhatsApp before you travel, during your stay and after you are home
The total you pay
€1,610, plus your flights and travel insurance, plus any item in the “may change” list that turns out to apply to you — each confirmed to you in writing before it is done. Nothing else. Our coordination is inside this price. You do not pay us separately, and nothing is added at the clinic that was not in your written plan.
How our pricing works →How to compare this with a quote at home
Ask any clinic for the same list: surgeon and anaesthetist fees, hospital nights, tests, medication, garments or splints, follow-up visits. A cheaper headline price usually excludes several of these. Then add your flights and insurance to our price for a like-for-like comparison.
How to choose a clinic for Lower Eyelid Surgery
Ask these before you pay a deposit — here or anywhere else. Every one of them has an answer that can be written down and checked. A clinic that answers with reassurance instead of a document has told you something.
What specialty is on the surgeon’s diploma?
For facial work the honest answers are plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery, ENT for a nose, or oculoplastic surgery for eyelids. "Aesthetic surgeon" is not a specialty. Ask which one, and what they operate on the rest of the week.
Which technique, and what does it mean for my swelling and my scars?
Open or closed rhinoplasty, SMAS or deep-plane facelift, skin-only or muscle work on eyelids — each has a different scar position and a different timetable. Ask where the scars sit on you and when the swelling realistically settles.
When is the earliest revision, and who pays for it?
Facial revisions are not done before about twelve months, because the tissue is still settling. Ask what the policy is, and whether the flight and hotel for a revision are included — that is usually where the real cost sits.
Can I see cases that started where I am starting?
Ask for photographs of a nose, or a face, like yours — not the clinic’s best result. Ask whether the surgeon took them, and whether the lighting and the lens are the same in the before and the after.
Who removes my splint or sutures, and who answers at week three?
Week three is when swelling and doubt peak, and it is usually after you have gone home. Ask who you speak to then, and whether it is the surgeon or a coordinator.
Is the anaesthetic given by an anaesthetist, in a licensed theatre?
Facial procedures sold "under sedation" are where this corner is cut most often. Ask for the anaesthetist and the licence of the room you will be in.
What you get from us in writing
Before you pay anything, your plan names the hospital and the surgeon who will treat you, their authorisation, the technique, and the full list of what the price does and does not cover. We proceed with the partner that fits your case — and you have the names in front of you first.
How to prepare
- 1.Send close-up photos of the eyes looking straight ahead, looking up, and from the side, in daylight; say whether the problem is puffiness or darkness.
- 2.Have an eye check if you have glaucoma, thyroid disease or significant dry eye; bring the report.
- 3.Stop aspirin, ibuprofen, fish oil, vitamin E and ginkgo 14 days before; stop smoking 4 weeks before.
- 4.No eye make-up on the day; remove lash extensions beforehand.
- 5.Bring sunglasses, glasses instead of contact lenses for two weeks, and lubricating drops; arrange 5 nights in Turkey and 7–10 days off desk work.
Aftercare at home
- •Cold compresses for the first 48 hours; head raised for a week; no rubbing the eyes.
- •Ointment and drops as instructed for 2–3 weeks.
- •No eye make-up until cleared, usually 10 days; no contact lenses for 2 weeks.
- •Avoid bending, lifting and exercise for 2 weeks; swimming and saunas for 4 weeks. Sunglasses and SPF for 6 months.
- •Report sudden one-sided swelling, severe pain, pressure or vision change immediately. Photos at 2 weeks, 6 weeks and 3 months.
Frequently asked questions
Bags or dark circles — which do I have?
Will there be a scar?
Why reposition fat instead of removing it?
Will the bags come back?
What is a canthopexy and do I need one?
How long until I look normal?
Can I combine it with upper eyelid surgery?
When can I fly home?
What is included in the price?
Often considered alongside
Free assessment
Send your details; a coordinator replies with a surgeon’s opinion and a written plan.