{"id":23699,"date":"2025-11-15T15:50:38","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T15:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/akmclinic.com\/video-testimonials\/sarahs-painless-awake-facelift-journey\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T17:20:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T17:20:23","slug":"sarahs-painless-awake-facelift-journey","status":"publish","type":"video-testimonials","link":"https:\/\/akmclinic.com\/en-ca\/video-testimonials\/sarahs-painless-awake-facelift-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarah&#8217;s Awake Facelift Journey from the UK to Turkey"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch Sarah&#8217;s six-month results at AKM Clinic, featuring a deep plane facelift under local anesthesia for a naturally refreshed look. A UK patient story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4186,"template":"","meta":{"video_url":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ACFAtVviZNw?si=WZGgQYOAbuJOJWeA","patient_name":"Sarah","procedure":"Deep Plane Facelift (under Local Anesthesia), Temporal Lift, Upper Eyelid Surgery","country_flag":"3718","thumbnail":"4185","title_first_part":"Sarah's Awake Facelift Journey from the UK to Turkey","title_second_part":"Patient Testimonial","patient_age":"45","patient_gender":"Female","h2_title_first_part":"\"I Would Choose Turkey Over the UK\":","h2_title_second_part":"A UK Patient's Awake Facelift Experience","h3_title":"I have had surgery back in the UK, however I would choose Turkey over the UK.","text_1":"Sarah's journey from the UK was not a guess; it was a careful, comparative decision. As a discerning patient who had already undergone surgery in the UK, her standards were high. Her research led her to AKM Clinic for two main reasons: first, the natural-looking results she saw, which matched her goal of looking refreshed rather than done; and second, the confirmation that the surgeons are board certified, which gave her the professional assurance she wanted. This evidence-based approach gave her the confidence to choose Turkey over options at home, a decision she now fully endorses.","text_2":"Now six months on, Sarah is pleased with her results. Her deep plane facelift, along with a temporal lift and upper eyelid surgery, was performed under local anesthesia using the clinic's awake technique. She describes her recovery as much easier than she expected and notes that she took pain medication for only about one day. She is delighted with her outcome: her scars have healed well, and she feels she looks like herself, as she puts it, about ten years ago.","procedure_facts_1":"Procedures: Deep Plane Facelift (under Local Anesthesia), Temporal Lift, Upper Eyelid Surgery","procedure_facts_2":"Key to Trust: Chose Turkey Over the UK Based on Natural-Looking Results","procedure_facts_3":"The Experience: A Comfortable Recovery (Pain Medication for About One Day) &amp; a Refreshed Look"},"class_list":["post-23699","video-testimonials","type-video-testimonials","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/akmclinic.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/video-testimonials\/23699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/akmclinic.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/video-testimonials"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/akmclinic.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/video-testimonials"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/akmclinic.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/video-testimonials\/23699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29345,"href":"https:\/\/akmclinic.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/video-testimonials\/23699\/revisions\/29345"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/akmclinic.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/akmclinic.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}