Cosmetic Surgery With Thread Lifts

"Thread lifts” promise to be among the most popular aesthetic solution for those who want to treat sagging facial skin without the downtime or scarring associated with invasive surgery.

Contour Threads (Reading, PA, USA) use a patented self-anchoring thread technology that permits a minimally invasive surgical approach for elevation and fixation of skin, and are the first sutures to be cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the fixation and elevation of tissue in the brow, mid-face, and neck area.

Thread lifts can lift drooping jowls and sagging eyebrows, but cannot add volume or remove excess skin. However, they are an ideal complement to other procedures including dermal fillers, botulinum toxin, laser resurfacing, and eyelid surgery.

Thread lifts involve the use of custom-designed sutures, or polypropylene threads, to elevate sagging facial tissue. The sutures feature barbs, tiny, hair-like bristles that are fixated within the deep tissue, allowing physicians to reposition and elevate the skin.

"As with any cosmetic procedure, the success of a thread lift depends on physician training and experience,” says Dr. Malcolm Paul, clinical professor of surgery at the University of California (Irvine, CA, USA) and president of the California Society of Plastic Surgeons. "Contour Threads are great for lifting and repositioning tissues, and I often combine them with other procedures to fill in lines, add volume, remove fatty deposits, as well as traditional mid-face and neck lifts.”




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