THREAD LIFT
Children and young adults have smooth, round face due to evenly distributed fatty tissues and well-toned skin. As age advances, the skin sags and folds appear around the chin, jawline and neck because of loss of elastic property of skin, volume loss over face and gravity. Skin can begin to wrinkle and sag as a result of age, sun exposure and smoking.
Ideal Candidates for thread lift are
- Individuals with busy schedules
- Not willing to undergo major surgery and general anaesthesia.
- moderate degree of facial skin laxity.
Thread lift is not an ideal choice for People with very loose skin, consider surgical facelift for optimum results.
Procedure:-
Thread lift is a minimally invasive procedure performed by passing bidirectional barbed sutures to lift facial tissues in different directions. procedure performed under local anaesthesia and the thread lift is associated with less complications and minimal downtime than classical face lift surgery.
The thread lift procedure is completed in an hour. The length of the procedure depends on the number of threads used during the treatment.
The thread lift procedure stimulates more collagen production, as thread as a foreign material induces inflammatory process it makes the skin strong and supple.
Risks and Side effects include pain, bruising, redness, infection and numbness.
Aftercare
- Don’t rub or scratch the treated area for at least a few weeks after the treatment.
- Prop your head straight while sleeping.
As the age advance again, facial wrinkles start appearing as thread lift doesn’t prevent facial aging, so need to undergo revision surgery when necessary.
Advantages over surgical facelift include:-
- Day-care procedure
- No scar
- Less downtime and instant results
- Cost effective.
- Less complications and
- minimal downtime and instant results.
DR.N.KALYAN CHAKRAVARTHY
M.S, M.Ch(PLASTIC SURGERY)
director & consultant PLASTIC & COSMETIC Surgeon
CONSULTANT AWARE GLENEAGLES GLOBAL HOSPITAL
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