Thread Lifts: next-best-thing to a facelift

Monday October 30, 2006 | Posted in: Plastic Surgery Procedures
Never mind the It's a $3,000 investment, it is not one of the hottest fads in plastic surgery for nothing. This cosmetic enhancement procedure promises to tailor out from the faces of women and men those unsightly jowls and pleats of laugh-lines -- in just a couple of hours.

Thread Lift, a less invasive cosmetic face surgery, became a sensation when it first arrived in the plastic surgery clinics and happy faces are swearing that b they're the next-best-thing to a facelift.

The best candidates are persons who have thicker skin and darker complications.

The process consists of a few Novocain shots; a one-inch incision is made above the ear, hidden in the hairline, where five or six tiny, blue threads are inserted and fanned out across the cheek. The threads are hoisted up and knotted wherein a patient may feel a pinch and slight tingling sensation. Patients with high tolerance for pain may feel nothing at all although he or she remains awake throughout the procedure.
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And it can be a little hard to watch – that is if you care to watch at all. The blue thread used looks like a much finer version of a tennis racquet string. And they're not smooth; they have tiny barbs that keep them in place. The threads can be retightened or removed, which if anything is a meticulous process.

But not everyone's a believer. Threads can break or bunch up under the skin. The surgery can cause nerve damage, infection or dimpling and

Some patients who complain of pain may ‘raise the flag’ and ask his or her attending surgeon whether the threads were placed incorrectly, as they can protrude against the skin.

Minimized wrinkles are visible right after the procedure, although a patient may appear a little swollen. A good thread lift is guaranteed last up to 0five years.

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