Until recently, the only way to treat problems caused by facial skin laxity, such as jowls and drooping cheeks, was through facelift surgery. After all, while skin resurfacing treatments can help restore some firmness, once loose skin has formed, only a scalpel can remove it completely.
While the approach of relying on injectable compounds and skin rejuvenation until facelift surgery is absolutely required for many patients, not everyone is willing or able to undergo surgery. If you belong to this group, you’ll be pleased to know that the thread lift is a new type of procedure that bridges the gap between noninvasive facial rejuvenation and facelift surgery.
Thread Lift in Dubai
Thread Lift in Dubai is a cosmetic procedure that uses temporary stitches and threads to lift and tighten loose skin on the face and neck, giving them a more youthful appearance. It is a minimally invasive procedure that stimulates collagen production in the skin, resulting in healthier, firmer skin.
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What Is A Thread Lift?
A thread lift is a type of procedure that uses temporary sutures to create a subtle but noticeable “lift” in the skin. Instead of surgically removing the patient’s loose facial skin, the cosmetic surgeon stitches up portions of it to keep it in place. This has the effect of drawing the skin back slightly, lifting and tightening the face. In addition to being ideal for lifting the skin, threads combat aging in another way: by triggering the body’s “healing response” and causing the body to direct large amounts of collagen to treated areas. This is significant due to the critical role collagen plays in the aging process.
Collagen promotes “growth factors,” which have a significant impact on the condition of our skin. In addition to wound healing, collagen keeps our skin strong, voluminous, and supple. As we get older, our bodies produce less and less collagen, resulting in an 80% reduction in skin thickness by around age 69. This loss of volume and strength plays a significant role in the development of excess skin and wrinkles. As the skin weakens, it is no longer able to adequately support the tissues beneath it, causing gravity to pull it downward and stretch it. Infusing fresh collagen into the skin of the face while the signs of skin laxity are still mild can help to reduce looseness (by thickening and hydrating the skin) while also preventing it from worsening.
In other words, this process provides continuous and progressive rejuvenation of the facial tissues. Patients who undergo a thread lift to stimulate collagen will notice a gradual improvement in skin tone and firmness. While the threads are in place, the body’s healing response is constantly activated because it wants to “heal” the sutured areas and expel the sutures. The body is biologically programmed to react in this manner when it detects any foreign object within the dermis. Fortunately, because the threads used for a thread lift are so small, the patient will not feel anything. Most people can’t feel their sutures once the skin around them has healed.
What Are The Advantages Of Having A Thread Lift Instead Of A Facelift?
For many patients, the primary benefit of a thread lift over a facelift is the significantly shorter recovery time. When a patient undergoes facelift surgery, he or she must be heavily sedated; therefore, the patient must arrange for someone to drive them home from the hospital. Most facelift patients also require round-the-clock care from a caregiver for at least three days after surgery. Furthermore, if the patient still has children at home, childcare assistance may be required. Facelift patients typically need to take one to two weeks off from work to heal.
Recovery from a thread lift, on the other hand, is relatively straightforward. Thread lifts can be performed using local anesthesia rather than general anesthesia, allowing thread lift patients to drive home and care for themselves immediately following their procedure. While some patients will experience minor soreness, redness, and swelling after having a thread lift and may wish to take the rest of the day off, the majority can return to work right away. Strong pain medication is rarely required after a thread lift, making it easier for patients to resume their normal activities. This procedure is therefore ideal for people who have children at home or who have busy, demanding jobs.
While thread lift recovery is not particularly intensive, patients should still take a few precautions while healing. For at least a week after having threads placed, avoid vigorously cleansing or applying moisturizer to your face. You should also try to elevate your head slightly so that you do not roll over directly onto your face while sleeping.
Thread lifts are low risk because they are noninvasive. There is almost no risk of scarring, severe bruising, bleeding, or other complications following a thread lift. In rare cases, patients may experience irritation, infection, or sutures that become visible under the skin. If this occurs, the sutures can be simply removed, and the patient’s face will revert to its original state.
Finally, because thread lifts are much easier to perform than facelift surgery, they are much less expensive.
Thread lifts are advantageous, but patients should have realistic expectations for this procedure. While thread lifts do produce visible changes, they typically only lift the face by a few millimeters, resulting in a more subtle and natural-looking end result than facelift surgery. Thread lifts are therefore best suited to patients who have mild to moderate, rather than severe, signs of skin laxity.
The ideal thread lift candidate is typically in his or her late thirties to early fifties, whereas most patients over the age of 54 benefit more significantly from facelift surgery. Thread lifts, on the other hand, can serve as a facelift alternative for older patients who are unable to undergo surgery due to medical reasons. Because thread lifts can be performed under local anesthesia, many people with age-related conditions that preclude surgery (such as high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease) can safely undergo this procedure. If you have any outstanding health conditions, consult your doctor about whether a thread lift is right for you.
It’s critical to understand that, while no lifting technique can guarantee permanent results, facelift surgery typically produces longer-lasting results than a thread lift. Facelift surgery can produce results for up to a decade, whereas thread lifts typically last one to three years. However, because the thread lift procedure is so low-risk, patients who are satisfied with their results can usually choose to have a new set of temporary sutures placed once their old sutures have been absorbed by the body.
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Understanding Different Thread Lift Procedures: NovaThreads and Silhouette InstaLift
Nova Threads and Silhouette InstaLift threads are FDA-approved for use in lifting facial tissue. While these procedures use a similar mechanism of action and produce excellent results, there are some important differences that patients should be aware of. We’ll look at how these two procedures compare.
NovaThreads
NovaThreads are sutures made of PDO, a biocompatible material specifically designed for safe reabsorption by the body. NovaThreads remain in place for four to six months before gradually dissolving. Patients can expect to see the results of their NovaThreads lift for at least a year after treatment. This long-lasting effect is due to the continued improvement in skin condition caused by collagen infusion.
NovaThreads are available in a variety of styles, including barbed sutures, which are ideal for gathering skin and producing more lifting action, as well as straight or curved smooth sutures. Smooth sutures provide less lift but are excellent for collagen stimulation. Smooth sutures are frequently placed in strategic locations around the face (such as the corner of the mouth or along the brows) to target common problem areas where aging signs appear most prominently. In contrast, barbed sutures are used near the hairline to gently pull back the skin and lift the cheeks and jowls.
NovaThreads placement is relatively quick and simple for the patient. Local anesthesia will first be used to numb the areas to be treated, followed by the insertion of the threads beneath the skin with a small instrument (a thin cannula or needle). This entire procedure typically takes 29 to 44 minutes, and the patient is free to return to work afterward.
Silhouette InstaLift
The Silhouette InstaLift, like NovaThreads, uses biocompatible temporary sutures to lift the face. The Silhouette InstaLift is more focused on lifting the skin than stimulating collagen production (though it will achieve both goals, of course), so the threads used in this procedure are designed differently. Rather than being smooth or barbed, they have a number of sutures interspersed with tiny “cones” that are capable of grabbing tissue. This allows the threads to gather more skin, resulting in a more noticeable lift of the cheeks and jowls. Silhouette InstaLift threads are also intended to produce relatively long-lasting results; patients can expect to see the benefits of their Silhouette InstaLift for one to three years.
A Silhouette InstaLift takes about 44 minutes on average and can be done with local anesthesia. A specially designed thin needle is used to insert the threads into the skin, reducing patient discomfort. Patients may experience mild soreness and swelling for a few days following this procedure, but this is usually treated with over-the-counter pain relievers. As a result, if you have a Silhouette InstaLift, you will most likely be able to resume your normal activities immediately.
Getting The Most Out Of Your Thread Lift
Because thread lifts are so low-risk and have such a quick recovery time, they can be combined with other nonsurgical procedures to produce more comprehensive, noticeable results. Once your skin has healed around the threads used in a “InstaLift,” we recommend combining it with a treatment like ultherapy.
Ultherapy employs gentle pulses of ultrasound energy to heat the connective tissues beneath the skin, stimulating collagen production. Ultherapy, also known as a “nonsurgical facelift,” is safe enough to be used on almost any part of the face or neck. By combining this procedure with a thread lift, you can increase the overall amount of skin firming and achieve more even lifting by treating both the neck and the face.
While thread lifts can effectively tighten the skin, they are not intended to treat blemishes on the surface. As a result, removing the visible signs of aging—such as age spots, areas of uneven pigmentation, and fine lines—will necessitate a procedure known as “skin resurfacing.” Skin resurfacing involves removing the top layer of the dermis, which removes the aforementioned blemishes. A new, more youthful-looking layer of skin then forms in its place.
Patients can achieve a profoundly positive change in their appearance by combining a variety of nonsurgical anti-aging treatments, without having to go through the extended recovery time associated with surgery.
Best Aesthetic Clinic in Dubai for Thread Lift
Best Aesthetic Clinic in Dubai for thread lifts is Perfect Doctors Clinic. Their expert team specializes in minimally invasive procedures that deliver natural-looking, youthful results.