18 year outcome of thread lifting with absorbable threads: an objective and subjective assessment
Objectives: I would like to bring my twenty-year experience in the use of traction threads in the culture for the correction of ptosis and moderate asymmetries of the face
Introduction: In Aesthetics, minimally invasive treatments are constantly increasing, as demonstrated by AICPE statisticians.
Minimally invasive practices are located in the middle between Cosmetic Surgery, a practice that commits the patient to a long and annoying recovery, and Aesthetic Medicine, a branch of medicine that completes aesthetic practices with less effort.
These new treatments do not replace traditional surgery, but complement each other by offering, in most cases, new, less cruel alternatives, especially acting in the preventive phase.
Materials / method: let's consider the Support Threads, used in surgery for many years, then perfected and simplified in the last 18 years to make them less bloody and absolutely painless.
The threads act as tensors and are implanted in the subcutaneous tissue, repositioning the tissues and lifting the treated areas.
The treatment of the threads must be completed by a reintegration of the volumes with traditional fillers and above all by a correct treatment of the skin surface with peeling, IPL and non-ablative radiofrequency.
Results: Results: since 2006 we have treated 400 patients with this combined method, having a booster effect to filler treatment alone.
Conclusion: Conclusion: We can conclude the main characteristics of these treatments:
1. All procedures are outpatient
2. Long-lasting but reversible results
3. Scarcity of side effects
4. Treatment of all components of the "aging face"
5. Lower final cost to the patient compared to surgery
6. The goal is a natural outcome
7. The improvement is gradual
8. The social impact for the patient is almost zero
