Up until recently, facelift surgery was the only option for treating issues like jowls and drooping cheeks brought on by facial skin laxity. Because once loose skin is there, only a scalpel can effectively remove it, even though skin resurfacing procedures can aid in restoring some degree of firmness.

While the strategy of waiting to perform a facelift surgery until it is absolutely essential and works for many individuals, not everyone is willing or able to have surgery. If you fall into this category, you’ll be pleased to learn that a brand-new procedure called the thread lift has been created to bridge the gap between noninvasive facial rejuvenation and facelift surgery.

A thread lift is what?

When doing a thread lift, temporary sutures are utilized to create a slight but noticeable “lift” in the skin. The cosmetic surgeon suspends the patient’s sagging facial skin with sutures rather than surgically removing it. This has the effect of elevating and tightening the face by slightly drawing the skin back. Threads are excellent for elevating the skin, but they also work to delay the aging process by inducing the body’s “healing response” and directing massive amounts of collagen to the treated areas. This is significant since collagen is essential to the aging process.

The “growth factors” that have a significant impact on the health of our skin are supported by collagen. Collagen aids in wound healing in addition to maintaining the strength, volume, and suppleness of our skin. Our bodies continually create less and less collagen as we age, which results in an 80% drop in skin thickness by the time we reach the age of 70. The development of extra skin and wrinkles is significantly influenced by this loss of volume and strength. Gravity pushes the skin downward and strains it as a result of the skin losing its ability to effectively support the tissues beneath it as it becomes weaker. When skin laxity symptoms are still minor, injecting the face with new collagen can help to lessen looseness.

In other words, the facial tissues are continually and gradually rejuvenated by this procedure. Patients who receive a thread lift to encourage collagen will gradually see an improvement in the firmness and tone of their skin. The body’s healing reaction will be active continuously while the sutures are in place because the body will want to “heal” the sutured areas and remove the sutures. When the body detects any foreign thing in the dermis, it is biologically programmed to respond in this way. Fortunately, the patient won’t feel anything occurring because the threads inserted beneath the skin during a thread lift are so tiny. Once the skin around their sutures has healed, the majority of patients can barely feel them at all.

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