| String facelift or thread facelift is one of the most | | | | that is how it should work, ideally. |
| highly celebrated innovations in the field of cosmetic | | | | Thread facelift, in addition, does not bring permanent |
| surgery. When it was launched several years ago, it | | | | results. After some time, the skin and tissues will sag |
| drew a lot of publicity, with comments ranging from | | | | again as the patient continues to age or especially |
| sceptical to convinced. The initial hype that | | | | when he or she gains weight. When this happens, the |
| surrounded this breakthrough procedure has given | | | | patient will have to go back to the doctor again so |
| way to much scepticism about its effectiveness as | | | | that the strings can be readjusted and tightened. It is |
| the better alternative to a full-blown face lift. In | | | | easy to see then that any patient who has decided |
| addition, while men and women who have undergone | | | | to go through with it should be ready for a series of |
| a string face lift swear by its benefits in terms of | | | | trips back to the surgeon. |
| giving them an improved appearance, a more | | | | The more important concern with thread face lift is |
| youthful-looking face, and a higher level of | | | | that the procedure has not been proven to be safe |
| confidence, the bigger concern is whether or not the | | | | by surgery experts or scientific studies. To date, no |
| benefits outweigh the safety of the procedure. | | | | scientific study on the effectiveness of this |
| Surgeons who perform thread facelift harp about its | | | | procedure, as well as the safety of the process and |
| advantages: the fact that it is less costly than a real | | | | the materials used, has yet been conducted. The |
| facelift procedure, it takes a shorter amount of | | | | claim that it is non-invasive is not entirely accurate, |
| healing time and requires an easier road to recovery. | | | | because threads, being foreign objects, are |
| But what does a string face lift procedure really | | | | introduced into the muscle tissues and left there. And |
| entail? | | | | while lying underneath the skin, waiting for the |
| Thread face lift is referred to by proponents as a | | | | collagen to build up, the body could react adversely |
| non-invasive surgical procedure performed by a | | | | to their presence. |
| plastic surgeon and involves inserting and weaving | | | | This is the reason why many professional surgeons |
| thin, clear strings into the muscle tissues underneath | | | | are hesitant to recommend the thread face lift as a |
| the surface of the skin. The strings that they use | | | | legitimate and safe alternative to a conventional |
| have tiny barbs that cling on to the excess muscle | | | | facelift. At least in the view of ethical doctors and |
| tissues and extend up to the back of the ears. When | | | | surgeons, a thread face lift should not be a |
| the strings are pulled, they are supposed to anchor | | | | recommended procedure to address sagging skin and |
| the sagging skin, stretch it, and keep it lifted until | | | | wrinkles, at least not until the safety issue has been |
| collagen builds up to make the tissues firmer. At least | | | | addressed and proven. |