How do I find surgeons performing contour threads or threadlift?

 in the midwest (MN, IA, ND, SD, WI etc.) I'm interested in having the procedure and am having difficulties finding doctors that perform it?

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A: Contour thread lift: A procedure whose time has come and gone.

Otto Joseph Placik, MD

I agree with Dr,. Rand. I used to perform the procedure but rarely do so. There are many problems which are too numerous to elaborate on here. Suffice it to say, if it was a great procedure, I would still be performng it routinely. I currently take out more than I put in. I rarely use it on the occasion... more

A: Don't do it

Richard P. Rand, MD

The reason you are having trouble is that nobody is going to do it anymore and even the company doesn't make the threads anymore.  The results just were not good enough and didn't last either.  Go to an excellent plastic surgeon and discuss your options.  But don't waste you money going to... more

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dermdoc
891 posts
26 Mar 2009

This is a procedure that has greatly fallen out of favor. I can picture boxes of the threads lying around in closets gathering dust. I have heard mostly bad stories about Contour Threads. Before going for this procedure I would recommend reading some of the tales of woe on this site. If you are undaunted I would recommend Dr. Stephen Mandy of South Beach and Aspen. He gave a lecture on this a few years ago, seemed quite skilled and enthusiastic about it, and may be one of the few physicians still performing the process. Incidentally, I can just picture the developer of Contour Lift, thinking this idea was genius. All the disappointment he or she must now face.

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