How Can I Remove the Sutures from a Former Contour Threadlift?

asked 3 years ago by Jac in Rosemère,Québec, Canada
Latest answer by Kamran Jafri, MD
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I am tinking of taking out the 16 sutures I had placed in 2 1/2 years ago from a Contour Threadlift. Is this intervention possible without having a facelift? Is taking out 3 or 4 at a time the easiest way to get out of it?

2 answers to How Can I Remove the Sutures from a Former Contour Threadlift?

Facelift Approach is needed

Hello Jac, I agree that given the nature and direction of the hooks / barbs on the thread adequate exposure is needed to remove without causing undue tension or trauma on the tissues they are resting in. There is no point in removing only a few at a time - if taking them out it is best to remove all of them in one setting. Sometimes I have found that threads are best left in place since they have "scarred" into position and removing them would do more harm than good. If your facial laxity... more

Kamran Jafri, MD
New York Facial Plastic Surgeon

Hanging By A Thread? Kill Two Birds With One Stone

I recently performed a facelift on a patient who neglected to inform me that she had previously had a ThreadLift procedure done elsewhere. As you might imagine, I was quite surprised when I began to encounter these stiff threads under the facial skin flap, and I removed as many of them as possible once I had adequate undermining of the facial skin and exposure of the underlying deep plane. I do not believe it would be possible to remove these barbed sutures without significant scarring... more

Athleo Louis Cambre, MD
Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon

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How Can I Remove the Sutures from a Former Contour Threadlift?

Facelift Approach is needed

Hanging By A Thread? Kill Two Birds With One Stone

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