How Can I Remove the Sutures from a Former Contour Threadlift? Doctor Answers, Tips
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How Can I Remove the Sutures from a Former Contour Threadlift?

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?

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2 Doctor Answers | Asked by Jac in Rosemère,Québec, Canada
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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
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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
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