What is a Featherlift?

These procedures are rarely performed anymore. They tended to be popular about 5 years when several of these operations were performed using a variety of sutures with barbs or other techniques to snag and lift the skin with relatively minimal surgery. Several different technologies were concurrently promoted... more

A few years ago, a great deal of interest came about with the concept of lifting the face and brows using barbed sutures without open surgery.  Unfortunately, these procedures proved to be very expensive and didn't produce results that lasted even a year in most cases.  These procedures carried... more

Featherlifts, also known as threadlifts, contour lift, one stitch lift are basically barbed sutures which strive to suspend the deeper tissues. It has been removed from the market by the FDA. Why doesn't it work? - The only way to reposition tissue permanently is to lift up a layer of tissue and have it scar... more

Just a couple of years ago, "thread" lifting or "suture" lifting was a media darling. And now? Contour threads ("Thread lift") have been removed from the market and APTOS threads (the "Featherlift") are gone, too. Unfortunately, these procedures were unimpressive in... more

Hello, A Featherlift is a procedure that received a lot of attention a few years ago that offered minimal incisions and recovery and promised improvements in a patient's jowls and jawlines. It is done by making a small incision in the hairline by the ear and inserting a linear suture with hooks on the end that... more