Contour Thread Lift: Stories

I'm sorry to hear you all have had some problems, I work as a psychologist and have only had a Thread Lift so I can talk about any other procedures that have been thrown into the mix here. The threads are as easy to remove as they are to put in.I had my first thread lift four years ago and just had mine redone. My surgeon explained that all you do is pass a round cannula over the original, slide it along the thread and then the thread will just slide out inside the canula as it's removed. Even years later. The side effects you have mentioned were all explained to me by my surgeon and my Pickering was easy to fix at three weeks. It looked very puckered and pulled for fourteen days, then settled except one small area. Puckering is fixed by your surgeon doing massage and releasing the barb of the thread which has grabbed the skin. The comments above reflect the minority of people who are disappointed. One unhappy patient makes a lot more noise than ten happy ones! All of the problems mentioned above are easily fixed and are part of recovery for some. Monika, I'm confused as to how a thread can give you an allergic reaction as they are inert (the material is used in cardiac transplant and indeed all transplants, also hernia repairs and tying off the appendix after removal, I've not heard of anyone ever being allergic or found any literature on allergy to poly-polypropylene sutures in all of Medline or Pubmed and I did look. I'm even more confused how acupuncture could help, for pain sure, but allergies 100% no, particularly when you don't treat the cause, so I would discount allergy. Neuropathic pain is a feature of any surgical procedure and I'm sorry some of you have discomfort which is prolonged beyond normal recovery. Perhaps for some of you the problem lies with simple misfortune or ones expectations? At 75 I would have to consider the possible impact of any elective surgery on my health and the marked effects that being elderly has to healing, you may be healthier by coming to terms with the features you don't like and forgetting about any plastic surgery, even if you are a very spritely 75 year old. Overall I would recommend it to the right person, I didn't want a big operation. 45 minutes on the table and back to work (albeit looking worse for wear) three days later.

I am going in may the 3rd for a lifestyle lift and I am scared to death I am 75 yrs old but have puffiness uder my eyes and some fat under my neck and a little sag on one side of my cheek.I was assured that I would be most happy with my results,but after reading some of these comments I have my doubts.

I had a mini-lift in Dec 08, part of which involved suspension threads in my cheeks. Very sore & burning for months, even now (Sept 09) its still moderately sore AND I can see the sagging again! When I described the soreness to my supposedly top surgeon he behaved AS IF HE'D NEVER HEARD OF IT BEFORE AND SAID I MUST BE PARTICULARLY SENSITIVE ! From the number of comments I've read, this symptom is patently a common experience - which is often not even accompanied by a good result ! Who can you trust ?

It sounds like some of the posters have allergies to the threads. The allergies can be treated by NAET. It's a method of treating allergies using accupuncture. I've had over 70 allergies treated using this method and it works. You will quickly get relief and it will be a lot faster than trying to remove those threads. Good luck.

Thank you so much for your comments. I have been thinking about getting it done for quite some time now. Reading your comments makes me realize it's not the procedure for me. It's very difficult to find the right feedback.

These things are terrible. I had them a couple of years back and yes, they aren't easy to remove. In fact when I enquired about getting them removed they told me it was too late as scar tissue would have built up around them and there was a high risk of tissue damage if they were removed! I too had pulls and pucker marks and 2 years later they are still noticeable but much improved. If I had it over again I would never have got these things. If you pull them too tight you end up looking too taught and have the puckers and marks, if not pulled tight enough there is virtually no noticeable improvement. So beware, there are much better things out there, these things are scary and should be done away with!

I am 42 yrs old and had a contour thread lift 17 days ago. The pain, (pretty bad) lasted 10 days. I have followed all the doctors advice, and still have a little swelling under one eye. I am extremely pleased with the lift, in the way it got rid of my saggy look, gave me more cheekbones and widened my face slightly. The results are sulbtle, but well enough to truly see improvement. I had very little brusing, and worked from 9 to 7 the very next day, with people thinking I had a black eye. I have no puckering, and look 10-15 years younger.

I had mine done about maybe 6 weeks ago...the bruising, swelling, and periodic aching lasted 2 weeks. The lift was not too good, so the surgeon did some regular pullups...but carelessly cut the end of one of the threads. Now I have a big dent in my lower left jaw. He wanted to wait till the swelling went down to do anything...he said he'd massage it...but I can't see that that would help...seems it should be removed. The problem is...they say this procedure is reversable, but how can you get them out once they are in? You would have to pull to remove from the end by the mouth because of the direction of the feathery stuff...but by now, collagen has probably formed all around it. I, too, am depressed about this...I should never have gotten the threads. I don't mind scars on the sides of my face...but this is like having weedeater line under your skin. I tell people I definitely don't recommend having it done. If there is no training in removing threads, plastic surgeons should not be allowed to put them in.