I still have swelling along my jaw after having 1 barbed PDO thread put in there. I’m 8 days post treatment. Is this normal?

Thank you for your question and photo. I do see the change that you were trying to achieve. At a minimum, a lateral canthoplasty would be required to produce what you are looking for. You might also benefit from a temporal brow lift and release of the lower eyelid retractors. I would strongly...

I mark the areas for fat grafting as well as threadlifting with you upright, prior to going into surgery. I would do the fat grafting first, then eyebag surgery second (assuming you are doing some fat grafting to the lower lid/ midface area), then finish with the threadlift. With markings in ...

Threads are inserted along the subcutaneous plane just below the skin. The important nerves that you refer to, are much deeper below the fatty layer in this region. Therefore nerve damage is extremely rare especially when done by a trained physician.