Cellulitis or Broken Threads After Contour Thread Lift?
May 22, 2009
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My surgeon did not feel that the Contour Thread Lift threads broke. He believes I have cellulitis, and said if it doesn't resolve, he will remove the thread. I am confused and terrified of further complications. I am missing work and losing money. What do you think? Have you heard of anything like this before? My surgeon is very experienced with contour threads and has been doing this procedure for awhile so it is not new to him.
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Thread lifts (contour lift) use permanent sutures that are placed under the skin. The names change based on marketing but the anatomical principle is the same. The results are temporary because they do not access the prime issue with ageing: Descent of the structures that contain muscles...
They are totally different. The lifestyle lift is an abbreviated lift done under local,anesthesia. There was nothing unique about it other than the marketing. They eventually went out of business because of financial problems. The thread lift places barbed sutures under the skin and ti...
A basic concept in Facial Plastic Surgery is that the procedure should match the indications it is designed to correct. Thread lifting involves use of a barbed permanent suture which is used to re-contour the face without adequate soft tissue mobilization. It sounds great but...
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