Long-Term Effects of Thread Lift

Question

What happens to you face say ten,fifteen or 20 years after threads. Do the lines followed by the threads hold the skin tighter than the rest of the face forming strips of more taught and alternatively saggy skin where there are no threads?

Elliot M. Heller, MD · Answer

Not usually, the threads will relax along with the facial tissues as time passes. Thismay require re-insertion of subsequent threads.

Otto Joseph Placik, MD · Answer

In the USA, thread lifts have not been around that long and it is difficult to say. Your logic seems to make sense. However, in my limited experience, I have not observed aging of the untreated areas around the thread lifts. They seem to fall with the rest of the face.

Dmitriy Schwarzburg, MD · Answer

Threads are dissolved by the body. It does not produce any long-term effects such as that which you have mentioned. Please contact a qualified provider or a board-certified physician with extensive experience in these procedures.

Bruce E. Katz, MD · Answer

Thank you for your question. Silhouette InstaLift has absorbable lift sutures that tighten the skin and stimulate collagen as they dissolve over time. Results will continue to improve for up to several months after surgery. However, keep in mind that nothing can stop the aging, process. For more information, please make sure you get a in person consultation from a board-certified dermatologist.

Richard P. Rand, MD, FACS (retired) · Answer

Since Threadlifts are a part of relatively recent history there is no long term effect known.  Probably there will be little if any because that was why people stopped doing them in the first place.

Long-Term Effects of Thread Lift

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