Although its only been five days post surgery from my 5 point silhouette thread lift, with a suture at each side of my hairline. I am looking at some photographs on this site and none of these people seem to have these indents and lumps straight after surgery that I have. I am worrying, is this normal? Thank you for your time in replying to me.
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If one gets hair dye into the surgical site, it can stain the skin, like a tattoo. Doctors give different time frames about when one can dye their hair (when there are incisions in or adjacent to the scalp), varying from 10 days to 3 weeks.
This is a great question. We perform PDO thread lifts (NovaThreads in our office frequently and patients always ask whether they should wait until
they lose more weight. In order to get the most out of your treatment, I would
recommend waiting. While there is no true risk to doing the procedure...
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the peri-ocular area especially under the eyes threads may give you improvement. The
smooth threads in a series of “mesh” patterns, spaced 2-3 months apart will
decrease the appearance of fine lines. This series will induce collagen from
your body breaking up the suture. Over time you wil...
