I was injected with too much Sculptra and now my face is very puffy and heavy. It will be a year next month. Will a thread lift or a suture lift help tighten cheek mass after Sculptra? Can this be done effectively? Thank you.
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Some patients will experience bruising, swelling and lumps after thread lifts. Some those in your picture appear to be where the skin has been pulled and lifted tightly. There is possibly a haematoma as well which is bleeding that has occurred under the skin. This can result in fullness...
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...
