Can permanent threads for a facelift or neck lift be removed or adjusted? (Photos)

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I had a neck lift using permanent SpringThreads to lift my jawline/jowls. However, the right side has felt constantly sore and swollen compared to the left side. There is swelling around jaw bone hinge and at the insertion spot behind my ear. It feels like the thread hasn't "set" properly because I can still see and feel it under my skin on that side compared to the other. The antibiotics I was given haven't helped. Can or should I remove and reinsert them without damage?

Stephen Prendiville, MD · Answer

This represents a further "evolution" in a bad solution for the aging neck; it combines absorbable PGLA cones with permanent polypropyelene suture.  I classify this in the "shortcut across the canyon" file.  My first recommendation would be: never have this done.  The corollary to this is that you will rarely see an experienced, busy Facial Plastic Surgeon with a busy facelift/necklift practice performing this procedure.  The 2nd would be that the polypropylene component (fairly nonreactive) can be removed with an open procedure, when you are ready for a facelift/necklift, but it would be more complicated short of this approach without more extended access.

Adam Goodwin, MBBS, FRCS(Plast) · Answer

I have some experience of these devices. They are very fine and almost impossible to find once they're placed. Even if you can find them,  extensive surgical dissection is the only way to remove them if possible, and they would need be to cut into pieces and pulledout. They cannot be reinserted or recycled.

They are a good device, but not a great device for these exact reasons.

If you get recurrent problems with hotness and redness like the thread is infected , the only option is to have it removed which, as I say it's quite a surgical procedure.

I have some information on my YouTube channel Adam goodwin surgery, that discusses things like permanent Threads if you're interested in learning more. Best wishes, Adam, Goodwin.

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