Is it normal to feel permanent sutures through the skin, post mini lift?

When permanent sutures are used for a facelift it is possible to for them to become noticeable and show through the skin.  It could be a result of your body's immune system response to the suture material or just a tale of the suture showing through the skin.  This situation does not happen very often and would not be considered incompetence on the part of your surgeon.  It would not be hard to get rid of these sutures.  Injection of steroids would be a good treatment to start with.  If it does not help, the surgeon can make a tiny incision alone the facelift scar and remove the sutures directly.  One year after the procedure, removing the stitches would not affect your facelift results.Best wishes!Dr. Konstantin

This could be a delayed foreign body reaction of your own cells to the absorbable sutures used during the procedure. Injections of 5-fluorouracil and Triamcinolone  Acetonide can reduce the size and smoothen the lumps by suppressing the low grade inflammatory cycle.