What is a Ribbon Lift?

You can see the satisfaction rates from threadlifts on the RealSelf website... only 13% of patients were happy with their decision to have a thread lift. 87% of patients were unhappy.
A ribbon lift employs a similar philosophy of no undermining pulling on tissue. Experienced facelift experts know that thread lifts simply pull through, as the results slip away. The only thing remaining are the threads, which are troublesome to remove, especially if there are many of them. Typically, revision facelifts involve removal of old threadlift material and knots.
Endotine has various lifts but these are usually performed with undermining surgery as an additional lifting tool. They do involve large supposedly self-dissolveable multi-hook structures that are left in the face. There have been problems with the early versions with pain and palpability, so Endotine is redesigning them.
Your best bet is to save up for a proper facelift with a facelift expert, take the 10-14 days off, and have a much better, more natural, and longer lasting result.

Thank you for your question. A ribbon facelift refers to a minimally invasive facelift technique suspending the tissue with an absorbable "ribbon" device.  Such techniques are best suited to patients with mild aging changes. Moderate to severe aging changes would more likely benefit from a more traditional facelift. I would recommend consultation with a facial plastic surgeon to discuss what option is best for you."This answer has been solicited without seeing this patient and cannot be held as true medical advice, but only opinion. Seek in-person treatment with a trained medical professional for appropriate care."

The ribbon lift is a surgical procedure that’s performed to
reverse the findings associated with facial aging. This procedure utilizes many of the
principles of the thread lift procedure. Unfortunately, thread lift procedures
are often associated with recurrence of facial skin sag.For
this reason, the majority of facial rejuvenation patients are better served by
traditional facelift techniques. These
procedures are considered more reliable and have greater predictability.If
you’re concerned about facial aging consultation with a board certified plastic
surgeon is appropriate. This surgeon
should be able to formulate a treatment plan that’s tailored to your specific
needs.

In a face lift, the SMAS is the facial muscle that is tightened to reduce jowling and drooping of the face. This can be tightened with sutures after lifting, or by placing a ribbon device, attaching it to the muscle and then pulling on the muscle. This device dissolves away after 4 to 6 weeks under the skin.

The Ribbon lift is based on an implant that looks like a quarter inch "ribbon" of absorbable material with little teeth that grab at one end and. It looks like its made of plastic and similar in appearance to a cable tie. It is typically placed under the skin to snag the deeper tissues. It is then anchored at a higher location to lift and hold them in place. The extra skin is then removed. Over time the device is completely absorbed (usually 6-12 months. The advantages to these procedures are clear: less surgery. However, the results are generally less than expected and most patients find them unsatisfactory. This is why you will see great initial enthusiasm but rarely see these devices persist over time as their populariy wanes.

 Placing a device underneath the skin with an attempt to try to tighten the skin is only a temporary measure  that has not stood up to the test of time. The thread lifts have also been taken off the market for a variety of complications. We have removed many of them  in our facelift practice. Comprehensive facial rejuvenation involves tightening the facial muscles and lifting the jowls, tightening the neck muscles in 3 locations, a platysma plasty, removal of fat above and below the  platysma muscle in the neck, and conservatively tightening excess skin in the face and neck. For many examples, please see the link below to our comprehensive facial rejuvenation photo  gallery

We all recognize that facial aging is associated with the thinning and sagging of soft tissues of the face. Depending on the degree of sagging, various Facelift techniques are employed to reposition the tissues in their higher youthful positions.
The vast majority of Facelift methods undermine the skin widely but differ in the extent of undermining of the next layer, the SMAS, which is then suspended higher, taking the tension off the skin closure.
In recent years, we have witnessed a failed attempt to lift the face WITHOUT skin undermining. This method used barbed sutures which caught the deeper subcutaneous tissues and allowed the surgeon to INITIALLY lift them. Invariably, without scar fixation, the elevated tissues sagged with time and the operations were complicated by cable suture palpability, visibility and infection.
The Ribbon Lift uses a similar lifting concept. A flexible, dissolving ribbon with barbs / tines in it is pushed into the deep facial tissues AFTER the skin has been largely lifted off. the ribbon is thereby engaged and is then pulled up until the desired lift was accomplished at which time it is stitched to the temple muscles. This allows the fixation to be kept until the ribbon dissolves months later. The problem is that the ribbon may be palpable AND that in the absence of scar the higher fixation may not be maintained as it is with a regular Facelift.

A ribbon lift is ay type of lift that uses the ribbon to fix the facial tissues into position. Ribbons can be used for facelift, mid-facelift, brow lifts, and neck lifts.
Ribbons do not give you results. The surgeon does. The best way to think about this is that the ribbon is essentially a type of suture material. Excellent results are ultimately achieved by the surgeon and how he uses his instruments and materials in order to obtain the desired results.
My best recommendation to you is to focus on finding a surgeon that will give you the results you desire, rather then the materials used to achieve this.

The ribbon is basically a specialized suture. The company initially marketed it as a stand alone noninvasive procedure but this quickly proved to be a poor procedure with a low success rate. The ribbons can be successfully use at the time of a real Facelift just to supercharge the tightening result. I typically use the ribbons in this way when people have thicker necks and more difficult anatomy because they allow for a powerful tightening effect.

The ribbon lift is basically a midface cheek lift performed with Coapt's endotine device. It is a limited incision procedure...the long term results are not known.