silhouette lift in london, 3 weeks ago - £3,000. DR SEBAGH - London, GB

Hi there, I had PDO not silhouette lift, but I had prickles right up to 5 weeks and beyond.
Who did yours for you? PM if you don't want to say publically.
I had mine with Dr. Zafar S Khan who said that he used to do single thread lifts but found they had too much down time, too many complications and the actual action of them what quite barbaric.
Having said that, the PDO lift wasn't a walk in the park either and I had almost 2 months of down time and little to no difference.
My friend has had 3 single thread lifts and each time the threads have snapped.
I hope that your lift works out for you though.

I too am very worried about my face, although it is only 5 days since my PDO lift. I am having trouble laughing now as it is still too painful and I am not happy with side of my face which has 'puckered' and I can feel the barbs through my skin on that side. The bruising has gone down well and the other side is OK although I think overall I look older than I did!! As I said - it's early days and I'm just praying that this will sort!!

Hi hon - I shared with you my experience of threads & subsequent removal but I hope you have returned to the clinic for advise? Do you have thin skin by any chance? I found some relief at night by using micro pore take along the thread hooks which made a considerable improvement to pain and recovery (at the advise of a second plastic surgeon). I did feel a [RS bleep] at night time with tape in my face and requires gentle removal after damping down in the mornings. Even now, AFTER removal I get pain as the nerves get traumatised plus I now have 2 small granulomas. I still use the tape at night if I'm in pain.

thank you for sharing

I had a rippling down one side of my cheek and a couple of dimples. Nurse told me to massage them, which went against the advice in pamphlet they gave me. Did eventually go after five weeks.

So sorry to hear of your unfortunate experience. I had this procedure about 3 months ago and could not be happier with the result.I'm a 52 year old beauty therapist and had noticed a sagging on the sides of my face but not enough yet to warrant a full face lift I had a thread on each side of my face, I had wanted two threads each side but my practitioner Dr Leah Totten said I only needed one each side which she would loop round giving the effect of two threads and saving me a bit of money. The whole procedure lasted about 40 mins and was only mildly uncomfortable. I had expected bruising as I take aspirin daily but didn't get any, this I put down to the skill of the Dr. Immediately after the procedure I had a dimple on one side and was told I could have it loosened off and released if I wanted but that it should soften by itself soon so I chose to leave it wanting the most tightening I could and I can honestly say that an hr after the lift It had gone completely. The only thing I can say I felt was everything felt tight and I was told not to smile or make strong facial movements for a few hrs. As a beauty therapist a few clients of mine popped in to see me and the effects of the procedure, I had no swelling bruising or discomfort, just a firming looking face. The next day I was back working and no one would have been able to tell I'd had anything done. People just kept saying how well I looked. My threads were placed horizontally across my face tightening up the skin across my cheeks. I cannot see or feel any threads or any discomfort. The hardest part of the thread lift for me was not being able to sleep on the side of my face for a few days which was the Dr Leah's recommendation.

I had this done what a waste of time .....there was a small Improvement, but over the next few months you couldn't tell I had had it done. I also started getting really bad head aches right around my for head from where the clips were at each side of my temples in my skull just in my hairline.....also the wires were pulling under the skin...which didn't look very good...I last nearly a year but the headaches got worse so I had to have them taken out and I chose a really good surgeon who did this for he and the. performed a face lift....better longer lasting and the cost was not a great deal more then the silhouette lift....

Are you pleased ? The full face photos - are before or after ?

I had a similar experience. A lot of swelling and bruising. A ripple across one cheek that took 5 weeks to heal. No warning at all. Didn't notice any difference at time of treatment and 6 months on, still no change. Waste of money .

I had a threadlift back in 2012 and had two dimples just infront of my ears. These dissapeared after 4 weeks or so. The tesult was short lived but great at the time. Trouble was it lifted the muscle to a degree but obviously with time the the skin had no where to go. In October l had a FL with Dominic Bray and during op he said there where only 2 threads present and left them there as he said it would have been more trouble to get them out. The lift was very cheap as l had a bleph by the same surgeon. Very happy with bleph. The surgeon only did eye surgery and threads. I think they are a short tem option. Wish you all the best in your recovery.

Don't give up hope yet- you might still end up pleased with the result ! I had an endotine lift done in August this year . It's a similar process - a sling device inserted under my skin pulling my face upward from the upper lip and anchored in the temple. Anyways much like your experience I bruised horribly - so bad in fact that even now 3 months later there is still an area by my mouth that is a little dusky and not entirely healed. The swelling was enormous and took 3 months to go down - I had to sleep with my head elevated well into my second month of healing to keep from swelling at night . My face looked odd - the pulling created a gap under my cheeks that made me look worse than before I had the procedure. Needless to say I shed some tears over wasted money and unfulfilled expectations of looking younger . Then all of a sudden in month 3 things began to change - the swelling went down , my face finally began to fall into place and low and behold I actually do look better than before the surgery. Now don't get me wrong , my doctor promised much better results then this procedure could have ever delievered but I am happy to say the results are so much better than what I thought they would be at the end of 8 weeks. So hang in there you are not done healing yet !

Any before pictures. Your now pictures, neck and face look tight.

Hi! How are you getting on - have you had any improvements on your recovery?