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PDO Thread Lift instant gratification
UPDATED FROM RSMember4053
9 months post
Loved it but it literally only lasts 3-4 months....
RSMember4053August 11, 2019
WORTH IT$1,500
And I was told it lasts about a year. I changed my "Was it Worth It?" from Yes to Not Sure just because I can't be running back every 3-4 months and paying another $1,500 for a threadlift. Probably at my age I need to bite the bullet and get a full-on facelift.
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PDO Thread Lift Instant Gratification
RSMember4053November 15, 2018
I'm 61 and really starting to look haggard...like everything is melting down my face. Ugh. I tried Profound rf, Sculptra and Ultherapy all within the last year and was disappointed in them all. I've always liked the instant gratification of filler so I went to have lip filler again and was asking Dr. Darush what I could do about my melting face and he recommended the PDO Thread Lift. It was very affordable, $1,500 for 3 threads on each side of face so I made an appt. He had already told me that I had scar tissue under one of my cheeks and the scar tissue was attached to my bone and so part of my skin on my cheek was not very flexible. I have no idea how it got there unless it was one of the above stated previous procedures or CO2 Smartskin Fraxel Laser I had about 5 years ago.
He put 3 threads in each side which is on the conservative side. (I just want to look 50 again, not 30.) It turns out I had some scar tissue on each side under my cheeks so it was a bit difficult at times for him to get through it with the cannula. It hurt some, but I was expecting it to hurt and it wasn't unbearable. A few times the process did make me a bit queasy for a minute or two. It's just odd feeling these cannula moving under your skin. Then he swipes his hand upward on the skin several times to help the cones lock in which is a bit uncomfortable, and then pulls on the strings that are hanging out of the top of my cheek, which again feels odd...not really painful...just weird.
I'm going back to get a few more as soon as I can. These work like fillers work..it's literally instant gratification! When I walked in my house my teenager daughter immediately said she saw a difference.
I've taken some Tylenol twice since I had it done yesterday, just because I have one place that is very tender (where the worst of the scar tissue was,) but I have no bruising (again my teenager brought that up because I typically look like I've been in a bar fight when I have anything done). I can also kind of feel a barb poking once in awhile, but it isn't consistent and once I readjust my face position it stops.
After all the disappointment I've had with other procedures, I would gladly do this every year for the rest of my life!
He put 3 threads in each side which is on the conservative side. (I just want to look 50 again, not 30.) It turns out I had some scar tissue on each side under my cheeks so it was a bit difficult at times for him to get through it with the cannula. It hurt some, but I was expecting it to hurt and it wasn't unbearable. A few times the process did make me a bit queasy for a minute or two. It's just odd feeling these cannula moving under your skin. Then he swipes his hand upward on the skin several times to help the cones lock in which is a bit uncomfortable, and then pulls on the strings that are hanging out of the top of my cheek, which again feels odd...not really painful...just weird.
I'm going back to get a few more as soon as I can. These work like fillers work..it's literally instant gratification! When I walked in my house my teenager daughter immediately said she saw a difference.
I've taken some Tylenol twice since I had it done yesterday, just because I have one place that is very tender (where the worst of the scar tissue was,) but I have no bruising (again my teenager brought that up because I typically look like I've been in a bar fight when I have anything done). I can also kind of feel a barb poking once in awhile, but it isn't consistent and once I readjust my face position it stops.
After all the disappointment I've had with other procedures, I would gladly do this every year for the rest of my life!
Replies (4)
November 15, 2018
Congrats on your wonderful and Instant results! Nice to hear you have no bruising and that the procedure isn't that painful— I've always wondered what it felt like, it sounds tolerable. You're review is very helpful, thanks for sharing!
November 16, 2018
You can tell the Sculptra has helped well
November 16, 2018
How do you mean? I didn't notice any difference with the Sculptra or any of the previous procedures other than fillers.
November 16, 2018
You definitely look like you have some volume on your lower cheek area from what I can see in that photo. Not sure how many treatments you have had with Sculpta. I am a Sculptra user myself. I love it.
November 16, 2018
Thank you, but I really don't see it. I have Ehlers-Danlos (a connective tissue disease that I've mentioned to every doctor who's treated me) and since it affects collagen, I have started wondering if the reason I wasn't seeing any results with treatments that are supposed to build collagen was because my collagen doesn't respond like normal collagen? This is entirely speculation on my part, but I don't feel like I've had good results with straight-up collagen builders. But (more speculation! lol) I am 61 so maybe after a certain age that kind of treatment just doesn't work well.
November 18, 2018
Wow, this is a remarkable improvement! You look great! What are the long term implications? Do the threads themselves cause scar tissue? My main concern is how this could affect a future "real" facelift.
November 21, 2018
Thank you! I'm thrilled with it! It's supposed to build collagen, not scar tissue. I'm not certain what procedure in my past caused the scar tissue I have under my skin...maybe the Profound rf since I looked like I had been in a bar fight, but I'm only speculating.
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They need to make them last longer to be affordable. But wow you got beautiful results. Did it go back exactly as before or did it create any new collagen lift like they claim?
Can you share some information and pics if u donf mind?