If you are looking to achieve the remarkable anti-aging effect of a facelift without the general anaesthetic, surgery, and weeks of recovery, a PDO thread lift could be exactly what you have been searching for.
A thread lift is, in essence, a non-surgical facelift, conducted using dissolving or permanent threads that latch onto the skin using tiny barbs and have a lifting effect.
Once a thread has been inserted under the skin, these barbs will connect to the skin, before changing direction mid-way through the thread, fixing the lift and ensuring that it doesn’t come down.
Anywhere from 3 to 6 threads is used on each side of the face by a skin clinic Glasgow in a full thread lift in order to achieve the best result possible.
What are the benefits of a thread lift?
PDO thread lifts are extremely quick to have inserted, and almost as quick to recover from.
The entire process of having a thread lift treatment will take just 1-2 hours and you will be completely back to normal after just a few days.
There are also very few side effects to thread lifts, if any, and the worst thing reported by the majority of people is minor bruising, soreness, or irritation around the injection area for a couple of days.
Thread lifts are incredibly adaptable and a skilled doctor can use them to achieve a huge number of different outcomes. They can be used to life the eyebrows, cheeks, neck, jowls, and more, and provide results similar to that as a surgical facelift at a far lower cost.
If required, a physician can even add more threads at a later stage to improve the lift. This, and the fact that the threads will dissolve over time, gives them a major advantage over surgical facelifts where very little can be done to improve the effects, and nothing to reverse them.
Furthermore, the fact that threads can easily be removed or dissolved if necessary is a major plus point for those who are nervous about undergoing cosmetic treatments. It also means that in the very rare instance that there are any complications with a thread lift treatment that the procedure can quickly be reversed to prevent the problem from escalating.
What are the disadvantages of a thread lift?
Thread lifts are fantastic at doing what they do but are not suitable for tackling every single potential sign of aging in the face.
Some issues, such as severe facial sagging, can only be appropriately targeted using surgery, and dynamic wrinkles that appear only when you smile or frown are best dealt with using a treatment such as Botox.
Why are thread lifts temporary?
PDO threads are made from a substance called polydioxanone that dissolve over time and the effects of a thread lift will wear off in around 12-15 months.
If you are looking for longer-lasting results, permanent thread lifts do exist, where the skin in anchored to the scalp and do not dissolve over time, and these are the only true alternative to a surgical lift.
The lifting effect from a permanent thread lift will last for as long as 3 years in many cases.
Thread lifts increase collagen production
One of the biggest benefits of PDO thread lifts is that they cause your body to begin producing elastin and collagen at a faster rate.
These substances are the ones responsible for elasticity and moisture in the skin and fall in productivity as we age, leading to rough skin, wrinkles, and fine lines.
By instigating collagen production, PDO threads cause your body to produce collagen again, helping to tackle many of the issues mentioned above. This increased production lasts for a significant period of time, meaning that when you have a thread lift treatment you will not only see fantastic results from the moment that you leave the clinic, but these results will continue to improve over the coming weeks and months.
What happens when the effects of a thread lift fade?
The knowledge that thread lifts are not permanent and will fade over time can be considered as both a blessing and a curse depending on your situation.
On one hand, the fact that the wonderful results that can be achieved by using threads will wear off over time is a shame, although they can easily be restored simply by returning to the clinic on an annual basis for a top-up treatment.
On the other, if you are not happy with the results of the treatment, the temporary nature means that you won’t be stuck with them forever, and your face will return to its original appearance once the threads have completely dissolved.
