At The Refinery Medspa & Wellness locations in Indian Harbour Beach and West Melbourne, FL, we offer a non-surgical facelift called the PDO thread lift. This treatment lifts, tightens, and smooths the skin without requiring patients to commit to an invasive surgical procedure to achieve their desired results. It delivers exceptional, long-lasting results and utilizes natural methods to safely reverse aging and restore a youthful appearance.
The Non-Surgical Facelift in West Melbourne, FL: The PDO Thread Lift
The PDO thread lift is a non-surgical facelift that we offer to meet the needs of our patients who want tighter, younger-looking skin. This treatment uses PDO threads, which are completely bio-absorbable, to rejuvenate and contour the face. The entire process is non-surgical and minimally invasive and can help you achieve the next best thing to a traditional facelift: minus the incisions, anesthesia, surgical techniques, downtime, and long recovery.
What Are PDO Threads?
PDO threads are absorbable sutures shaped like tiny barbs. Their helical pattern allows them to anchor into the tissue and hold the skin in the desired location until the body responds by increasing collagen production and creating natural scaffolding. We use a tiny catheter to insert these threads to improve facial contours and immediately lift the tissue.
What Can They Treat?
Common treatment areas include the upper, middle, and lower half of the face. We use PDO threads to create higher cheekbone contours, create a more defined jawline, soften smile lines, including marionette lines and nasolabial folds, smooth lines on the neck, and soften the skin around the eyebrows.
We customize treatment plans to meet each patient’s unique goals and address how aging has affected their appearance. During your initial consultation, we can evaluate your skin and determine the best treatment plan for your needs.
How Does It Work?
This non-surgical facelift uses PDO threads, which are absorbable sutures used in the medical world for surgical procedures for over 30 years. We use them during this cosmetic treatment to lift, contour, and tighten the skin. These absorbable threads tighten the skin without requiring us to use the same surgical techniques and incisions associated with traditional facelifts.
During the treatment, we insert the PDO threads beneath the skin’s surface, and as they anchor into the tissue, they pull it higher and tighter while simultaneously stimulating collagen in the production in the treatment area, which results in tighter, younger, firmer, and more elastic skin.
What Should I Expect From My Treatment?
We can schedule your appointment once we confirm that you’re a good candidate for this treatment. You should avoid any products that could irritate your skin in the days leading up to your treatment. Drink plenty of water to keep your skin hydrated and avoid sun exposure.
Your Treatment
When you arrive for your appointment, we’ll cleanse your skin to remove any makeup and products and then administer local anesthesia to ensure you remain comfortable throughout your treatment. We’ll use a special catheter device to insert the PDO threads into different areas of the face just below the skin’s surface per your treatment plan.
These threads will adhere to the skin tissue and immediately lift it higher, resulting in an anti-aging effect. The entire treatment process takes approximately 45 to 90 minutes, after which we will provide you with aftercare instructions so that you know what to do following treatment to achieve the best results.
Is There Any Downtime?
You will need to follow specific aftercare instructions after your treatment so that the thread insertion points can heal and you can avoid interrupting the threads in the treatment area. The typical recovery period is 24 hours. We recommend that patients prepare for the treatment by avoiding certain supplements and medications, including blood thinners. It’s also important to avoid using alcohol and nicotine for seven days before treatment and the days following treatment.
After your treatment, you’ll need to avoid hot environments, touching the injection sites, facial massage, wearing makeup and applying skincare products for the first day after treatment, and putting any pressure on your face, including sleeping on your side or stomach, for the first week. We will provide detailed care instructions after your treatment so that you know exactly how to ensure the best possible results.
When Will I See the Results?
After you undergo your treatment, you’ll see immediate results. You’ll notice tighter, lifted skin and improved facial contours. These threads are designed to treat skin laxity, reduce the appearance of deep folds, lines, and wrinkles, lift the skin, increase cheek volume, define the jawline, and restore a youthful appearance.
Your results will continue to improve over time as your body responds to the presence of the threads in the skin tissue and increases natural collagen production in the area.
Can It Be Combined With Other Treatments?
This non-surgical treatment can be combined with other professional cosmetic treatments for enhanced results. Patients who live in the West Melbourne, Viera, Palm Bay, and Indian Harbour Beach areas can schedule this treatment in combination with laser treatments or injectables to address other concerns. We offer laser treatments that increase natural collagen production and gently resurface the skin to target hyperpigmentation, aging, acne scars, and other skin imperfections.
Our injectables can address dynamic wrinkles at the muscular level and inject natural-looking volume into different areas of the face to maximize your treatment results. We can give you more details about our treatment options and design a custom-tailored treatment plan that helps you naturally restore your youthful appearance through non-surgical treatment methods.
How Long Will My Results Last?
After your treatment, the threads will remain below the skin in the tissue for up to 12 months, after which they will dissolve, and when they do, your body will flush the threads out of the system. During this time, the treatment significantly increases collagen and elastin production, making the treatment effects last up to two years.
Once you notice that your results are beginning to fade, we can help you preserve your youthful appearance, keep your skin smooth and tight, and fight against the aging process with maintenance sessions.
Who Is a Good Candidate?
The best candidates for PDO threads are patients who want to treat skin laxity, lines, wrinkles, and volume loss in different areas of the face. The best candidates should have adequate skin thickness so that we can effectively insert the threads at the required depth to ensure the best results.
Some patients may not qualify for treatment due to safety concerns, including pregnant and nursing women, patients with bleeding disorders, patients with autoimmune conditions, and those who are prone to scarring. An in-depth initial consultation at our office is the best way to confirm whether this treatment is right for you. We’ll ask you some questions about your skin and evaluate your desired treatment area in person to confirm your eligibility.
Tighter, lifted, smoother, and younger-looking skin is within reach, and you don’t have to commit to a surgical procedure to achieve it. We can design a custom-tailored PDO thread lift that will naturally reverse aging and stimulate your body’s collagen and elastin production abilities so that you can achieve natural and long-lasting results. If you’re in the Indian Harbour Beach or West Melbourne area contact The Refinery Medspa & Wellness and Skin & Body by The Refinery by using our simple online form. Alternatively, you can also call us at 321-341-3321 to reach us in West Melbourne, FL, or call us at 321-428-3004 to reach us in Indian Harbour Beach, FL. Together, we can map out a path that leads to your best self, both now and in the years to come. Don’t forget to follow us on social media for our latest deals, specials and events!
