If the signs of aging have begun to affect your appearance so that you’ve noticed skin laxity or sagging and drooping in certain areas, you don’t have to schedule a surgical procedure to reclaim your youthful appearance. The PDO thread lift is a minimally invasive, non-surgical treatment that uses natural methods to safely lift and tighten the skin and help patients reclaim a youthful glow through a relatively quick, safe, and comfortable treatment experience.
What Should You Expect After a PDO Thread Lift?
The PDO thread lift has become popular among patients who don’t want to undergo a surgical facelift or don’t qualify for one. This minimally invasive treatment will help you look more like your youthful self, target the signs of aging, and increase natural collagen production.
Some results are immediate, and others are gradual. Knowing what to expect after the treatment well before you schedule an appointment will help you have realistic expectations and ensure you are fully informed about every step of the process.
Tighter Skin
One of the reasons that the PDO thread lift is so effective is that it lifts and tightens the skin immediately after treatment. Once the skincare expert inserts the PDO threads into specific areas of your face, they will attach to the tissue and lift it higher up, drastically improving sagging and drooping and the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.
Smoother Skin
This treatment not only lifts and tightens the skin but also makes it look and feel smoother. It helps minimize lines, wrinkles, and facial folds and can create a more even skin texture. From treating horizontal forehead lines and crow’s feet to nasolabial folds and marionette lines, this thread lift can accomplish what non-invasive treatments and products often cannot.
Fuller and More Voluminous Skin
One of the effects of this treatment is significantly increased collagen production. The body responds to the PDO threads in the skin tissue by increasing natural collagen production in the dermal layers.
This happens in the months following treatment. As the body generates more collagen, the skin becomes fuller and looks more youthful. Increased collagen is a natural and effective solution for hollow areas, lines, wrinkles, facial folds, and general aging.
A Youthful Appearance
All of the effects of the thread lift will work together to help restore a youthful appearance to your skin. Smoother, tight, lifted, and voluminous skin will all make you look years younger. In addition, the increased collagen will improve facial proportions and bring more balance to your face, especially if you’ve noticed any sunken areas or hollowing due to collagen loss as you’ve aged.
Long-Lasting Results
One of the benefits of undergoing a thread lift is that you will not only experience the benefits of instant and gradual anti-aging results, but you will also get to enjoy those results for a significant amount of time. The body will continue to generate collagen while threads are in the skin and after they dissolve.
After about six months, the threads will fully dissolve, and the body will flush them out of the system. Patients who undergo treatment can expect to enjoy tighter, youthful, and lifted skin for several years after treatment. You won’t need multiple treatments to see visible results; most patients only need one thread lift to reverse aging and achieve their cosmetic goals.
What Are PDO Threads?
PDO threads are bio-absorbable threads used for decades as surgical sutures in medical surgeries. During a thread lift, these threads are inserted into the skin to rejuvenate the appearance and reverse the aging process. These threads can be inserted into the skin to soften lines around the mouth and smooth lines on the neck, improve the appearance of the eyebrows, define the jawline, and enhance the cheekbone contours.
What Happens During a Treatment?
A typical thread lift takes anywhere from 45 to 90 minutes to complete. The first step is your initial consultation. It’s important that you meet with a skincare expert to confirm that you qualify for the treatment so that you feel confident moving forward and scheduling your appointment.
Your Thread Lift
When you arrive for your appointment, the skincare expert will apply a numbing solution to your skin to ensure optimal comfort during your session. Then, she will use a tiny catheter to insert the PDO threads into specific areas of your face just below the skin’s surface.
These threads have tiny barbed shapes that immediately attach to the skin tissue, resulting in a lifting and tightening effect. As the body absorbs the PDO threads, collagen regenerates, and the results continue to improve.
Your Results
Once you undergo treatment, you’ll see some immediate results. Lines and wrinkles will be smoother and less noticeable, you’ll have improved lift and volume along the cheeks and notice a tighter and more contoured jawline.
Who Is a Good Candidate?
The best candidates for a thread lift are patients who want to address some of the more common signs of aging but aren’t willing to commit to a surgical procedure to do so. A thread lift can help patients enhance their jawline, reverse skin laxity, and target lines and wrinkles.
The best candidates are those with relatively healthy skin and adequate skin thickness. Having skin that’s thick enough for the treatment is key because the threads need to be inserted at a specific depth to ensure they make a visible difference in the patient’s appearance.
Can They Be Combined With Other Treatments?
One of the benefits of a thread lift is that it can be combined with other skincare treatments to address additional cosmetic or aging-related concerns. You can schedule a thread lift with laser treatments and cosmetic injectables. These treatments will work together to restore natural-looking volume to the skin, smooth, dynamic expression lines, and improve skin tone and texture.
Combining this treatment with other cosmetic treatments can help you accomplish your anti-aging and cosmetic goals that you can’t accomplish with a thread lift alone. That way, you can achieve the most comprehensive results and your ideal appearance as quickly as possible.
Is There Any Downtime?
After your thread lift, you must follow some recovery directives to ensure the best results and the quickest healing process. Patients may notice some redness at the injection site 24 to 48 hours after treatment. Most patients can resume their normal activities as soon as their appointment is complete. You will need to avoid touching the PDO thread injection site. You’ll need to avoid any facial movements that could disrupt the threads and make them move from the desired location.
You will also need to avoid sleeping on your face, using a sauna, and intense exercise for the first two weeks following treatment. You will be provided with a complete list of instructions to follow after your treatment so that you can ensure the best results.
If you’re looking for a minimally invasive treatment that can drastically improve your appearance and reverse the signs of aging, you may be the perfect candidate for a customized thread lift with PDO threads. We can give you more details about this treatment, confirm your eligibility, and schedule your appointment. If you are interested in rejuvenating your appearance and 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. Don’t forget to follow us on social media for our latest deals and specials & events!
