The thread lift. Pierjean (pier) Albrecht. Transform Magazine nº 9

The thread lift. Pierjean (pier) Albrecht. Transform Magazine nº 9

The thread lift. Pierjean (pier) Albrecht. Transform Magazine nº 9

Some years ago, a new technique invented by a Russian surgeon entered the facial rejuvenation market: the Aptos threads®.

It consists in lifting some areas of the face by introducing threads with barbs that attach onto the skin. It is an easy, fast and simple procedure performed under local anaesthesia, and the results are immediately visible. In a few words, it is a non-surgical lifting.

This seems so wonderful that Aptos Threads® have already been copied many times. But what do patients realize when they have the threads introduced? I think it is important that I give you a simple tip to obtain the best results, regardless of the technique used. It is critical that you use your common sense.

What does our common sense tell us in relation to the threads?

The skin is a soft elastic tissue that loses elasticity as you age. The threads are not elastic and cannot stretch like skin. The immediate and static results of the thread rejuvenation technique seem to be good. As you begin to mimic, the threads enter into conflict with the fat and the skin. In the best-case scenario, the lifting effect wears off. In other cases, after a couple of weeks or months, this conflict starts to negatively affect the incision made to introduce the threads. The threads may start to be rejected by the body.

If you take any piece of leather garment and try to stretch it, you will produce a fold or “wave” of excess skin. When a surgeon performs a facial skin lift, there is also excess skin produced. In that case, the excess skin may be cut.

On the other hand, when a doctor lifts the skin with threads, the excess skin forms a little bulge or fold, which cannot be hidden away.

The skin is elastic and soft. The threads are neither soft nor elastic.

When they are placed under the skin, as they sit at a superficial level, they can be felt easily by running your fingers over the face. Since they are superficial, they can also be visually perceived when the person mimics.

I have seen some women who were talked by some other surgeon into having this threads procedure performed and who totally regret having done so. Most of them want to have the threads removed. I have seen infection at the incision level, I have felt the threads with my own fingers and I have seen them. In the best-case scenario, the results were gone after a few weeks.

Finally, it is important to understand why threads gained such popularity.

It is a non-surgical technique that can be performed by doctors with no Plastic-Aesthetic qualifications. Of course it is in their interest to promote this technique that allows them to offer a facial rejuvenation alternative.

If you want to try it, my advice is that at least you should have it done by a Plastic Surgeon. Unfortunately, in many cases I think that the threads are just a means of attracting people who are afraid of surgery, and to start convincing them little by little that what they need is surgery.

In any case, I recommend analysing more than one option before making a decision.

Keep in mind that the manufacturos of the theards themselves admit they can achieve 50% of the results of a surgical face lift.