Multiple ulcers on the face due to infection after thread‐lifting

Kasai, Hiroko; Yashiro, Kiyoshi; Kawahara, Yoshie

doi:10.1111/1346-8138.14483

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“…3 One patient experienced skin ulcers induced by Acinetobacter wolfii 1 month after insertion of the Spring Thread, which recurred after oral antibiotics and required thread removal. 52 Another patient developed tender, erythematous linear nodules on her cheeks consistent with cellulitis 5 months after PDO use, which resolved 2 weeks after thread removal. 54 Infection with Mycobacterium (M.) fortuitum or M. massiliense occurred in 2 patients after thread lifting with nonbarbed threads, which resolved with antibiotic treatment (See Supplemental Digital Content 4 , Table S1, http://links.lww.com/DSS/A884).…”

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“…Infections occurred in 23 patients, ranging from a period of 2 weeks to 4 months postprocedure, either at crossing points of threads or at the ends of the threads, which required removal. 3,8,12,22,26,34,37,50,[52][53][54][55][56] One patient experienced a herpetic outbreak 21-day postprocedure, which resolved with antiviral medication. 3 One patient experienced skin ulcers induced by Acinetobacter wolfii 1 month after insertion of the Spring Thread, which recurred after oral antibiotics and required thread removal.…”

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Safety Profile of Thread Lifts on the Face and Neck: An Evidence-Based Systematic Review

Pham

Chu

Foulad

et al. 2021

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BACKGROUND “Thread lifting” has quickly gained popularity as a minimally invasive treatment for facial rejuvenation. However, the effectiveness is questionable, and the safety and adverse effects are often not discussed. OBJECTIVE To identify and discuss the adverse effects associated with various types of threads. MATERIALS AND METHODS Studies describing the use of thread lifts were identified using a PubMed search. Inclusion criteria included studies in which barbed and nonbarbed threads were used for the face and neck. RESULTS Fifty-nine articles consisting of 14,222 patients (14,134 barbed, 81 nonbarbed, and 7 combined cases) were included. The most common side effects overall were facial asymmetry (n = 6,143), edema/tumefaction (n = 453), and ecchymosis (n = 407). Serious adverse effects were rare and consisted of paresthesias, alopecia, and injuries to vessels/glands. Most adverse effects were transient and self-resolving, with the exception of contour irregularities, injuries to vessels/glands, infections, and inflammatory reactions. CONCLUSION Most side effects associated with threads were self-resolving, whereas more serious cases subsided with treatment. Future studies are critical to further determine whether thread lifting provides long-lasting, safe, and satisfying results.

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Safety Profile of Thread Lifts on the Face and Neck: An Evidence-Based Systematic Review

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Chu

Foulad

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“…However, facelift surgeons often operate on patients who previously had poorly performed facelifts with undesirable results 5 – 14 or on those who underwent multiple injectable therapies after the initial facelift, producing unnatural results, or on those who had noninvasive treatments with devices or threads in an effort to correct the recurrent laxity. 15 – 17 All of the abovementioned procedures render the revision facelift more difficult.…”

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Revision and Secondary Facelift: Problems Frequently Encountered

Skouras

Skoura

2020

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Global Open

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Background: Revision facelift is a very challenging operation. The goal of our study was to examine the most common problems that the facelift surgeon has to face in a revision case and to suggest ways of solving them. Methods: A review of all patients from 2012 to 2017 in whom rhytidectomy was performed by the senior author was conducted. Results: During the 5-year study period, the author performed 552 face lifts. After the review to confirm revision procedures, a total of 72 revision facelifts were found. On reviewing the most common problems encountered in our facelifts, we found that in addition to the stigmata of the primary facelift, which are thoroughly analyzed in our article, a new type of stigmata has been added nowadays to the revision facelift—that of the various noninvasive interventions that patients undergo after their first facelift, in their effort to postpone or avoid a second operation. In all the abovementioned cases, the surgeon has to modify his basic surgical plan accordingly, to be able to improve or solve all of those problems during the revision surgery. Conclusions: The modern facelift surgeon often has to face much more than the stigmata of the primary facelift or the natural aging process. Thus, he/she should be appropriately trained to solve any problem we might encounter in a revision case.

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“…Multiple palpable masses, chronic inflammatory reactions, hematoma, and infection in the thread-lifting area have also been reported. [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] Regarding energy-based devices, there are articles in the medical literature reporting minor side effects, such as transient erythema and edema, [19][20][21][22] or major complications. 23,24 However, there has been no study to the senior author's (G.S.)…”

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“…Multiple palpable masses, chronic inflammatory reactions, hematoma, and infection in the thread-lifting area have also been reported. 9–18…”

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How Minimally Invasive Treatments Can Render a Subsequent Facelift More Difficult.

Skouras¹,

Σκούρας²,

Skoura³

2023

Plastic &Amp; Reconstructive Surgery

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Background: Minimally invasive antiaging procedures are often misused or overused, creating difficulties when the patient later decides to have a face lift. The goal of this study was to examine the most common problems that the senior author (G.S.) faces in his face lifts because of these noninvasive interventions and to demonstrate the methods he uses to solve them. Methods: A review of rhytidectomy cases from 2012 to 2017 performed by the senior author was conducted. All patients who had undergone any type of minimally invasive procedure before they had a face lift with the senior author were included in the study. The aim of the authors’ study was to examine their face lifts regarding the problems created by minimally invasive interventions that the patient had undergone in the past. Results: During the 5-year study period, the senior author performed 552 face lifts. By analyzing these patients, we found that 207 of them had previously undergone one or more minimally invasive procedures, in an effort to delay or avoid a face lift. The problems frequently encountered by the senior author in these patients were the following: (1) cheek fat atrophy because of previous energy-based treatments; (2) significant scar tissue formation because of previous energy-based treatments or thread lifting; and (3) large-volume injectables. In all the above-mentioned cases, the surgeon had to modify his basic surgical plan accordingly. Conclusion: Plastic surgeons today must be perfectly trained to evaluate and solve any of the problems caused during a face lift by misused or overused minimally invasive treatments performed in the past. CLINICAL QUESTION/LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Therapeutic, IV.

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Multiple ulcers on the face due to infection after thread‐lifting

Cited by 11 publications

References 4 publications

Safety Profile of Thread Lifts on the Face and Neck: An Evidence-Based Systematic Review

Safety Profile of Thread Lifts on the Face and Neck: An Evidence-Based Systematic Review

Revision and Secondary Facelift: Problems Frequently Encountered

How Minimally Invasive Treatments Can Render a Subsequent Facelift More Difficult.

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