Removal of Facial Soft Tissue Ptosis With Special Threads

Abstract

Lifting facial tissues using APTOS threads is simple, constructive, and time-saving. It avoids scars and the need for implants.

Midface Thread Lifting: Method of Internal Suturing

“…The past two decades have seen rapid development of aesthetic surgery of the aging face, especially its middle zone [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8], which has always been preceded by considerable prerequisites: the patients reported, and the surgeons agreed that the visual signs of the facial aging are most sharply pronounced exactly in this region. At relatively stable high contour of the zygomatic areas, early (in the relatively young age) sliding down and ptosis of soft tissues of suborbital and buccozygomatic areas, appearance of the lachrymal groove and suborbital fold, worsening of the nasolabial fold have always been considered as sign of a dull, flabby, ageing face.…”

“…Application of solid or shell implants envisages carrying out rather an invasive operation, requiring the presence of the implants themselves, which must often have individual sizes and shapes [5].…”

“…The injection administration of various permanent and long-term filling agents is connected with leaving under the facial skin foreign, allogenic artificial substances, which rather often leads to suppurative and other complications [5,7].…”

“…Besides, the use of this method seems inappropriate for plump faces and is impossible in the absence of donor fat in lean patients [5,7].…”

Minimally invasive lift of the middle third of the face using musculoaponeurotic suspension with periosteal fixation technique: a review of 50 cases

“…In 1906, Lexer reported facial surgery performed on an actress. The procedure and its results were considered revolutionary 5 .…”