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What is a suture lift? How does it work? What can it do for you?
Also known as the Hollywood Lift, Thread Lift or APTOS, Stitch Lift, Safe Lift, Skin Stitch and Feather Lift.
Suture lift and its variants are procedures that can deliver a younger facial and neck appearance depending on your anatomy and the skill of your surgeon. That said, you need to understand that this is a surgical procedure and there is significant recovery time involved.
The advantage of suture lift type procedures is that they are still considerably lower impact than the traditional facelift, allow faster recovery and are less costly. Where a traditional facelift uses surgical cutting in front of and behind the ears and hairline to achieve a lifting and tightening of facial features, the suture lift achieves a similar effect using fine threads under the skin. These threads anchor to the facial tissue and are tightened to reposition loose or droopy areas. The threads or sutures are usually anchored within the hairline or behind the ears where they cannot be seen.
One of the best things about the suture lift is that because the stitches in the lift last many years they can readily be adjusted and tightened to retain a younger look as facial structures inevitably loosen with time.
Dr Ashley Granot, our surgical director, has been a pioneer of this style of treatment in Australia and has developed a number of new techniques of performing it.
Who can benefit from Suture lift?
A suture lift is an effective option for many patients who would benefit from a facelift but are unwilling to accept the scars involved in a traditional facelift. The suture lift is not for everyone especially if the skin is too loose. A through examination of the facial skin and tone is essential prior to recommending a suture lift or traditional facelift procedure.
A suture lift is also often useful for patients who have already had a facelifts but who would benefit from some minor "tidying up" work.
What happens in a typical treatment?
You do not need a general anaesthetic. The procedure can be carried out under local anaesthesia and light sedation.
A small puncture is made in the skin behind the ear or in the hairline and a long needle with a suture is threaded under the skin until it reaches the area that needs attention. The stitch is fixed to this area and returned back to where it was inserted in, then tied off and buried under the skin. Several of these stitches are usually used to keep each area in position.
How will you feel during and after treatment?
Because local anaesthesia is used there is minimal or no pain during the procedure. After this is completed there is often some pain behind the ears but this is easily dealt with by pain killers and usually settles down within 24 hours.
Initially the stitches may feel too tight but this feeling will pass as they generally loosen after a few weeks. If for any reason you would like to revise your look the stitches can readily be adjusted within the first 4 weeks after the completion of the procedure. After this period removal is more difficult as the stitches become fixed in the skin by the tissue reaction.
Because the stitches reposition the skin there may initially be a slight pucker in front of the ears. This usually adjusts itself within a few weeks but if this is not the case collagen induction therapy can be used to tighten the skin.
When will you see results? What do you need to do after the treatment to ensure the best result?
You will not see the tightening and reshaping effect straight away but this will progress steadily from the completion of the procedure as your face recovers. In general the initial swelling and discomfort improves within a few days.
Dressings are usually required for the first few days to ensure an optimal result. From a clinical perspective you could return to work the next day but most people opt to take some time off until initial healing has taken place.
We would normally see you to monitor your recovery at two days, one week, three weeks and four weeks after the procedure.
Need to know more?
While this information is intended to give you a good overall picture of what a Suture Lift facelift involves your situation is unique. The best way to find out if this is the right answer for you is to come and see us. There are no sales pitches and we will explain all the options and help you to make the right decision.
How much does it cost?
We understand you are curious to know how much the procedure you are thinking of having might cost.
The truth is that with many procedures your cost can fall within a fairly wide range. While we do offer online consultations for liposuction we believe it is unethical to give a cost estimate without gaining a proper understanding of your needs.
Your skin and your expectations are different to anybody else's. Some patients have been attracted by an initial quote only to find the final price was a lot higher. Sometimes these initial estimates do not cover such elements as theatre fees or the cost of an anaesthetist for example.
Our philosophy is simple. We want you to be fully informed, we want you to understand all your options and have one accurate price quoted once. Over more than 20 years of cosmetic practice we have found that this is what most of our clients want too.
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