There’s a new (or newish) option for lifting and tightening sagging facial skin without going under the knife. Late last year, the FDA approved a new variation of a once-popular procedure, called a ...

Facial threading, also called a thread lift, can be a cost-effective, beneficial procedure — as long as you've appropriately managed your expectations. While a thread lift isn't a replacement for a ...

It’s hard to resist the pull of a thread lift. After all, the procedure is said to deliver something akin to a mini-face lift; it’s quick, relatively pain-free, and involves neither injections nor ...

A polypropylene barbed suture material is now available to allow oculoplastic surgeons to perform minimally invasive brow lift procedures. The self-anchoring Contour Threads, distributed by Surgical ...

On her talk show Oprah Winfrey promoted the new barbed-suture face-lift as a “one-hour lunch-break lift” and a “cutting-edge procedure with no cutting edges.” On “Today” Matt Lauer described it as a ...

There are three main types of threads that can be used: polydioxanone (PDO), polylactic acid (PLA), and polycaprolactone (PCA). The first option developed — and still the most common choice today — is ...