Thread Lift

What is a thread lift?

A thread lift is a procedure that aims to enhance facial appearance by repositioning skin tissues. This involves inserting temporary, medical-grade threads into the subcutaneous layer of the face. The barbed threads will gently be pulled and affixed to tighten and lift the skin.

The initial effect of a thread lift is a temporary support to the skin, which may appear more taut. Over time, as the threads dissolve, any immediate changes may diminish. However, the procedure might support collagen production, potentially affecting skin appearance.

The barbed threads fight signs of ageing by encouraging the body’s natural healing response, to produce more collagen, one of the key proteins that keep our skin at its youthful best. The threads won’t injure the skin, but the body will detect the sutures and respond by stimulating collagen production in the treated area.

By the time we are in our seventies, we will have lost about 80% of our skin thickness. This is because we produce less and less collagen in our bodies as we age. With less collagen, our skin weakens and struggles to support the underlying tissues, allowing gravity to stretch and pull the skin downwards, creating the appearance of sagging skin.

If we prompt our bodies to supply our skin with more collagen while our signs of aging are still quite early, we can prevent skin laxity from worsening with time. A thread lift procedure will provide ongoing rejuvenation of facial tissues, even once the threads have dissolved, as collagen production will be stimulated. This means that patients can see a gradual and effective improvement in the tone and firmness of their skin.

Why choose Cosmos Aesthetics for your thread lift procedure?

Thread lifts, known for their minimally invasive approach, are an option for those seeking aesthetic facial enhancements. While they offer a different approach to traditional facelifts, results vary and depend on individual factors, the walk-in, walk-out procedure can revitalise your skin and keep you looking young and glowing, with little downtime and at much more affordable costs.

Despite the simplicity of the non-surgical procedure, a thread lift needs to be performed by a trained doctors, equipped with both extensive experience and deep knowledge of muscle and tissue composition. For optimal results, it is important to choose a suitable clinic that is fit with knowledgeable and experienced doctors, who know how to perform the procedure without posing a high risk of skin irritation or incorrect thread placement.

When you’re looking for a clinic that offers thread lift procedures, you should try to find:

• A clinic with a track record of effective results and a positive reputation
• An experienced practitioner to perform the treatment
• Plenty of the clinic’s patient before and after photos

At Cosmos Aesthetics, our medical professionals are trained in performing thread lifts. Our team’s collective experience in cosmetic medicine focuses on providing current procedural techniques.

Benefits of a thread lift procedure

Thread lifts can improve your complexion by reversing signs of aging such as skin laxity and wrinkles. Additionally, thread lift procedures are linked with more benefits, including:

• Instant results: Some skin tightening treatments need time to start showing results after the procedure, however, a thread lift instantly tightens and lifts the skin with the dissolvable barbed threading technique.

• No downtime: Thread lifts can take as little as one hour to perform and requires no downtime afterwards. You can resume your usual daily routine straight after treatment.

• Treatment is minimally invasive and non-surgical: A dissolvable facial thread procedure will present excellent results that are similar to those of a surgical facelift, without the costs, time, and recovery involved with surgery.

• Results can last for years: The collagen-prompting procedure can continue to deliver results for up to three years, thanks to the technique of encouraging the body’s natural collagen producing process.

What areas can a thread lift treat?

With a thread lift procedure at Cosmos Aesthetics, you can tighten and lift various areas of the face, such as:

• Cheeks: Barbed threads can reduce nasolabial folds, making the cheeks appear fuller
• Eyebrows: Facial threads on the eyebrows can lift the outer edge of the eyebrow and make the eye area appear more open
• Facial contour: Redefine the overall contour of the face by tightening the skin with facial threading
• Lower jaw area: Redefine the jawline and make the face appear slimmer with facial threads focused on the lower jaw

The thread lift procedure

The first step is to book a thorough consultation with our friendly team at Cosmos Aesthetics, to make sure that a thread lift procedure is right for you. During your consultation, a practitioner from our team will assess your facial contour and decide on the amount of facial threads that you may need to achieve your desired results.

On your treatment day, your face will be gently cleansed, and a local anaesthetic will be supplied to the area that is being treated. With a very fine needle or cannula, the dissolvable facial threads will be threaded into the subdermal level of the facial tissues, underneath the visible layer of the skin. Once these threads are placed, they will be pulled to tighten and lift the skin. The ends of the threads will be trimmed so that the anchored threading will not be noticeable. You might feel some pressure as the threads are pulled, but the local anaesthetic should ensure a painless procedure.

Thread lift treatment recovery

As a non-surgical and minimally invasive procedure, recovery is simple and relatively short-term, especially when compared to traditional methods such as surgical facelifts. You may experience swelling, redness, or tenderness on your face, however, this can be expected and should subside within just a few days. You will be able to return to your usual daily activities straight after treatment. Your practitioner at Cosmos Aesthetics will provide you with details on how to care for your skin after your treatment to ensure an optimal recovery. Some recovery tips may include:

• Manage swelling or any discomfort by applying an icepack or another type of cool compress for about 30 minutes, four to five times a day
• Avoid vigorous exercise and excessive heat for one week, as this will help to reduce swelling, bruising, and skin irritation
• Try to cleanse or moisture your face as gently as possible for about a week after the procedure, making sure that you avoid roughly rubbing your face
• Keep your head elevated as much as possible
• Sleep with your head propped on extra pillows to prevent rolling over directly onto your face

Following your recovery instructions provided to you by one of our knowledgeable practitioners is important, as it can reduce the chance of any side effects occurring, such as skin irritation, and can help to ensure that you receive the best results possible.

Your thread lift results

As the anchoring threads tighten the skin during the procedure, results are instant, however, results will continue to become more and more noticeable with time. This is because the face begins to heal, swelling and bruising will reduce, and collagen production begins to increase. Optimal results are typically noticeable at around three months post-treatment.

Even though results are long-lasting, particularly when compared to other non-surgical skin tightening procedures, they are not necessarily considered to be permanent. Within about one year, the threads will be absorbed by the skin’s underlying tissue. However, the increase in collagen production means that the overall tightened and youthful effect of the treatment should last for as long as three years.

Thread lift prices at our Melbourne clinic

Cosmos Aesthetics understands that every patient is different, and therefore, every thread lift treatment will involve different specific details such as procedure time, number of threads used, and area being treated. During your consultation, one of our cosmetic practitioners will determine the costs of your individual non-surgical thread lift treatment.

As a guide, our thread lift treatments typically start from $1,000 per treatment area.

Your initial consultation costs are redeemable upon treatment and are usually between $120 and $330.

For more information, please see our Cosmetic Surgery Pricing page here.