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NCT Number: NCT02235363

Thread Lift by Use of Retaining Ligaments

In facial rejuvenating surgery, the current trend calls for fewer and less noticeable scars with desired results. Especially to improve the jowls and nasolabial folds, the thread lift is a simple and inexpensive technique for patients who do not wish to undergo the typical facelift surgery, but the weak points of it are less effective and shorter duration than the conventional facelift.The investigators propose the new method of the thread lifting the subdermal and subcutaneous layer with a fiberoptic needle by use of the retaining ligaments with two fixation points on both temporal fascia and retaining ligaments. For the intraoperative evaluation the tensiometer was applied and for the postoperative evaluation the FACE-Q applied.

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Key information

Conditions

Face Lift Minimal Invasive Surgery Suspension Technique

Age range

23 year–76 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

The Department of Plastic Surgery, Winners Clinic

Seoul, 135-893, South Korea

About this study

In facial rejuvenating surgery, the current trend calls for fewer and less noticeable scars with desired results. Especially to improve the jowls and nasolabial folds, the thread lift is a simple and inexpensive technique for patients who do not wish to undergo the typical facelift surgery, but the weak points of it are less effective and shorter duration than the conventional facelift.The investigators propose the new method of the thread lifting the subdermal and subcutaneous layer with a fiberoptic needle by use of the retaining ligaments.

Retrospective analysis was performed on 369 consecutive patients undergoing the suture suspension technique between January of 2012 and December of 2015, so called thread lift, using 3-0 V-Loc 180 device for facial rejuvenation with (n=305) or without additional facial procedures (n=64). The follow-up period ranged from 22 months to 43 months postoperatively, with a mean of 34.3 months. There are asymmetry(n=2), scar revision(n=1), revision(n=4), dimpling(n=1), suboptimal outcomes(n=9), and stitch abscess(n=1). The thread lift by use of the retaining ligaments with V-lock barbed sutures can be recommended as an alternative technique in the facelift.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • primary case
  • secondary case

Exclusion criteria

  • wide scar tissue on face
  • allergy to foreign body(thread)
  • no skin excess

Treatment and study plan

thread lift

Procedure

In facial rejuvenating surgery, the current trend calls for fewer and less noticeable scars with desired results. Especially to improve the jowls and nasolabial folds, the thread lift is a simple and inexpensive technique for patients who do not wish to undergo the typical facelift surgery, but the weak points of it are less effective and shorter duration than the conventional facelift.The investigators propose the new method of the thread lifting the subdermal and subcutaneous layer by use of the retaining ligaments with two fixation points on both temporal fascia and retaining ligaments.

Other names: suspension technique with V-Loc barbed sutures

Primary outcomes

  1. Revision or reoperation

    Time frame: 3 and 6 months

    Checking whether revision was done by patients' need or not.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Suboptimal outcomes

    Time frame: 3 and 6 months

    Checking whether patients were satisfied with the postoperative outcomes of their faces or not.

  2. Asymmetry

    Time frame: 3 and 6 months

    Comparing the degree of sagging of the right and left faces to see if there is any difference.

  3. Scar revision

    Time frame: 3 and 6 months

    Checking whether scar revision was done due to hypertrophic scar on the operative sites or not.

  4. Dimpling

    Time frame: 3 and 6 months

    Checking whether patients complained about dimpling on the operation sites of their faces or not.

  5. Stitch abscess

    Time frame: 3 and 6 months

    Checking whether the operative sites were infected or not.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Winners Clinic

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Thread Lift by Use of Retaining Ligaments With V-lock Barbed Sutures : Under the Condition of Using the Tensiometer and FACE-Q

Acronym: TL

Important dates

Study start
2012
Primary completion
2016
Study completion
2017
First posted
Sep 9, 2014
Registry last updated
May 11, 2018

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