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Barbed suture lifting is a minimally invasive surgical technique for facial rejuvenation. Aging of the face and neck results in ptosis of soft tissues and the appearance of more prominent facial lines. For correction of these changes, surgeons are devising more procedures with fewer incisions and shorter postoperative recovery periods. Many of these procedures use absorbable and nonabsorbable sutures in the dermis and subcutis to lift lax skin. Limitations of these implants have included the protrusion of sutures through the skin and asymmetry of the cosmetic effect, often requiring correction with additional sutures, and limited durability of effects.
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Lovreglio, R., Fabbrocini, G., Delfino, M. (2016). The Nonsurgical Thread Lift for Facial Rejuvenation. In: Fabbrocini, G., De Padova, M., Tosti, A. (eds) Nonsurgical Lip and Eye Rejuvenation Techniques. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23270-6_11
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