Thread Lift by Use of Retaining Ligaments

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Face Lift; Minimal Invasive Surgery; Suspension Technique
• Interventions: Procedure: thread lift

• Registration Number: NCT02235363
• Lead Sponsor: Winners Clinic

Brief Summary

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.

Detailed Description

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.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2012-01-01
• Study First Submitted: 2014-09-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-09-04
• Study First Posted: 2014-09-09
• Primary Completion: 2016-12-31
• Study Completion: 2017-05-31
• Status Verified: 2018-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-05-03
• Last Update Posted: 2018-05-11

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 369

Inclusion Criteria

• primary case
• secondary case

Exclusion Criteria

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
facelift	thread lift	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.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Revision or reoperation	3 and 6 months	Checking whether revision was done by patients' need or not.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Suboptimal outcomes	3 and 6 months	Checking whether patients were satisfied with the postoperative outcomes of their faces or not.
Asymmetry	3 and 6 months	Comparing the degree of sagging of the right and left faces to see if there is any difference.
Scar revision	3 and 6 months	Checking whether scar revision was done due to hypertrophic scar on the operative sites or not.
Dimpling	3 and 6 months	Checking whether patients complained about dimpling on the operation sites of their faces or not.
Stitch abscess	3 and 6 months	Checking whether the operative sites were infected or not.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

The Department of Plastic Surgery, Winners Clinic; 🇰🇷 Seoul, Korea, Republic of