Thread Lift by Use of Retaining Ligaments

NCT ID: NCT02235363

Last Updated: 2018-05-11

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 369 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2012-01-01
• Study Completion Date: 2017-05-31

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.

Conditions

Face Lift; Suspension Technique; Minimal Invasive Surgery

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

facelift

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.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

thread lift

Intervention Type: 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.

Interventions

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.

Intervention Type: PROCEDURE

Other Intervention Names

suspension technique with V-Loc barbed sutures

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• primary case
• secondary case

Exclusion Criteria

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

• Minimum Eligible Age: 23 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 76 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Winners Clinic

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

CHEOLHWAN KIM, M.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Winners Clinic

Locations

The Department of Plastic Surgery, Winners Clinic

Seoul, , South Korea

Countries

South Korea

References

Sasaki GH, Cohen AT. Meloplication of the malar fat pads by percutaneous cable-suture technique for midface rejuvenation: outcome study (392 cases, 6 years' experience). Plast Reconstr Surg. 2002 Aug;110(2):635-54; discussion 655-7. doi: 10.1097/00006534-200208000-00042.

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

PMID: 12142689 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

Thread Lift

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id