Avoid touching the thread entry points as much as possible while they heal. Also, don't wear makeup for the first 12 hours today. Wait at least four hours before you lie down. Some providers also recommend you avoid washing your face or hair or getting your face wet for the first 24 hours.
Solid Food – as strange as it may sound, for this minimally invasive procedure to be as successful as possible, you need to avoid any activities that strain the threads, such as chewing solid foods. Try to eat soft foods that do not need to be chewed a lot, at least for the first few days following surgery.
Sleeping on your side, or even on your stomach, results in pressure on your face. You need to avoid this for about a week after your thread lift procedure. Try to sleep on your back with your head propped up on a pillow to minimize swelling after a thread lift.
To keep your blood pressure within a normal range, avoid excessive heat exposure. To accomplish this, take a lukewarm bath rather than a hot shower and avoid tanning beds, dry saunas, steam rooms, steaming hot soup, and sunbathing. Staying hydrated will also help you to keep cool and maintain normal blood pressure.
For most patients, this treatment results in an immediate improvement because the placement of the threads offers a lift right away. Your results will fully develop, or settle, over the next month as the body begins to ramp up collagen production that will offer longer-term support.
Will I be able to smile after a PDO thread lift? Aside from coping with temporary swelling and tenderness, most clients are able to smile after a PDO thread lift.
A day or two after surgery, the hair can be washed again using lukewarm water and baby shampoo. 19. Notify the doctor for any severe swelling in the neck or cheek areas or severe pain on one side, much greater than the other side.
Try to avoid direct pressure on your face such as sleeping “face down” for 1 week. No massage or treatment to the area for 1 month. KEEP AREA “QUIET”: Avoid excessive facial movements such as laughing, yawning, smiling, chewing gum or other excessive facial movements for 2 weeks.
Avoid alcohol for 24 hours after treatment. Avoid strenuous activities 1-2 weeks after the procedure. Walking is acceptable. No excessive sun or heat until any initial swelling and redness have resolved.
A PDO thread lift can be expected to offer instant results that will actually improve over the span of two to three months after your treatment. Even as the threads fade, your results will keep going strong.
Although PDO threads naturally dissolve in your body, there's a possibility that they may also break. Thread breakage happens when there's excessive movement, rubbing, or moisture in the PDO threads. A tell-tale sign of thread breakage is when you feel the puncture points used to insert the threads as they heal.
Keep your head elevated for the first 7-10 nights when sleeping. Use a second pillow or elevate the head-part of the bed. Sleep face-up and not on the treated areas (1 week). Wash and dry your face gently, without rubbing or massaging (2 weeks).
This is a normal response, and the swelling typically resolves on its own within a few days to a week after the procedure. In some cases, swelling may persist or worsen due to an adverse reaction to the thread lift or a secondary infection.
There will be immediate visible results after treatment with suspensory threads, as well as the area feeling tighter. Over the first few days to weeks, the tight feeling will relax to some degree. Soreness almost always occurs after treatment. There may be a dull pain that typically goes away after a week or two.
PDO thread lifts are a minimally invasive and effective treatment for your skin problems. They aren't normally felt or seen underneath the skin. However, in some rare cases of people with thin skin, they can feel them when they press on these areas.
Fortunately, because the threads placed under the skin during a thread lift are so small, the patient will not feel any of this happening. Most people cannot feel their sutures at all once the skin has healed around them.
The most obvious side effect of threading facelifts is that the threads can actually be visible if they are placed too superficially or if the patient's skin is super thin.
Another study published by the NIH indicates this therapy yields around a 90 percent success rate. And yet another study published by The Aesthetic Society states that immediately after treatment, patients see visible improvements.
Many patients opt to have regularly scheduled PDO thread lifts once or twice a year. Your results may last longer depending on the condition of your skin, your age, and how well your body responds to polydioxanone threads; younger patients may find that results last for a little over a year.
Wrinkle relaxers: Wrinkle relaxers, like BOTOX® and Dysport®, could be used in conjunction with a thread lift near the brow and eye area to reduce Crow's feet and frown lines, as the threads are often not suitable for those areas.
Please keep facial movements to a minimum for at least 3 weeks. Avoid excessive chewing, talking, yawning, smiling, and other facial movements during this period of time. Avoid drinking from a straw.
High-intensity exercises can increase blood flow to the face and body, resulting in swelling and bruising after treatment. Sauna heat and humidity can also increase swelling and bruising after treatment. Saunas can also cause skin sensitivity and increase the risk of complications.