Silhouette Soft® Thread Lift, sometimes referred as ‘one-stitch face lift’ or a ‘puppet face lift’, is a unique minimally invasive facial non-surgical cosmetic procedure used to re-contour the face by elevating the deeper layers of the skin. This results in a re-tightening effect for an immediate but discreet result. It also has a regenerative effect for gradual and natural-looking results.
Silhouette Soft® can be used for facial reconstruction in the treatment of facial lipoatrophy or morphological asymmetry. The Silhouette Soft® Thread Lift is suitable for both men and women who suffer from mid face and cheek drooping, sagging jowls and creasing from the nose to the lips. Silhouette Soft® is most beneficial for people in their mid- to late-30s to mid-50s, who have good skin support structure with only light sagging that does not require a surgical face lift. It can also be used for the elevation and the compression of the neck.
Silhouette Soft® is a resorbable sterile implantable single-use suspension suture made of Poly L-Lactic Acid monofilament with tiny blue molded cones along the length of the suture. The cones are made of Lactic Glycolide (a mixture of lactic and glycolic acids). The cones are bi-directional and there are 4, 6 or 8 cones on each ‘side’ of the suture (from the centre), which are free-floating between the tied knots, at intervals of 0.5cm. Each set of cones faces in the opposite direction and points towards the end of the suture thread. Finally, two knots are position 1.5cms apart in the centre of the thread, at an equal distance from the mid-point, where no cones are situated. The suture acts as scaffolding under the surface of the skin to lift sagging soft tissues. The cones both hold the threads in place, and in time stimulates the body’s production of collagen to replace depleted facial volume which diminishes with age.
At Richmond Cosmetic Clinic we follow a strict protocol for performing Silhouette Soft® Thread Lift.
The treating doctor will take your medical history, perform a face/neck assessment and discuss the treatment in detail including benefits and potential complications. You will be given 2 weeks ‘’cooling off period’’ so that can make an informed decision whether to go ahead with the procedure.
On the day of the procedure, treatment area will be photographed. Prophylactic antibiotics are administered: Oral Azithromycin 500 mg one hour before the procedure followed by once a day for two days post- treatment.
It is normal to experience some minimal bruising and swelling for two to three days following treatment. Rarely lumps at the points of entry can occur that settle spontaneously.
Results generally last for 12 to 18 months. We advise repeating the procedure after this time period.
It can be combined with other aesthetic procedures such as Botox, dermal fillers, Sculptra, Platelet Rich Plasma and fat transfer.
The procedure is performed by Dr Baba, a highly trained and experienced aesthetic doctor who is also a senior trainer for this procedure at London Aesthetic Academy (www.londonaestheticacademy.co.uk)