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A PDO is a cutting-edge treatment, often dubbed a ‘lunch hour lift’ by the media. This is because the procedure can be performed in approximately one hour but works to lift areas of sagging skin such as your neck, cheeks, jowls and droopy eyelids to significantly rejuvenate your appearance.
A thread lift is ideal if you have minimal sagging but feel that gravity is pulling down your face and ageing your appearance. This popular treatment requires minimal downtime and offers excellent results. There is no scarring, no general anaesthetic and it is far more affordable than a surgical facelift.
15 – 60 minutes.
Yes.
2 – 3 days.
1 – 3 days.
One week.
Discussed during your consultation.
With a thread lift, we make a small incision close to your ear and advance find threads made from PDO polydioxanone along pre-marked contours of your face. The path of these threads mimics the tension lines in the skin to deliver an immediate lifting effect. What also happens with a PDO is that the body recognises the thread as a foreign object, which stimulates the production of collagen and elastin around each thread as part of the healing process. In turn, this tightens and lifts the skin of your face, making it look firmer, younger and less subject to gravity. PDO threads have been used for surgical sutures for many years, particularly in heart surgery. They are well tolerated, strong and breakdown naturally over time.
You should notice an immediate improvement to your appearance, which will continue over several months as your body produces new collagen. Every person is different and how long the results of your PDO thread lift last will depend on factors such as your age and the degree of sagging we have corrected. As a rule of thumb, most people see an improvement in their appearance for two to three years. It is possible to have a top-up treatment with additional threads to extend the benefits of the thread lift.
In the hands of an experienced and highly trained doctor, the PDO thread lift has an excellent safety record. As with any minimally invasive surgical procedure, there are some risks but someone who is familiar with this procedure will know how to minimise these. Minor side effects of this treatment include bruising, swelling, tenderness, numbness and slight asymmetry, although most will resolve within a couple of days.
Most patients who choose a thread lift are in their 40s or older, as this treatment is ideal if you have mild to moderate sagging. It would not be recommended for someone in their 20s or 30s.
Every aesthetic treatment at Dr Victoria Clinic is carried out personally by Dr Victoria Gauba, an experienced doctor and full-time cosmetic skin specialist based in Winchester, Hampshire. She has more than 25 years in medicine, spanning general medicine, maxillofacial surgery, dermatology and psychiatry, and holds an MSc in Dermatology from the University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff. That clinical grounding informs every treatment she provides.
Her expertise covers the full range of modern aesthetic medicine: advanced botulinum toxin for both medical and cosmetic concerns, dermal fillers to restore and reposition volume for natural facial harmony, collagen-stimulating biostimulators such as Sculptra, Julaine, Radiesse and Ellanse, thread lifting for sagging and tissue laxity, skin tightening with Endolift and radiofrequency, and regenerative treatments including polynucleotides to stimulate the skin’s natural repair and address the signs of ageing.
Aesthetics is never one-size-fits-all. Dr Victoria tailors every treatment to your face, your features and your goals, and often blends advanced technology with more established techniques to achieve the most natural result. She is trusted by her patients and respected by her peers, and her care does not stop when your treatment ends: every patient is offered free ongoing advice whenever they need it.
Dr Victoria Gauba. MBBS, MSc Dermatology (Cardiff). GMC registered (no. 6085545). Member of the British College of Aesthetic Medicine. Registered with the Care Quality Commission. More than 25 years of medical experience.
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