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Facelifting with Thread (Instalift): Do They Work & for How Long?
This patient wished to have her cheeks raised upward and her nasolabial folds improved. She had thread-lifting done to improve these areas. This is a minimally invasive procedure done in the office with special sutures under the skin to lift and pull in specific vectors to help with jowling, midface descent/drooping, and neck sagging, plus it can dramatically improve the nasolabial folds (“parentheses around the mouth”).
The procedure takes approximately 30-45 minutes to perform. There is no downtime, and the results can last for up to two years. This patient had the Silhouette Instalift that has tiny cones along the threads to help maintain the results and pull vectors as desired. Thread lifts can be done alone or as an adjunct with fillers, neuromodulator wrinkle blockers, skin resurfacing, PRP, and surgery to obtain the best results.
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John Burroughs, M.D.
Dr. John Burroughs specializes in eyelids, orbits, and faces and has performed over 20,000 related procedures. His role in oculofacial plastic surgeries has been highly appreciated.
He is an alumnus of the Air Academy High School, University of Texas, and Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine), Maryland. He later followed a transitional internship and ophthalmology residency in San Antonio, TX, and has decades of aesthetic treatment experience.
Dr. Burroughs is American Board of Ophthalmology-certified and is a Fellow of the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic Reconstructive Surgeons, the Oculofacial Society and the American Academy of Ophthalmology and a member of many other associations. He is a lifelong learner and teacher.