“Can You Pull Some Strings For Me?”
at around evening time of July 24th, 2007Takes on a whole new meaning.
Facial threads or whatever you wish to call them are clear sutures created from polypropylene, a versatile polymer. It does double duty both as a plastic and as a fibre.
As plastic, it’s used to make things like dishwasher safe food containers because it doesn’t melt below 160° C or 320° F. As a fibre it is perfect for making indoor-outdoor carpeting, the kind you find around swimming pools and miniature golf courses because it doesn’t absorb water.
The FDA approved these sutures in 2005 for cosmetic use for the purpose of lifting the face and neck.
The nonabsorbable polypropylene suture is 25cm long with a series of evenly spaced barbs along the thread. It is attached to a 7 inch straight needle and a half circle taper needle, 26mm in diameter. {This reminds me of the needles I have in my sewing kit designed specifically for mending mattresses.}
Typically the sutures are zig-zagged along the marked trajectory and then anchored into place.
Limitations of these implants have included the protusion of sutures through the skin, requiring correction with yet more sutures, dimpling and limited durability of effects.
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References
Silva-Siwady JG, Diaz-Garza C, Ocampo-Candiani J.
A case of Aptos thread migration and partial expulsion.
Dermatol Surg 31(3):356-8 (2005 Mar).
