Correction of age-related changes in the face, for which patients often turn to specialists in aesthetic medicine, often involves, first of all, skin tightening. With age, physiological sagging of facial tissues occurs, which noticeably adds years to a person, which is why skin tightening is such a popular request from patients.
Fortunately, today this problem can be solved not only with the help of surgery, but also thanks to popular and effective thread methods. About the present and the future of threadlifting exclusively for estet-portal.com, candidate of medical sciences, specialist in plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery, developer of Aptos Georgy Sulamanidze.
What role do thread methods play in modern aesthetic medicine
I can tell you thread methods are over 20 years old. 21 years have passed since my father, Marlen Andreevich Sulamanidze, introduced the idea of threadlifting into aesthetic medicine, and since that time the development of this method has only gone uphill. In the first years, there were not so many analogues of Aptos – threads proposed by Marlen Andreevich. But over the past few years, one might say, there has been a huge boom in this direction.
I can say with confidence that there is no doctor working in the field of aesthetic medicine in the world who at least did not know what threadlifting is, and most of the doctors use or have used thread methods in their practice.
Almost every patient who comes to an aesthetic surgeon or dermatologist can ask for this procedure and knows a lot about this procedure.
How actively thread methods are developing at the moment
The threadlifting technique is developing, of course, by leaps and bounds, like aesthetic medicine in general, and its main advantage is that it is a minimally invasive method. It, of course, is unlikely to ever replace plastic surgery, that is, that radical operation with which you can change, improve the patient's face, and return him to a few years ago.
But for those patients who are not indicated for surgical interventions, and who for various reasons cannot afford them, for example, for health reasons, or it is simply too early for them to undergo surgery, thread methods will help to avoid this intervention, and will literally allow in 20-30 minutes, under local anesthesia, without general anesthesia, perform a simple procedure that gives very good rejuvenation to the face and, by the way, to the body too.
How many analogues of Aptos threads exist on the market today
Today, there are many different methods and products on the market, but, unfortunately, not all of them are certified. But I can say with confidence that several brands have already confirmed their name and have been developing over the years, including, of course, our Aptos brand.
What is the future of thread methods in aesthetic medicine
If we talk about the future of thread methods, I am sure that their development will also continue, and, at least for the next 5-7 years, interest in them will increase, because not all countries have yet developed it to the extent it is necessary. For example, if we talk about the countries of the former CIS, thread methods have developed very well there, because, in fact, they started from there - Dr. Sulamanidze from Georgia, and worked in these countries. These techniques are used very well in Europe, threadlifting is also booming in Asia, especially in Korea. We see only a big plus and a big development in this.
How often do you use thread methods in your practice
Because I am one of the inventors of thread methods, I use them almost every day. I have a lot of patients coming from all over the world, so I do threadlifting very often.
Are there any peculiarities in the combination of aesthetic surgery and thread methods
Of course, there are features, and it is possible to combine thread methods and surgery very well. The threads help reduce surgical intervention, protect the patient and the doctor, facilitate his work, and even help in some way.
There is an opinion that you can not do surgery after thread methods, but, in fact, this is not true.
This is the opinion of those doctors who had no experience with threads. Those doctors who have worked and continue to work with thread methods calmly perform surgical operations after that. The patient, in fact, at a young age begins with filler and botulinum toxin injections, then thread methods are added, and already sometime later he comes to a surgical operation. This is normal and does not interfere with each other.
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