Thread Lift by Use of Retaining Ligaments

NCT02235363 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: Thread Lift
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 369
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

In facial rejuvenating surgery, the current trend calls for fewer and less noticeable scars with desired results. Especially to improve the jowls and nasolabial folds, the thread lift is a simple and inexpensive technique for patients who do not wish to undergo the typical facelift surgery, but the weak points of it are less effective and shorter duration than the conventional facelift.The investigators propose the new method of the thread lifting the subdermal and subcutaneous layer with a fiberoptic needle by use of the retaining ligaments with two fixation points on both temporal fascia and retaining ligaments. For the intraoperative evaluation the tensiometer was applied and for the postoperative evaluation the FACE-Q applied.

Conditions

Face Lift; Suspension Technique; Minimal Invasive Surgery

Keywords

face lift; thread lift; retaining ligament; V-Loc sutures; tensiometer; FACE-Q

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Revision or reoperation

  Checking whether revision was done by patients' need or not.

  3 and 6 months

Secondary Outcomes (5)

• Suboptimal outcomes

  3 and 6 months

• Asymmetry

  3 and 6 months

• Scar revision

  3 and 6 months

• Dimpling

  3 and 6 months

• Stitch abscess

  3 and 6 months

Study Arms (1)

facelift

EXPERIMENTAL

In facial rejuvenating surgery, the current trend calls for fewer and less noticeable scars with desired results. Especially to improve the jowls and nasolabial folds, the thread lift is a simple and inexpensive technique for patients who do not wish to undergo the typical facelift surgery, but the weak points of it are less effective and shorter duration than the conventional facelift.The investigators propose the new method of the thread lifting the subdermal and subcutaneous layer by use of the retaining ligaments with two fixation points on both temporal fascia and retaining ligaments.

Procedure: thread lift

Interventions

thread lift PROCEDURE

In facial rejuvenating surgery, the current trend calls for fewer and less noticeable scars with desired results. Especially to improve the jowls and nasolabial folds, the thread lift is a simple and inexpensive technique for patients who do not wish to undergo the typical facelift surgery, but the weak points of it are less effective and shorter duration than the conventional facelift.The investigators propose the new method of the thread lifting the subdermal and subcutaneous layer by use of the retaining ligaments with two fixation points on both temporal fascia and retaining ligaments.

Also known as: suspension technique with V-Loc barbed sutures

facelift

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 23 Years - 76 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• primary case
• secondary case

You may not qualify if:

• wide scar tissue on face
• allergy to foreign body(thread)
• no skin excess

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Winners Clinic: lead

Study Sites (1)

The Department of Plastic Surgery, Winners Clinic

Seoul, 135-893, South Korea

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Sasaki GH, Cohen AT. Meloplication of the malar fat pads by percutaneous cable-suture technique for midface rejuvenation: outcome study (392 cases, 6 years' experience). Plast Reconstr Surg. 2002 Aug;110(2):635-54; discussion 655-7. doi: 10.1097/00006534-200208000-00042.

  PMID: 12142689 BACKGROUND

Study Officials

• CHEOLHWAN KIM, M.D.

  Winners Clinic

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: 369 consecutive patients underwent the suture suspension technique, so called thread lift, using 3-0 V-Loc 180 device for facial rejuvenation with (n=305) or without additional facial procedures (n=64). The follow-up period ranged from 22 months to 43 months postoperatively, with a mean of 34.3 months.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 4, 2014
• First Posted: September 9, 2014
• Study Start: January 1, 2012
• Primary Completion: December 31, 2016
• Study Completion: May 31, 2017
• Last Updated: May 11, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-05

Locations

KR (1)