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Guide to Minimally Invasive Plastic Surgery
#3-2. Change of My Concept About Thread Type, Insertion Point & Vector and Ideal Insertion Plane for Thread Lifting

Extensive research has been done on the techniques of thread lift, among which the most common technique discussed in various studies is creating a small incision inside the hairline near the temple and inserting a suture thread to lift the eye area, malar fat pad, nasolabial grooves, and the jowl line. This technique makes a small incision at the temple for inserting suture material to lift sagging tissues upward. Thread lift was first introduced in the early 2000s and the demand for it is rising. Going a step further from using traditional suture material for lifting tissues, cogged thread was developed for a more effective pull. This started with doctors creating cogs manually on smooth threads and eventually manufacturers caught up and started producing various cogged thread designs. Cogged or…

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