Patients should avoid alcohol prior to treatment.Īvoid tanning machines and direct sunlight, and apply SPF 30+ sunblock when going outside Consult your physician prior to stopping any medication.
Aspirin) should consult with their physician if they can stop for 3 days prior to their treatment.īlood thinning medications make increase the possibility of bruising. Patients taking blood thinning medication (e.g. Any make up will be removed prior to treatment. Patients are recommended to arrive to their appointment with no makeup. Patients are recommended to arrive 5-10 minutes prior to their appointment to complete new procedure documentation and to discuss the treatment with their provider. At Gentle Touch, we use mesh and lift techniques to create a scaffold to support the tissues and keep them in the V-shape or we reposition the skin to recreate the V-shape where it’s been lost.In this article, we’ll go over patient care instructions both before and after your procedure, plus cover some of the most common questions we receive about PDO lifting. With the ageing of skin tissue our face’s V-shape diminishes. NovaThreads are an FDA-approved injectable thread lift. Just like smooth threads the skin will build new collagen which will secure the lift. The barbed PDO sutures provide a grip underneath the skin instantly repositioning the skin. This technique tightens the skin naturally achieving visible results without any drastic change.įor the lift technique, we use barbed threads to produce more dramatic and immediate results. This mesh is like a net that will serve as the foundation for new collagen production. The mesh procedure uses smooth threads to create a mesh under the skin. There are two types of procedures with PDO threads: Mesh or Lift. Our skin is excellent at repairing itself and by inserting PDO threads we make it heal itself by creating new collagen, naturally. This process of controlled healing is the principle behind some of our most popular aesthetic procedures such as chemical peels, micro needling and laser skin resurfacing. Your skin gently reacts to the inserted threads repairing itself around the PDO suture. Our Nurse Practitioner injects the preloaded needle into your skin and the PDO thread stays beneath the skin when removing the needle. Your skin fully absorbs it within 4 to 6 months and won’t leave you with any scar tissue. It’s one of the safest materials to be implanted in the body. At Gentle Touch we use Nova Threads PDO Thread Lift, which are hypodermic needles preloaded with an absorbable PDO suture.
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