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FACELIFT

SILHOUETTE SUTURE NON-SURGICAL FACELIFT

Silhouette Sutures are the newest, most innovative, patent pending, facial tissue suspension device available. The Silhouette Sutures are designed to achieve the long lasting results where other products may fall short. Silhouette Sutures is a truly minimal invasive technique that patients are sure to fall in love with.

For many years now surgeons in this country and in many countries around the world have been using barbed sutures to lift soft tissues in the face. The barbed sutures that are used are usually made out of a 2-0 polypropylene with cogs/barbs cut into the suture with a razor blade or some other sharp object. These sutures are being manufactured all in the same fashion here in the USA as well as in numerous other countries. Some surgeons are now cutting their own thread on a simple fixture with a groove using a razor blade to cut the barbs at their own specific places.

KMI has after 3 years learned a great deal working with these sutures when doing several workshops with the inventors of the Silhouette Lift technique using conventional barbed sutures, the 2 Russian surgeons called Marlen and George Sulamanidze. When cutting the barbs on a suture it is very hard to control the depth of the cut into the sutures. When the cut is made to deep it weakens the strength of the suture. When the thread is surgically placed and breaks, it then has to be removed sometimes folding back and breaking off the cogs and leaving them or even part of the suture inside the patients face. This can become a nuisance for the patient in time or create further complications such as thread migration. A prickling sensation has also sometimes been noticeable by patients after surgery. The sharp barb which is the only point that anchors on the tissue sometimes folds back or breaks off when placed in the face. This then results in less anchoring and are affecting the final results.

Having learned all of these possible complications and always keeping the patients safety and satisfaction in mind K.M.I. has designed, manufactured, performed studies and patented a new revolutionary suture called the Silhouette Suture.

What are the advantages of the New Silhouette Suture?

• This new Silhouette suture is not a cut suture, therefore not weakening the strength.
• This new Silhouette suture is perfectly round, therefore no more prickling sensation.
• This new Silhouette suture has clear hollow absorbable flexible cones, therefore allowing a much larger area for tissue growth in and around the absorbable cones and alternate knots, which allow for stronger and longer lasting anchoring.
• This new Silhouette suture will not migrate due to the unique design.
• This new Silhouette sutures has clear absorbable cones which will completely absorb in time and be less visible.
• This new Silhouette suture is a 3-0 suture which allows for smaller knot tying into the temporal area.

All these improvements will provide for better results and a much happier patient.

Silhouette Suture Procedure

View a video of the non-surgical facelift being performed by Dr. Humble & Mest on KTLA5 Morning News.

After you are prepped and made completely comfortable with local anesthesia and a relaxant if needed, a small incision in the temporal area is made, through which your physician can draw the needle and Silhouette Suture to the mid-face area. The sutures are deployed in the soft tissue of the lower temporal, malar and peri-oral areas, placed slightly parallel to each other. The Silhouette Sutures are then pulled backwards through the temporal area until the cones engage the tissues of those facial areas. This engagement suspends and lifts them to a higher location. The sutures are then fixed in pairs in the deep temporal area and reinforced with a non-absorbable mesh. The lift is instantaneous and longer lasting than with all other previous techniques and procedures. The sagging mid-face tissue is elevated to a new, higher position – ensuring you a more youthful, long lasting appearance. This can also be used to lift the jowls.

Questions about the Silhouette Sutures Lift:

What is the Silhouette Lift?

The Silhouette Lift is a mid face lift that uses the new Silhouette Sutures to lift sagging tissue in the mid-face area. It can also be used to lift the jowls.

What are Silhouette Sutures?

They are an entirely new, FDA approved material used for lifting soft tissues in the facial areas. They are made of polypropylene strands, which allows for better results than with the “barbed” sutures. There is less down time involved with this lift.

How are Silhouette Sutures different from barbed sutures and conventional sutures?

Silhouette sutures do not have sharp barbs, which can weaken the suture. A barbed suture is created when cuts are made in the shaft of conventional sutures, which then weakens the inherent strength of the thread itself. Silhouette sutures are made from 3-0 polypropylene substrate, which allows for smaller knot tying in the temporal area, and also utilizes clear, flexible, absorbable cones. Over time the cones are completely absorbed and tissue grows around and through the small knots to allow for long-lasting tissue suspension.

How does this differ from Contour Threads and Thread Lifts?

Both of these utilize the barbed suture thread. Silhouette Sutures are not barbed so there is no prickling sensation, no chance for migration and allows for a longer lasting lift.

Who is the best candidate for the Silhouette Mid-Face Lift?

Typically anyone between ages 40-70 years old will benefit from this lift. There must be an obvious drooping of the mid-face soft tissues in order to be a good candidate and see optimum results. Men and women alike have participated in the rigorous 3 year trial period -using the Silhouette Sutures lift – both achieved outstanding results.

What are the main advantages of the Silhouette Suture Lift over other methods?

The advantages include (but are not limited to) the following:
* There are no barbs to cause discomfort and prickling sensations.
* The hollow cones of the Silhouette sutures allow for much stronger anchoring.
* It is much less invasive than a full facelift so there is less trauma and downtime.

Does the Silhouette Suture lift replace a traditional facelift?

No – but it can and does offer a safe and viable alternative with amazing results. This procedure is FDA Approved.
We welcome you to contact the staff at Blue Pacific for more information on this procedure.

Silhouette Suture Non-surgical Facelift Before and After Photos

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