The ageing process comes with the weakening of tissues and reduction of fat and other supporting cells in certain areas of the face and body, leading to flaccidity and lossing the contours of youth. The zones that suffer the most this flaccidity are cheeks, the area around the eyes, the maxillary areas, the jowls and the neck, greatly increasing the appearance of the patient’s age.

Japanese non-surgical facelift is a technique created to prevent and treat flaccidity easily and safely. It is done by inserting polydioxanone PDO sutures under the skin and into the fat, which represent a security material highly used in cardiac surgery. The threads are introduced in the skin areas we want to improve and rejuvenate through very fine special needles of different calibers and lengths. There are smooth sutures that have a biological effect of inducing the formation of new collagen fibers around the thread, and there are also some other thicker sutures having “spikes” of “prolongations” to exert a mechanical stretching effect on the skin following the direction of vectors of their application. They are reabsorbed naturally in 6 to 8 months after applied and then they get replaced by «natural threads» formed with collagen fibers in the routes where PDO sutures used to be.

The effect is consolidated after 3 months and lasts between 12 to 18 months, and the technique can be repeated according to the patient’s need as many times as desired. The more sutures we use, the more complete results we get. There are different references of sutures depending on size, thickness, length, shape, smooth path or spiculated to offer to patient different alternatives and degrees of improvement according to their age, degree of flaccidity and the desired effect.

This technique is indicated for patients who have a slight to moderate degree of flaccidity and whose indication is not surgical, and also for patients both young and older ages who wish to improve thickness, firmness and restructuring of their skin. It is also indicated in young patients who wish to enhance the cheekbones to increase beauty of the facial ovals.

It is an excellent treatment to optimize the results of other cosmetic dermatology procedures such as Botulinum Toxin, facial fillers and lasers.