title: Midface barbed suture lift.
abstract: Barbed suture lifting is not comparable to and should not be presented as an alternative to a face-lift. It should be viewed as a temporizing procedure that can and should be maintained until the aging appearance in a patient demands a different approach. Much more experience is need with retightening of these procedures. New variations on self-engaging sutures are on the horizon. These and other new sutures represent a continued evolution in this technology.
authors.affiliation: The Facial Surgery Center, 2097 Henry Tecklenburg Drive, Suite 212, West Charleston, SC 29414, USA. hochman@facialsurgerycenter.com
authors.forename: Marcelo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hochman
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D015361:Rhytidoplasty / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D013536:Suture Techniques; D013537:Sutures