The tensor thread procedure is a technique that has been used in cosmetic surgery for many years. Better known as “golden thread”, this permanent tensor thread procedure has an average life span of ten years, but it has also shown a significant risk of intolerance.
Aesthetic medicine wished to distinguish itself and has innovated since the 1990s by developing resorbable tensor threads. This localized lifting technique allows the skin to be re-tensioned with the objective of reinforcing collagen production. The absorbable tightening threads correct the sagging of the inner arms or the stomach.
Croma’s Princess® absorbable tightening threads are made of a material that is very familiar to surgeons, L-polylactic acid. This material is usually used to make sutures. Here in aesthetic medicine, L-polylactic acid is used in treatments to correct severe skin laxity. Thanks to tensor threads, many patients avoid an often very painful surgical arm lift or an abdominoplasty to correct abdominal ptosis that leads to significant recovery time that involves not being in public.
Skin tissue evolves with age. The skin loses its collagen and elastin fibers, becoming less firm. It becomes less firm and less healthy. With the weight of the muscles and skin tissue, the skin will slacken, and we often notice a loss of volume and a sagging of the arms (bat effect) or the stomach, often irreversible if the problem is not treated.
The absorbable tensor threads, also called notched threads, will allow the reconstruction of a subcutaneous mesh that will mechanically lift the sagging of the tissues while restarting the production of natural collagen and elastin by metabolizing, thus creating a positive inflammation.
During the 24 months following the procedure, this natural tissue regeneration will cause a soft lifting of the skin.
