Thread Lift

A thread lift sits in the gap between injectables and surgery. Fillers add volume but cannot raise tissue that has dropped, and a facelift is a major step with real downtime. A thread lift repositions the tissue instead: fine, absorbable threads with tiny barbs or cones are passed under the skin along planned vectors, the tissue is drawn upward and held there, and the body then builds collagen along the line of each thread. At Lux Medical Aesthetics in Richmond Hill we work with Aptos threads, and you can read more about our team’s training on the doctors page.

The areas that respond best are the ones that sag in a predictable direction: a heavy brow, flattened mid-cheeks, jowls that blur the jawline, and loose skin under the chin. The appointment takes roughly forty-five to sixty minutes. The entry points are numbed with local anaesthetic, the threads are placed through a fine needle or cannula, then tension is adjusted while you are still in the chair so both sides match. There are no incisions and nothing has to be cut away, which is why people describe it as a non-surgical lift even though it is a medical procedure performed in a treatment room.

You see a lift immediately, and then it changes. Swelling, tenderness and some bruising are normal for the first week or two, and small dimples at the entry points usually settle within days. For about two weeks, sleep on your back, avoid heavy exercise, facial massage, dental work and opening the mouth wide, and skip saunas. The threads themselves dissolve over several months; the collagen they trigger is what carries the result after that. Most patients keep a visible improvement for somewhere between one and two years, depending on age, skin quality and how much sagging there was to begin with. A thread lift is not a facelift, and if the skin is very lax we will tell you that surgery would give you a better and longer-lasting result. Any Ontario physician can be verified with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, and guidance on regulated health products in Canada comes from Health Canada.

Threads combine well with the rest of the plan. Dermal fillers rebuild the support the lifted tissue sits on, Botox softens the movement lines that remain, and Jalupro and Profhilo or PRP and mesotherapy improve the quality of the skin itself. When heaviness rather than sagging is the problem, buccal fat removal or neck liposuction may be the better route, and for hooded eyelids see blepharoplasty. Browse the full list of treatments, check the payment plans, or book a consultation.