Extrafacial Loose Areolar (XFLA) Thread Lifting (A Novel Technique)

作     者：Ahmed Abdelmoez Alsayed Ahmed Abdelmoez Alsayed

作者机构：Independent Researcher Al-Hokail Khobar Saudi Arabia 

出 版 物：《Modern Plastic Surgery》 (现代整形外科（英文）)

年 卷 期：2020年第10卷第4期

页      面：108-119页

学科分类：08[工学] 080502[工学-材料学] 0805[工学-材料科学与工程（可授工学、理学学位）] 

主　　题：Extrafacial Loose Areolar Thread Lift Scalp 

摘      要：Thread lifting is one of the widely chosen procedures for minimally invasive facial rejuvenation. Traditional facial thread lifting has nearly inevitable side effects e.g. facial edema, facial bruising, prolonged recovery, skin puckering, and visible and/or palpable threads, as well as less common complications e.g. damage of facial vital structures. Applying the extrafacial loose areolar (XFLA) thread lifting technique by using loose areolar connective tissue, the fourth layer of the scalp, as insertion medium for the threads to be anchored to the layer above (epicranial aponeurosis or galea aponeurotica) and the layer below (pericranium), could help minimize most of the previously mentioned side effects. In this manuscript, technique steps will be detailed to prove its novelty.