Purpose & procedure 

By the technique of Aptos Lift or Soft Fast Lift, the surgeon uses resolvable or non-resolvable anti-drooping suturing threads which are placed (using special thin needle cannulas) underneath the skin surface on the area to be treated. The operation is carried out in local anesthesia, ambulatory, and is almost risk-free. The procedure  does not directly address the drooping of subcutaneous tissues, as it is the case with the SMAS technique. The lifting effect is realized through a traction thus repositioning of the relaxed cutaneous tissues through the special threads, whose particular structure has been specifically projected in order to lift and fix the soft tissue of the face back into its original natural position. No classical visible scars are left. Once positioned the thread induces a natural reactive fibrotic reaction causing the natural tightening of the treated area and the long term stabilization of the result which lasts several years, depending on the patients age but also on the type of threats applied.  The treatment can be repeated.

Note: Based on our long term experience the Aesthetia Specialists recommend to require the use of Aptos type of threads, which are the only one over the world covered with the CE mark guaranteeing, which stands for a functionality and quality controlled product. The resolvable threads dissolve within few months after the treatment. Thanks to the induced natural tightening of the treated areas, the result lasts for years.

 Anesthesia 

Local anesthesia 

 Hospital stay 

Ambulatory - no hospital stay 

 Connection with eyelid lift 

It is possible to combine the Aptos lift with the eyelid lift and this is quite often done so.