While supply chain challenges adversely impacted the aesthetic industry during the COVID-19 pandemic, the market rebounded as thread lifts gained traction thanks to the lower cost of treatments, improved technology, and patient desire for non-invasive procedures. Considered a revolution in anti-aging by some practitioners, thread lifts have maintained popularity with a market size expected to grow from $142.99 million in 2023 to $204.14 million by 2028, according to Mordor Intelligence™.
Cigdem Gali, MSPA, PA-C, owner of Galiderm Aesthetics & Plastic Surgery (Royal Palm Beach, Fla.) uses threads in her practice to provide nonsurgical facelifts. “Today’s patients want a more natural look that will last and enhance their natural beauty,” she said. “In my opinion, bioregenerative treatments are definitely the new wave in aesthetics, and today’s polydioxanone (PDO) threads provide a biostimulatory treatment to restimulate collagen and reposition the tissues for a natural lift, thanks to molded threads that last longer than previous versions. We are now able to treat the aging process, giving our patients better outcomes and longer lasting results.”
Lauren Voss Mitschrich, PA-C, a dermatology physician assistant at Beauty by Buford (Lone Tree, Colo.) believes the aesthetic market is beginning to see the use of threads expand. “With the rise of biostimulators like poly-l-lactic acid (PLLA) and calcium hydroxylapatite (CaHA), PDO is making a bit of a splash with smooth threads. PDO Max (Liverpool, N.Y.) just launched a micronized version of their smooth PDO threads called PDO AfterGlo™, which is a hydrating skin booster made of powered PDO sutures and hyaluronic acid (HA) in a serum,” said Ms. Mitschrich.
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