Silhouette Instalift Procedure
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Silhouette InstaLift, available at Bella MedSpa, has a dual-action effect to restore smoother and more toned skin, while lifting and shaping the face. The repositioning effect is immediate and discreet. It is the result of tissue compression and skin elevation at the time of implanting the suture.
After inserting the suture, the doctor applies slight pressure on the treated area. In this way, the doctor reshapes the contours of your face and makes it visibly lifted and smoother. The regenerating effect is gradual: The poly l-lactic acid (PLLA) in these threads stimulates collagen and in this way causes skin regeneration and new dermal attachments that maintain the repositioned and lifted skin in place for up to 2 years.
The small cones on the silhouette suture provide the traction and fixation points for this lifting. The threads themselves dissolve completely, leaving your skin full of new collagen, younger looking and lifted. Call us for a free initial consultation.
Get a Unique Dual-Action Treatment
Silhouette InstaLift, available at Bella MedSpa, has a dual-action effect to restore smoother and more toned skin, while lifting and shaping the face.
The repositioning effect is immediate and discreet. It is the result of tissue compression and skin elevation at the time of implanting the suture. After inserting the suture, the doctor applies slight pressure on the treated area. In this way, the doctor reshapes the contours of your face and makes it visibly lifted and smoother.
The regenerating effect is gradual: The poly l-lactic acid (PLLA) in these threads stimulates collagen and in this way causes skin regeneration and new dermal attachments that maintain the repositioned and lifted skin in place for up to 2 years.
The small cones on the silhouette suture provide the traction and fixation points for this lifting. The threads themselves dissolve completely, leaving your skin full of new collagen, younger looking and lifted.
Call us or click the Book Now button for a free initial consultation.
What Is the Silhouette Instalift?
The Silhouette Instalift procedure is a relatively new breakthrough technology that uses clear threads with tiny clear cones on them placed precisely under the skin to lift up the skin of the mid face, including cheeks, nasal labial folds, marionette lines, jowls, and jawlines without surgery or incisions, and with far less downtime.

These threads are made out of the same substance that is used in the product Sculptra. That substance known as PLLA (poly-L-lactic acid) is famous for building collagen in the skin like almost nothing else. The substance was first used in medical patients with conditions such as AIDS and cancer where their faces had hollowed out and left these patients looking gaunt.
This substance became famous when safely injected into those hollow areas, it was able to stimulate the body's own collagen production and build back up the skin allowing their faces to look full and healthy again. Using this PLLA (poly-L-lactic acid) in lifting threads is really a completely different concept from the thread lifts of old. Instead of permanent threads lifting the skin, these threads slowly dissolve, but leave a collagen matrix in their place that continues to lift the skin as well as rejuvenate the skins texture and appearance giving a twofold effect.
What Is the Silhouette Instalift?
The Silhouette Instalift procedure is a relatively new breakthrough technology that uses clear threads with tiny clear cones on them placed precisely under the skin to lift up the skin of the mid face, including cheeks, nasal labial folds, marionette lines, jowls, and jawlines without surgery or incisions, and with far less downtime.
These threads are made out of the same substance that is used in the product Sculptra. That substance known as PLLA (poly-L-lactic acid) is famous for building collagen in the skin like almost nothing else. The substance was first used in medical patients with conditions such as AIDS and cancer where their faces had hollowed out and left these patients looking gaunt.
This substance became famous when safely injected into those hollow areas, it was able to stimulate the body's own collagen production and build back up the skin allowing their faces to look full and healthy again. Using this PLLA (poly-L-lactic acid) in lifting threads is really a completely different concept from the thread lifts of old.
Instead of permanent threads lifting the skin, these threads slowly dissolve, but leave a collagen matrix in their place that continues to lift the skin as well as rejuvenate the skins texture and appearance giving a twofold effect.
Call us or click the Book Now button for a free initial consultation.
How Long Does the Silhouette Instalift last?
In general, the collagen created by PLLA is thought to last for 18 to 24 months. Some have found that the lift effect lasts much longer. The reason thought to be behind this longer duration of lift is the fact that when your skin is held in a lifted position for a long period of time, other dermal attachments to the skin will often form holding that skin in that lifted position indefinitely.

To manage expectations properly, we generally like to say the Silhouette Instalift procedure lasts anywhere from 1 1/2 to 2 years.
How Uncomfortable Is the Procedure?
Again, the procedure is performed under local anesthesia. Most patients rate the procedure as a 3 to 4 out of 10 on a 10 point pain scale. Most of the discomfort patients actually say is the discomfort of the local anesthetic being administered itself, which again is rated on that pain scale as a 3 to 4 out of 10.
After the anesthetic has been injected, the patients generally find the procedure reasonably comfortable and tolerable.
What Sort of Lift Can I Expect From This Procedure?
The Silhouette Instalift procedure gives a beautiful and always natural lifting effect. It is not a surgical face lift and cannot give as extreme a lifting result. That said, where a facelift in some can appear overly taut and unnatural for a period of time or longer, the Silhouette Instalift always looks natural and rejuvenating. This procedure fills the void for patients that have some mid- to moderate-facial drooping, heavy smile lines, jowls, and loose skin but are not really ready or far enough along to need a facelift. Or, for patients that really prefers to stay away from going under the knife all together, the Silhouette Instalift procedure can be repeated in more heavily problem areas of the face months later to achieve more profound results. The other advantage of the Silhouette Instalift procedure is the beautiful collagen building skin effect the threads have on the face that one does not get with a surgical facelift alone. This technology is also being used in relatively young patients to correct early, often inherited problem areas to stave off the signs of early aging. There are many who believe that used in this way along with other aesthetic technologies, many in the future may never need to go under the knife at all.
What Is the Downtime After the Silhouette Instalift Procedure?
The downtime after the Silhouette Instalift procedure is generally 5 to 6 days if you want no one to know that you had it done. Generally, people will look most noticeably done for the first one to two days after which the lifting effect will settle in nicely and very naturally.
For 1-2 weeks we ask that you rest your face and go into what we call our ‘Resting B. Face mode where you avoid as much facial expression as possible while your results settle in and collagen builds so as to optimize the amount of lifting that occurs.
For this reason we discourage heavy exercising and grimacing at the gym, and ask patients to try and use a donut pillow and sleep off of their faces as much as possible.
How Long Does the Silhouette
Instalift last?
In general, the collagen created by PLLA is thought to last for 18 to 24 months. Some have found that the lift effect lasts much longer. The reason thought to be behind this longer duration of lift is the fact that when your skin is held in a lifted position for a long period of time, other dermal attachments to the skin will often form holding that skin in that lifted position indefinitely.
To manage expectations properly, we generally like to say the Silhouette Instalift procedure lasts anywhere from 1 1/2 to 2 years.
How Uncomfortable Is the Procedure?
Again, the procedure is performed under local anesthesia. Most patients rate the procedure as a 3 to 4 out of 10 on a 10 point pain scale. Most of the discomfort patients actually say is the discomfort of the local anesthetic being administered itself, which again is rated on that pain scale as a 3 to 4 out of 10.
After the anesthetic has been injected, the patients generally find the procedure reasonably comfortable and tolerable.
What Sort of Lift Can I Expect From This Procedure?
The Silhouette Instalift procedure gives a beautiful and always natural lifting effect. It is not a surgical face lift and cannot give as extreme a lifting result. That said, where a facelift in some can appear overly taut and unnatural for a period of time or longer, the Silhouette Instalift always looks natural and rejuvenating.
This procedure fills the void for patients that have some mid- to moderate-facial drooping, heavy smile lines, jowls, and loose skin but are not really ready or far enough along to need a facelift. Or, for patients that really prefers to stay away from going under the knife all together, the Silhouette Instalift procedure can be repeated in more heavily problem areas of the face months later to achieve more profound results.
The other advantage of the Silhouette Instalift procedure is the beautiful collagen building skin effect the threads have on the face that one does not get with a surgical facelift alone.
This technology is also being used in relatively young patients to correct early, often inherited problem areas to stave off the signs of early aging. There are many who believe that used in this way along with other aesthetic technologies, many in the future may never need to go under the knife at all.
What Is the Downtime After the Silhouette Instalift Procedure?
The downtime after the Silhouette Instalift procedure is generally 5 to 6 days if you want no one to know that you had it done. Generally, people will look most noticeably done for the first one to two days after which the lifting effect will settle in nicely and very naturally.
For 1-2 weeks we ask that you rest your face and go into what we call our ‘Resting B. Face mode where you avoid as much facial expression as possible while your results settle in and collagen builds so as to optimize the amount of lifting that occurs.
For this reason we discourage heavy exercising and grimacing at the gym, and ask patients to try and use a donut pillow and sleep off of their faces as much as possible.
Call us or click the Book Now button for a free initial consultation.
What Are the Common Side Effects From this Procedure?
Most common side effects include bruising, and for the first 2 days puckering, and draping of the skin that has almost always completely resolved by DAY 3. These side effects always resolve, and having performed the second highest number of this procedure in New England, we have yet to ever see anything but an incredibly soft and natural result which has made this procedure so satisfying to perform.
Approximately 10-15% of patients get a significant bruise usually up in the hairline region, which can last longer than the usual 5 to 6 day recovery time but is generally easily covered up with makeup.
How Long Does the Procedure Take to Perform?
The procedure generally takes approximately 45 minutes to perform. It is performed under simple local anesthesia without the need for general anesthesia.
A two-hour appointment is booked for you and the remainder of time is often not entirely needed, but generally used to take before and after pictures, go over the procedure a final time, carefully mark where the threads are going to be placed, clean and sterile drape the facial areas, and go over your aftercare instructions.
What Are the Common Side Effects From this Procedure?
Most common side effects include bruising, and for the first 2 days puckering, and draping of the skin that has almost always completely resolved by DAY 3. These side effects always resolve, and having performed the second highest number of this procedure in New England, we have yet to ever see anything but an incredibly soft and natural result which has made this procedure so satisfying to perform.
Approximately 10-15% of patients get a significant bruise usually up in the hairline region, which can last longer than the usual 5 to 6 day recovery time but is generally easily covered up with makeup.
How Long Does the Procedure Take to Perform?
The procedure generally takes approximately 45 minutes to perform. It is performed under simple local anesthesia without the need for general anesthesia.
A two-hour appointment is booked for you and the remainder of time is often not entirely needed, but generally used to take before and after pictures, go over the procedure a final time, carefully mark where the threads are going to be placed, clean and sterile drape the facial areas, and go over your aftercare instructions.
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