Thread Lift

THERESIUM offers thread lifting (Fadenlifting) in Munich as a non-surgical alternative to facelift surgery. Absorbable barbed sutures are placed through small puncture points to mechanically reposition sagging facial tissue and stimulate collagen production. Suitable for patients with mild to moderate laxity who prefer minimal downtime.

Thread lifting at THERESIUM in Munich provides a non-surgical option for patients seeking facial repositioning without the incisions, anaesthesia, and recovery period associated with surgical facelift procedures. The technique uses fine absorbable monofilament sutures with barbed or cone anchoring elements, inserted through needle-sized puncture sites in the hairline or pre-auricular area and passed beneath the skin using a blunt cannula. The barbs engage the subcutaneous tissue and — when the suture is tensioned and secured — mechanically lift and reposition the descended cheek, jowl, and midface soft tissue in a more youthful vector. In addition to the immediate mechanical effect, the sutures trigger a localised fibrogenic response: the body's healing reaction to the implanted material stimulates perisuture collagen synthesis over three to six months, adding a biological tissue-quality improvement to the mechanical repositioning. Thread materials at THERESIUM include PDO (polydioxanone), PLLA (poly-L-lactic acid), and PCL (polycaprolactone) variants, each with different longevity profiles ranging from approximately 12–18 months for PDO to up to 24 months for PCL. Threads are well-suited to patients in their 30s and 40s with early gravitational laxity who are not yet surgical candidates, or to older patients who are medically unsuitable for general anaesthesia and seek moderate improvement under local anaesthesia. Thread lifting at the Munich clinic is performed by physicians — not by nursing or aesthetics technician staff — in the same clinical environment as the practice's surgical procedures. THERESIUM also lists Ultherapy high-intensity focused ultrasound as a complementary non-surgical skin-tightening option for patients considering the thread lift category. Both treatments are available to Munich residents and to patients visiting Germany for non-surgical aesthetic procedures.