Course Overview
This one-day fundamental PDO Thread Lift training course is designed to provide healthcare professionals with a comprehensive understanding and hands-on experience in non-surgical facial lifting techniques. The course begins with a lecture covering the history, chemical properties, biodegradation, and indications for PDO threads, contraindications, complications, and their management. Emphasis will be placed on mastering the technique for optimal results, including the crosshatch and basketweave patterns for lifting and wrinkle reduction in areas like the upper lip and jawline.
Participants will explore strategies for repositioning skin, lifting cheeks, and minimizing jowls. The hands-on workshop allows each attendee to practice with live models, ensuring individualized attention and direct application of techniques. Participants will receive a course manual, templates, and access to video resources to support future practice. CE credits are available, and CME Category II is eligible. The course includes product information but does not provide PDO threads or equipment for practice.
What to Expect
- How to perform a non-surgical “face-lift” using PDO threads
- How to insert smooth PDO threads in a crosshatch or basketweave pattern for lifting and filling wrinkles in the upper lip (useful for the treatment of smokers' lines and for emphasizing the vermillion border of the lips
- How to incorporate a foolproof method to reposition skin to accentuate the cheeks, diminish the jowls, and tighten the jawline