Thread Lifting — Aptos Threads

Thread lifting occupies a clinical niche between injectable fillers and surgical face-lifts: more structural correction than fillers alone, without the anaesthesia, incisions, or recovery of surgery. The technique places barbed or notched threads beneath the skin; the barbs anchor to the tissue and allow the practitioner to physically reposition the overlying fat and skin to a higher, more youthful position. As the threads dissolve over twelve to eighteen…

At S-thetics Beauty, the Aptos thread system is used exclusively. Aptos (Advanced Polydioxanone Thread Systems) is a well-established European aesthetic thread brand with a range covering different thread thicknesses, barb configurations, and lengths for different anatomical applications. The threads are made from absorbable copolymers — most commonly polydioxanone (PDO) alone or blended with other absorbable polymers — and carry all applicable CE and…

MDDr. Darina Šanšašvili performs all thread lift procedures herself. Her medical background includes oral and maxillofacial anatomy as a core competency (an area of training directly relevant to the facial tissue planes in which threads are placed), along with postgraduate aesthetic training at the Instituto Javier de Benito, Barcelona — where thread techniques are taught as part of the facial aesthetics curriculum.