Ultratine and Endotine Midface, Forehead and Brow lifts

Marbella Medical Group is pleased to announce the introduction of an American product called ENDOTINE® and ULTRATINE® they are bio-absorbable fixation devices that simplify facelift procedures and provide the surgeon with greater confidence, thanks to its unique multi-point fixation technology through its “tines”.

With minimally invasive surgery, these devices are easily inserted into the appropriate facial anatomy, after which the “lift” is positioned appropriately and the tissues allowed to heal.

After a few weeks, the devices are fully re-absorbed, providing patients with a more comfortable, longer lasting face, brow or forehead lift. ENDOTINE® is available in various variants for forehead, midface and brow lift. The ENDOTINE® RIBBON is also available for lower (for sagging jaw lines) and midface lift.

ULTRATINE® on the other hand is available only for the forehead procedure. It has additional advantages of less palpability and faster re-absorption.

Our resident Plastic Surgeon Mr Christoffer Ingves is at the forefront of all of the latest techniques and products from the United States which means that we are able to offer our clients new and less invasive methods of surgery using these latest technologies.

HOW DOES THE MIDFACE AGE?

The midface is an essential component of an attractive face. With the aging process, the fatty tissue that normally drapes over the cheekbones can begin to sag with gravity. The result is less prominent cheekbones, and a droopy fold of skin and fat between the nose and the cheek (the nasolabial fold). The sagging cheek fat can also alter the appearance of the lower cheek.

For example, bagginess of the lower eyelids often becomes more apparent after the fat of the upper cheek begins to sag. This in essence 'unveils' the bagginess of the lower lids, which have always been there. In addition to sagging of the skin and fat of the midface, there is also volume loss from the cheek with aging, due to loss of cheek fat and muscle.

ENDOTINE MIDFACE SUSPENSION

This technique involves use of an absorbable implanted device that aids in maintaining the position of the tissues after a cheek and midface lift. The device is typically used with the subperiosteal midface lift. The main advantage of the Endotine midface lift over other midface and cheek lift techniques is that it provides a more effective method of holding up the lifted tissues compared to traditional sutures.

A cheek or midface lift procedure may be performed either alone or in combination with other procedures e.g. neck lift, endoscopic brow lift or blepharoplasty.