Patients expect better results.

And they are willing to endure pain and discomfort to achieve them.

After the procedure, we see the change we were hoping for.

But at what cost? The pain and discomfort often goes more than a week.

Then after a week the mouth begins to move naturally again.

The thread itself couldn't simply have broken.

So this leaves us with an important question about current approach.

Is fixing the tissue that leads to movement restrictions are the best solution for our faces?

Conventional lifting techniques aim to reposition sagging tissue and fixing in a desired position.

But our faces are meant to move.

Perhaps the real problem is trying to fix tissue in a certain position that is naturally dynamic.

What we truly wanted was a way to preserve natural movement, reduce discomfort and achieve a long-lasting lifting effect.

a simple idea came to mind.

What if elasticity was on the table?

Elasticity can be achieved through a spring structure.

When force is applied, a spring stretches. When that force is removed, it returns toward its original form.

If so, the pulling force could also be maintained over time.

But could this actually be engineered?

And if so, how could we make it?