TY - JOUR AU - AB - (2020) Extrafacial Loose Areolar (XFLA) Thread lifting is one of the widely chosen procedures for minimally invasive Thread Lifting (A Novel Technique). Mod- ern Plastic Surgery, 10, 108-119. facial rejuvenation. Traditional facial thread lifting has nearly inevitable side https://doi.org/10.4236/mps.2020.104013 effects e.g. facial edema, facial bruising, prolonged recovery, skin puckering, and visible and/or palpable threads, as well as less common complications e.g. Received: September 13, 2020 damage of facial vital structures. Applying the extrafacial loose areolar Accepted: October 19, 2020 Published: October 22, 2020 (XFLA) thread lifting technique by using loose areolar connective tissue, the fourth layer of the scalp, as insertion medium for the threads to be anchored Copyright © 2020 by author(s) and to the layer above (epicranial aponeurosis or galea aponeurotica) and the Scientific Research Publishing Inc. layer below (pericranium), could help minimize most of the previously men- This work is licensed under the Creative tioned side effects. In this manuscript, technique steps will be detailed to Commons Attribution International License (CC BY 4.0). prove its novelty. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Open Access Keywords Extrafacial, Loose, Areolar, Thread, Lift, Scalp 1. Introduction Thread lifts, like all non-invasive procedures, are widely spread. No official sta- tistics are there to estimate their TI - Extrafacial Loose Areolar (XFLA) Thread Lifting (A Novel Technique) JO - Modern Plastic Surgery DO - 10.4236/mps.2020.104013 DA - 2020-01-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/unpaywall/extrafacial-loose-areolar-xfla-thread-lifting-a-novel-technique-3AMIlHM0lk DP - DeepDyve ER -