Commentary on: Micro-Shuttle Lifting of the Neck: A Percutaneous Loop Suspension Method Using a Novel Double-Ended Needle.

Abstract

Nowadays, many women work outside the home and cannot accommodate an extended workplace absence to recover from invasive aesthetic surgery. Instead, a patient may elect to undergo noninvasive rejuvenation of the face and neck, a less costly option that can be performed in the surgeon's office and involves an abbreviated recovery time. The patient may return to work immediately postoperatively or within a few days. The market for rejuvenation of the face and neck has been flooded with techniques that involve threads and sutures, can be performed quickly, avoids aggressive surgical maneuvers, and precludes the overuse of fillers, which tighten tissues but …