Rare case of late-onset chronic purulent skin and soft tissue infection after nonabsorbable thread lifting and treatment.

Abstract

Infection is a common complication after the thread-lifting procedure, but the late-onset chronic purulent skin and soft tissue infection (SSTIs) after nonabsorbable thread lifting is quite rare. To alert physicians should be aware of this kind of late-onset complication after nonabsorbable thread lifting. A 54-year-old woman who accepted a facial lifting procedure 4 years ago visited our hospital with three recurrent abscesses protruding masses on the right side of the parietal area for 8 months. Bacterial culture of the white pus was positive for Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus). During the drainage and excisional biopsy, two knots of barbed threads and three smooth threads were detected and removed. Consequently, she was treated with systemic antibiotics for 72 h and partial wound dressing changes. The wound was fully healed 7 days after surgery. Removal, drainage, and antibiotics are effective methods of this kind of late-onset complication after nonabsorbable thread lifting.