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The use of suture suspension techniques in aesthetic facial plastic surgery was a logical pathway to provide less invasive methods of reliably lifting ptotic soft tissues and maintaining the elevated position. With a quantum shift in public interest directed towards procedures that are less invasive, allow for a faster recovery, are associated with low rates of morbidity and complications, and provide natural results, the advance of the technology of barbed sutures seems imperative.
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Paul, M.D. (2008). Barbed Sutures in Aesthetic Facial Plastic Surgery: Evolution of Thought and Process. In: Eisenmann-Klein, M., Neuhann-Lorenz, C. (eds) Innovations in Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-46326-9_28
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