Retightening Revision of a Previous MACS-Lift Meloplasty

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We have read with interest the letter of Brigid Corrigan, William McMillan, and Morris Ritz from the Melbourne Institute of Plastic Surgery regarding the possibility of retightening a revisional MACS-lift surgery when permanent loop suture material is used. We encountered the same situation when revising one of our earlier MACS-lift patients from before 2002. In that case, we indeed used Prolene 2-0 in loop sutures [1]. We also were tempted to retighten the original suture but were disappointed in the effect we obtained in the neck. We are convinced that a strong vertical pull on the lateral part of the platysma produces a good correction of the cervicomental angle. We also know that all permanent suture material eventually will cheesewire through soft tissue, including muscle such as the platysma muscle. For this reason, we decided to switch from permanent suture material such as Prolene or nylon toward slowly resorbing material such as PDS [2]. …