Yes, we will apply a topical numbing cream to your skin before providing you with PDO threads in Arlington. Your comfort is one of our top priorities, and numbing will ensure you are comfortable while we insert your threads.
Treatment Length
60 minutes
Number of Sessions:
1
Duration of Results:
12-18 months
Downtime:
5-7 days
It’s Time To Love How You Look
As we age, we sometimes start to lose confidence in our appearance. Sagging skin, wrinkles, and many other signs of aging are natural, but thankfully, we can minimize and reverse them. At the Institute for Hormonal Balance, we offer PDO threads in Arlington to help lift sagging skin and restore your confidence.
How PDO Threads Work
PDO threads lift the skin using dissolvable threads that are inserted under the dermis. This smooths your wrinkles and fine lines, but also stimulates your body’s healing response.
Your body’s natural healing response increases the production of collagen and elastin. These are the fibers that strengthen and maintain the structure of your skin. By increasing the production of these two fibers, your body will maintain your results even once the threads themselves have dissolved.
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Benefits of PDO Threads
Lasting Results
PDO threads in Arlington are a popular treatment because you can enjoy the results for at least a year.
Overall Improvements
PDO threads increase collagen and elastin production, which helps multiple aspects of your skin’s structure.
Minimal Downtime
You may experience bruising for about 5 to 10 days, but many clients continue with their normal activities after their appointments.
Explore Your Options
Find out if PDO threads are the right treatment for your wrinkles and aging skin by building your custom treatment plan.
What to Expect
When you first arrive at your appointment, your provider will cleanse your skin and apply a topical numbing cream to ensure your comfort. When you are ready, they will insert the threads using a tool called a cannula. Our providers are experts, understanding precisely where to inject your threads to deliver the best lifting results.
Once your threads are inserted, your provider will give you instructions on how to care for your skin, and when you’ll start seeing results.
Pre & Post Care Instructions
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Do not use any exfoliating products or undergo exfoliating treatments for at least 2 weeks before your appointment.
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Wear sunscreen the week before your appointment. We recommend using our offered ZO skincare sunscreen.
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Make sure your skin is clean when you arrive for your appointment.
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Avoid touching or massaging your skin. PDO threads are strong, but excessively touching them could break them.
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Do not expose your skin to hot water like a sauna, hot tub, or hot shower for 2 weeks.
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Only wash your skin using a gentle, foaming cleanser and warm water.
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If any of the threads are exposed or start to extrude (push out), you can either gently pull on the thread to try to remove it or you may use fine scissors to trim the suture at the skin. If you are uncomfortable performing either of these maneuvers, please contact your treatment provider to have this performed in the office.
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Avoid exercise for 24-48 hours. Avoid high-impact exercise (jumping, running, etc.) for 2 weeks. Low-impact exercise (walking, light strength training, etc.) is okay after initial 24-48 hours.
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Take Tylenol every 6 hours as needed for pain/discomfort.
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Try to keep band-aids on for 24 hours, if possible.
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Refrain from applying makeup to your skin for at least 24 hours.
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No facials, radiofrequency, laser treatments, microneedling, or aggressive massaging/touching of the face for 4-6 weeks.
About Us
Dr. Gary Donovitz founded the Institute for Hormonal Balance in 1985 as a place for women to receive gynecological services from a provider they could trust. Now the Institute is owned and operated by Dr. Mandy Cotten, APRN. She trained under Dr. Donovitz and used her expertise and passion to help others to expand the services offered to patients. Now, the Institute for Hormonal Balance offers a wide range of aesthetic treatments, wellness services, and hormone therapies in Arlington and Prosper to restore balance to their patients’ lives.
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Frequently Asked Questions
You will begin to see results immediately after your PDO threads are inserted. However, you will see a gradual improvement over the course of 4 months as the threads dissolve and your collagen and elastin production increases.
Yes. While your provider can give you the full list of possible side effects before receiving PDO threads in Arlington, the most common ones patients experience are swelling, redness, and bruising, but these are mild and typically resolve quickly.
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