One session lasts six to twelve months. It lifts immediately and settles naturally over two weeks, because at first the thread’s pull is felt directly and then the surrounding tissue adapts and it softens. Once the thread dissolves, the new collagen remains.

It is done under local anaesthetic. Downtime is mild at one to three days, and swelling and bruising can last one to two weeks because skin around the eye is thin with many vessels and marks show easily. Not rubbing your eyes for a week lets the threads settle into place.

Fine, short threads go into a shallow layer around the eye, so they are usually not palpable. The skin is thin and the eye is close, though, so the depth and path must be chosen with particular care, and if placed too shallow they can feel like a line at first. This usually goes as the thread dissolves.