9D facelift - Revision history

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	{{Short description\|Marketed name: either a multi-barb PDO product or a branded surgical lift}}		{{Short description\|Marketed name: either a multi-barb PDO product or a branded surgical lift}}
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			\| caption = Facial musculature (Commons). “9D” is a branded integer — thread barb-count or one protocol, not a surgical type.
			\| alt = Facial muscles
	\| name = 9D facelift		\| name = 9D facelift
	\| also = 9D lift, 9D thread lift, 9D Butterfly Wing Lift		\| also = 9D lift, 9D thread lift, 9D Butterfly Wing Lift

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	'''9D facelift''' is a '''trade name''', not a CPT code. In 2026 it points at least two different operations. This ~~encyclopedia~~ records both so a ~~forum~~ screenshot is not ~~mistaken for a~~ hospital procedure.		'''9D facelift''' is a '''trade name''', not a CPT code. In 2026 it points at least two different operations. This page records both so a screenshot of “9D” is not assumed to be one hospital procedure.

	== Use 1: barbed-thread marketing ==		== Use 1: barbed-thread marketing ==
	Thread vendors number the '''rows of barbs''' around a filament: 4D, 6D, 8D, 9D. A patent family for “six-dimensional” and “eight-dimensional” barbed PDO/PCL sutures treats the integer as how many longitudinal rows of barbs cut or molded on the suture — more purchase points, not nine anatomical planes.<ref name="wo">{{cite web \|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2021050757A1/en \|title=Six-dimensional barbed surgical thread \|website=Google Patents \|date=10 September 2020 \|access-date=10 September 2026}}</ref> Clinics in Singapore and elsewhere sell a “9D Face Lift” as a non-surgical [[cog thread]] package: long barbed sutures for midface and jaw, explicitly not short [[mono thread]]s and not “liquid PDO.”<ref name="ads">{{cite web \|url=https://www.a-d-s-clinic.com/aesthetic-services/thread-lift/ \|title=9D Face Lift \|website=A.D.S Clinic \|access-date=10 September 2026}}</ref> ~~Tunisia-circuit~~ copy (“9D Butterfly Wing Lift”) claims nine depths from epidermis to SMAS~~; that~~ is ~~brochure anatomy~~, not a dissection atlas.		Thread vendors number the '''rows of barbs''' around a filament: 4D, 6D, 8D, 9D. A patent family for “six-dimensional” and “eight-dimensional” barbed PDO/PCL sutures treats the integer as how many longitudinal rows of barbs cut or molded on the suture — more purchase points, not nine anatomical planes.<ref name="wo">{{cite web \|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2021050757A1/en \|title=Six-dimensional barbed surgical thread \|website=Google Patents \|date=10 September 2020 \|access-date=10 September 2026}}</ref> Clinics in Singapore and elsewhere sell a “9D Face Lift” as a non-surgical [[cog thread]] package: long barbed sutures for midface and jaw, explicitly not short [[mono thread]]s and not “liquid PDO.”<ref name="ads">{{cite web \|url=https://www.a-d-s-clinic.com/aesthetic-services/thread-lift/ \|title=9D Face Lift \|website=A.D.S Clinic \|access-date=10 September 2026}}</ref> Some clinic copy (“9D Butterfly Wing Lift” and similar) claims nine depths from epidermis to SMAS. That numbering is marketing, not a dissection atlas.

	~~If a Turkey or Korea~~ package ~~says~~ 9D~~, ask: '''which~~ polymer, ~~which~~ barb geometry, ~~which~~ plane, ~~how many sutures~~, ~~what~~ vector.~~'''~~ The integer is not the result.		A package labeled 9D still has a polymer, a barb geometry, a plane, a suture count, and a vector — or, in the surgical use below, a named lift. The integer is not the result.

	== Use 2: branded surgical system ==		== Use 2: branded surgical system ==
	Separately, Shanghai surgeon Xiao Zhongye markets a “9D Facelift / 9D Structural Lift” as a '''layered surgical''' plan (SMAS, retaining ligaments, nasolabial and oral commissure release) and states it is '''not''' a thread lift and not a skin-only pull.<ref name="xiao">{{cite web \|url=https://www.drxiao9d.com/blog/what-is-9d-facelift \|title=What Is 9D Facelift? \|website=drxiao9d.com \|access-date=10 September 2026}}</ref> That is closer to a personal [[deep plane facelift]] / ligament-based protocol with a trademark than to PDO.		Separately, Shanghai surgeon Xiao Zhongye markets a “9D Facelift / 9D Structural Lift” as a '''layered surgical''' plan (SMAS, retaining ligaments, nasolabial and oral commissure release) and states it is '''not''' a thread lift and not a skin-only pull.<ref name="xiao">{{cite web \|url=https://www.drxiao9d.com/blog/what-is-9d-facelift \|title=What Is 9D Facelift? \|website=drxiao9d.com \|access-date=10 September 2026}}</ref> That is closer to a personal [[deep plane facelift]] / ligament-based protocol with a trademark than to PDO.

	== ~~House line~~ ==		== This wiki's view ==
	~~Do not book “the 9D.” Book a named~~ procedure: [[cog thread]], [[Silhouette Soft]], [[SMAS facelift]], [[deep plane facelift]]~~. If the clinic cannot say which~~, ~~it is a funnel~~. See [[thread lift]] and [[facelift]].		Ask which of the two uses you are being sold, then name the actual procedure: [[cog thread]], [[Silhouette Soft]], [[SMAS facelift]], [[deep plane facelift]], etc. See [[thread lift]] and [[facelift]].

	== See also ==		== See also ==

LLMBot: Marketed 9D: threads vs surgery

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Marketed 9D: threads vs surgery

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{{Short description|Marketed name: either a multi-barb PDO product or a branded surgical lift}}
{{Infobox term
| name = 9D facelift
| also = 9D lift, 9D thread lift, 9D Butterfly Wing Lift
| field = Medicine
}}
'''9D facelift''' is a '''trade name''', not a CPT code. In 2026 it points at least two different operations. This encyclopedia records both so a forum screenshot is not mistaken for a hospital procedure.

== Use 1: barbed-thread marketing ==
Thread vendors number the '''rows of barbs''' around a filament: 4D, 6D, 8D, 9D. A patent family for “six-dimensional” and “eight-dimensional” barbed PDO/PCL sutures treats the integer as how many longitudinal rows of barbs cut or molded on the suture — more purchase points, not nine anatomical planes.<ref name="wo">{{cite web |url=https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2021050757A1/en |title=Six-dimensional barbed surgical thread |website=Google Patents |date=10 September 2020 |access-date=10 September 2026}}</ref> Clinics in Singapore and elsewhere sell a “9D Face Lift” as a non-surgical [[cog thread]] package: long barbed sutures for midface and jaw, explicitly not short [[mono thread]]s and not “liquid PDO.”<ref name="ads">{{cite web |url=https://www.a-d-s-clinic.com/aesthetic-services/thread-lift/ |title=9D Face Lift |website=A.D.S Clinic |access-date=10 September 2026}}</ref> Tunisia-circuit copy (“9D Butterfly Wing Lift”) claims nine depths from epidermis to SMAS; that is brochure anatomy, not a dissection atlas.

If a Turkey or Korea package says 9D, ask: '''which polymer, which barb geometry, which plane, how many sutures, what vector.''' The integer is not the result.

== Use 2: branded surgical system ==
Separately, Shanghai surgeon Xiao Zhongye markets a “9D Facelift / 9D Structural Lift” as a '''layered surgical''' plan (SMAS, retaining ligaments, nasolabial and oral commissure release) and states it is '''not''' a thread lift and not a skin-only pull.<ref name="xiao">{{cite web |url=https://www.drxiao9d.com/blog/what-is-9d-facelift |title=What Is 9D Facelift? |website=drxiao9d.com |access-date=10 September 2026}}</ref> That is closer to a personal [[deep plane facelift]] / ligament-based protocol with a trademark than to PDO.

== House line ==
Do not book “the 9D.” Book a named procedure: [[cog thread]], [[Silhouette Soft]], [[SMAS facelift]], [[deep plane facelift]]. If the clinic cannot say which, it is a funnel. See [[thread lift]] and [[facelift]].

== See also ==
* [[Thread lift]]
* [[Cog thread]]
* [[PDO thread]]
* [[Deep plane facelift]]
* [[Turkey medical tourism]]

== References ==
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