ENDOTINE® implants, developed by Coapt Systems, Inc., was launched in the Philippines last July 9, 2008. A remarkable innovation in the art of plastic surgery to create more youthful and natural-looking faces, ENDOTINE® implants are bioabsorbable devices that provide excellent three-dimensional lifting and sculpting of tissues.
Unlike traditional techniques of facelift surgery which lift up sagging skin by pulling up the tissues and cutting out the excess skin, ENDOTINE® devices lift the tissues from the inside out. There are different shapes of implants available for different parts of the face, but basically these look like a set of multiple tiny prongs or hooks that are fixed to the bone. The surgeon lifts up the sagging tissues and drapes it over these devices.
After surgery, patients may be able to feel a slight lump over the area where the device is located. However, this will disappear over time because the Endotine implants are made up of biodegradable material that resorbs or dissolves in the body within six to twelve months, during which time biological fixation of tissues to a higher level has taken place.
Endotine features sutureless MultiPoint Technology TM . Surgical applications at this time include open and endoscopic forehead lift (ENDOTINE Forehead™ 3.0 and 3.5, ENDOTINE Triple™), midface suspension (ENDOTINE Midface™ ST and ENDOTINE Midface™ B), browlift (ENDOTINE TransBleph™), and jowl and neck suspension (ENDOTINE Ribbon™).
First introduced in 1994, Endotine devices are FDA-approved and are now used over 400,000 times annually by plastic surgeons in Europe and the U.S. For more information about using ENDOTINE® implants in the Philippines, contact Dr. Carlos Lasa, Jr. at (632)374-6092 or email info@cosmeticsurgeryphil.com.
