Thread Lift in Tunisia: Areas, Price and How Long It Lasts

The threads are absorbable, most often made of PDO. They are introduced under the skin with a fine needle along a planned path, and the barbs grip the tissue so it can be drawn upward and held.

Two things happen, on two timescales.

Immediately: the mechanical lift from the barbs. You see it on the table.

Over the following weeks: the body lays down collagen along the thread path. This is why the effect outlasts the thread itself — the material is gone within months, and the firming continues for 12 to 18.

Nothing is cut and nothing is removed. There are entry points rather than incisions, and no scar.

The jawline and jowls — the main request, and where threads do their most convincing work.

Cheekbones — repositioning the midface upward.

Eyebrows — a subtle lift of the brow tail. If heaviness of the upper lid is the real issue, read our page on eyelid surgery first: the brow and the lid are different problems and threads address neither as well as people hope.

Neck and under the chin — for mild laxity only. An established neck is surgical.

Body areas such as arms or inner thighs, where the same logic applies and considerably more threads are needed.

What makes any of these work is tissue with elasticity left in it. The thread provides the traction; the skin has to be able to hold it.

€300 per pair of threads, consultation and placement included, in a single day with no overnight stay.

How many pairs is the whole question, and it is why a price per pair tells you almost nothing on its own.

A single pair rarely justifies a flight. Where this makes sense is a multi-pair treatment, or added to a stay you are already making for something else — a session takes well under an hour and needs no overnight.

All prices are on the prices page, and a quote reaches you within 24 to 48 hours of sending photographs.

Now the arithmetic nobody does. A full-face thread treatment at €1,200 to €1,800, repeated every 12 to 18 months, comes to somewhere between €8,000 and €18,000 over ten years. A face and neck lift is €2,400 once and lasts 8 to 10 years.

That does not mean threads are a bad choice. There are entirely legitimate reasons to prefer them: you may not want general anaesthesia, you may not want scars, you may not be ready for surgery, you may want to see what a lift looks like before committing to one, or your sagging may simply be too mild for a facelift to be appropriate.

What it does mean is that « cheaper than a facelift » is only true for the first session. If you are considering threads mainly on cost, and you expect to keep having them, the maths points the other way. Decide knowing that, rather than finding it out at the fourth session.

Threads suit mild to moderate sagging in tissue that still has elasticity. That is a narrower group than the marketing suggests.

Threads are the wrong answer if:

• Your skin is very thin and very lax. It will not hold the traction, and the threads simply crease it. This is the clearest contraindication and the one most often ignored elsewhere.
• There is established excess skin. Threads do not remove skin. Only surgery does.
• Your neck has already gone. Mild laxity, yes. An established neck, no.
• What you have lost is volume rather than position. That is filler or fat transfer, and lifting an empty face does not fill it.

Contraindications: pregnancy or breastfeeding, an autoimmune condition in an active phase, a clotting disorder or anticoagulant treatment, and any known allergy to the thread material.

If the assessment says threads will disappoint you, you will be told. That is a better outcome than a treatment you paid to be unhappy with.

Threads address position. They do not address volume or movement, and most faces have more than one thing going on.

Threads — position. Tissue that has descended.

Hyaluronic acid filler — volume. Hollows, flattened cheekbones, a chin that lacks projection.

Botulinum toxin — movement. The lines that expression creates.

The three are frequently combined in a single session, which takes about an hour to an hour and a half: filler and threads first, then the toxin.

This is often the better plan, because lifting a face that has lost volume produces a tighter version of the same tired look. A good assessment usually proposes a combination rather than more of one thing.

The most common bad outcome is disappointment, not a complication, and it comes from treating a face that needed something else. That is why the assessment matters more here than the technique.

In the first week or two:

• Small irregularities or puckering along the thread path. Usually settle on their own.
• Bruising and swelling at the entry points.
• A pulling sensation, which is normal and covered in the next section.

Less common:

• Asymmetry — generally correctable.
• A palpable thread, or a visible one under very thin skin.
• Extrusion — one end of a thread working its way to the surface. The thread has to be removed, which is a simple procedure but has to be done promptly.
• Infection, rare.
• Pain persisting beyond two weeks, which should be reported rather than endured.

And the practical point if you are travelling: extrusion and persistent pain can present after you are home, and extrusion needs attention quickly. Know who you would see — a doctor or aesthetic clinic near you — before you book. It is a short conversation and it is worth having.

This is the part people are not warned about, and it is the main reason to plan the timing properly.

A pulling or tight sensation for one to two weeks, most noticeable when you open your mouth wide — yawning, eating, laughing. It is normal, it is not a sign anything is wrong, and it settles. But it is a real sensation and nobody mentions it.

For two weeks, avoid: strong facial movements, facial massage, dental treatment, intense exercise, sauna and steam room.

Sleep on your back with your head slightly raised for the first two weeks.

The immediate result may look slightly overdone. The traction is at its strongest on day one and relaxes over the following days. That is expected.

The real result is at 4 to 6 weeks, once the collagen response has developed. Judging it at two weeks tells you nothing useful.

One month minimum. Six weeks to two months is better.

Two reasons. Bruising and small irregularities need time to resolve, and the result is not at its best until 4 to 6 weeks.

A thread lift three weeks before a wedding gives you the version with the puckering still settling, and none of the collagen benefit. Plan backwards from the date.

1. Get in touch. Photographs from the front and both sides in natural light without makeup, plus every previous facial treatment you have had — threads, filler, toxin, surgery. A quote comes back within 24 to 48 hours.
2. Plan it around a stay you are already making, where possible.
3. Arrival, and the consultation with the facial assessment and the thread paths planned.
4. The session, 30 to 45 minutes under local anaesthetic at the entry points.
5. Immediate aftercare instructions. No overnight stay.
6. The first two weeks, with the restrictions above.
7. A review at six weeks, remotely or in person, when the result is actually there.

Yes, and repeat sessions are normal. The usual timing is around months 12 to 18, before the effect has fully faded — a repeat on a face that still has some lift generally needs fewer threads.

There is no fixed limit on how many times. But effectiveness falls as sagging progresses: threads that worked well at fifty do less at sixty, because the tissue they are gripping has changed.

And repeating annually eventually costs more than a facelift that lasts eight to ten years. There comes a point where continuing is the more expensive and less effective choice, and it is worth revisiting the question rather than booking the next session automatically.

If you stop, nothing deteriorates. There is no rebound and no penalty. Your face simply resumes its natural course from wherever it is. Anyone suggesting you will be worse off for stopping is wrong.

Dr Marwen Guesmi determines the number and type of threads from the facial assessment — which is the decision that makes or breaks this treatment.

Dr Walid Saidane focuses on the thread paths, which is what determines whether the lift sits where you wanted it.

Treatments take place at Myron International Clinic.

Ask two things at the consultation: how many pairs and why that number, and whether a thread lift is genuinely the right treatment for your face rather than filler, surgery, or nothing at all. The second question is the one that protects you.

There is no overnight stay, which makes a thread lift straightforward to add to a trip you are already making.

From the UK and Ireland: around three hours from London. From the Gulf: daily flights from Dubai, around six and a half to seven hours, and from Doha, around six. From continental Europe: 1h30 to 3h from Paris, Brussels, Geneva, Lyon and Marseille, with no visa for EU and Swiss nationals. From West and Central Africa: regular connections from Dakar, Abidjan, Douala, Libreville and Casablanca.

Entry requirements follow your nationality, not your country of residence. A resident of Dubai or London holding an Indian, Pakistani, Nigerian or Filipino passport does not have the same conditions as a British or Emirati national, and a residence permit changes nothing. Check with the Tunisian embassy for your country of citizenship before booking.

Before you come:

1. Documents: a valid passport, and a visa if your nationality requires one.
2. Photographs from the front and both sides, natural light, no filter, no makeup.
3. Every previous facial treatment, with dates — threads, filler, toxin, surgery. Previous threads matter particularly.
4. Your medication and allergies, flagging anticoagulants and regular aspirin.
5. Any autoimmune condition, and whether it is currently active.
6. Get dental treatment out of the way beforehand, not after — you will be avoiding it for two weeks.
7. Come without makeup on the day.
8. Clear two weeks of intense exercise, sauna and anything requiring you to open your mouth very wide in public.
9. Allow a month before anything that matters, six weeks to two months ideally.
10. Know who you would see at home if a thread extrudes.

How long each treatment needs is in our guide to lengths of stay. Request a quote and you will have an answer within 24 to 48 hours.