Your visit opens with space to speak openly about your goals and the changes you’ve noticed. Your provider listens intently and asks thoughtful questions that help shape a personalized treatment plan.
Consultation Required?
Yes
Treatment Length
45 to 90 minutes
Downtime
Varies
An Integrative Option for Skin Health
Collagen naturally declines with age, causing the mid-face, jawline, and surrounding tissues to lose some of their underlying structure. This shift leads to sagging, deeper folds, and softer contours that don’t reflect how energetic you feel internally.
At Zaré Medical Naturopathic Group, we use PDO threads to address both the immediate lift and the deeper structural changes. Each thread is placed into the tissue to create a subtle lift and stimulate collagen, providing a small, immediate lift. When the threads dissolve, the strengthened tissue stays, offering support that comes from your own biology.
Threads can help support:
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Softening of the jawline and early jowling
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Sunken or flattened cheeks
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Nasolabial folds and marionette lines
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Crepey skin on the neck, chest, or body
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Mild to moderate laxity that doesn’t yet call for surgery
Structure Shapes How Skin Ages Over Time
Collagen Builds Lasting Support
Subtle Lifting Honors Your Natural Expression
Why Patients Believe in Us
Threads make the most sense for people investing in long-term aging, not quick fixes. Your provider outlines a realistic cadence of treatment, explains how collagen builds over time, and shows how PDO threads fit into a wider path toward healthier, more supported skin.
Your health history and skin behavior guide every decision. Our licensed providers follow protocols designed by Dr. Zaré, ND, PharmD, using sterile technique, precise placement, and attentive numbing practices to protect comfort and tissue integrity.
You learn exactly what threads can lift, what they can soften, and where they have limits. That transparency helps you make an informed choice about treatment. We want you to feel empowered throughout the entire process.
As swelling settles and collagen builds, your provider stays connected through follow-up visits and guidance. You receive specific aftercare instructions—how to sleep, what to avoid, when to return to routines—to help support your healing.
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Most patients notice an immediate lift from thread placement, followed by continued improvement as collagen forms along the thread pathways. For many, results from getting threads in San Francisco at Zaré last around 6 to 12 months, depending on the area treated, lifestyle, and how the body metabolizes the material.
Healing after getting PDO threads varies, but most patients return to light daily tasks the same day. The deeper recovery unfolds over the next few weeks while the threads anchor and collagen begins forming. To protect your results:
- Keep movements gentle and expressive habits relaxed for about 2 weeks.
- Maintain activity restrictions—no strenuous workouts, swimming, hot tubs, or saunas—for the recommended period.
- Avoid heavy sun exposure while the skin settles.
Your provider will walk you through timing, based on the areas treated, so you know exactly when each part of your routine to return to after getting threads in San Francisco at Zaré Medical Naturopathic Group.
Threads often pair well with other treatments when timed thoughtfully. Your provider may suggest getting neuromodulators or fillers before a thread session and waiting several months before heat-based laser treatments, since heat can break down threads more quickly. During your visit, you’ll receive a plan from your provider that shows how receiving PDO threads in San Francisco can coordinate safely with the rest of your aesthetic care.