Key benefits of MINT Lift®

• Perfect for soft tissue lifting
• Strong, with an instant and immediate lift
• Made of Polydioxanone (PDO) which is often used for surgical threads
• Completely biodegradable
• A guaranteed real lift, not just collagen promotion
• Results last around 18 months
• CE, FDA and KFDA approved

Training with A.T.A.I.

Confidence and competence are built through robust training. Our graduates are headhunted in the sector, we are a preferred provider of practitioners to the Therapie clinic network as our graduates display a level of competence head and shoulders above the average graduate of an aesthetics course. Yes, you can find shorter courses than what we offer but we stand behind our in-depth course programmes and that is reflected in the quality of our graduates which leads to better aesthetic outcomes for the general public.

MINT is a Polydioxanone thread

The PDO in MINT™ PDO stands for polydioxanone. It’s a monofilament synthetic polymer used to create a suture or thread. PDO is nonpyrogenic and non-antigenic, making it a safe suture material for insertion.
The PDO thread undergoes biodegradation once it’s inserted into the skin. It fully dissolves into water and carbon dioxide via hydrolysis over a period of 4 to 6 months, not leaving behind any foreign materials in the body.
Not only is it safe, but studies have also shown that PDO elicits positive changes to the surrounding tissues that result in Neocollagenesis, a fibrous merging effect, fat reduction, tissue contracture, and an improved vascular environment.
The PDO threads used in aesthetic medicine today have been around for 10-15 years, but PDO sutures have actually been used in orthopaedic and cardiovascular surgery for over 30 years. While the application is newer, the concept behind PDO threads has been around for a long time.

PDO Threads are part of the Regenerative skin remit that sets out to:

Reduce skin laxity – Environmental factors that contribute to skin laxity include ageing, genetics, stress, sun exposure, weight fluctuations, and smoking which reduce the collagen and elastin in our skin.

Increase skin elasticity – Skin elasticity is the skin’s ability to stretch and return to its original shape. Loss of skin elasticity is known as elastosis. Elastosis causes the skin to look saggy, crinkled, or leathery. Areas of the skin exposed to the sun can get solar elastosis.

Restore volume – As we age and lose collagen and elastin, the skin starts to sag, a hollowing out of facial areas begins as we lose volume from the facial fat pads. Injectable collagen stimulators aid in the restoring of facial volume loss and are often incorporated with traditional dermal filler.

Skin tightening – Through complementary therapy such as combining micro-needling, PRP, and traditional injectables, a more youthful appearance can be achieved with immediately visible results in many cases.

Collagen production – Collagen is such a central building block of the body, contained in bones, skin, muscles, tendons, and ligaments. Collagen is also found in many other body parts, including blood vessels, corneas, and teeth. The word’s etymology is Greek, “kólla,” which very aptly means “glue” there are at least 16 types of collagen in the body; we concern ourselves with the four main types, type I, II, III, and IV.

Hyaluronic Acid & Skin boosters are the perfect complementing treatment

The role of hyaluronic acid is to help bind moisture in the skin and help produce collagen and elastin. As we age, our bodies produce less and less hyaluronic acid; volume is lost from the fat pads, interconnecting tissues lose strength. The lack of hyaluronic acid production leads to a lack of skin hydration and skin laxity, leading to the formation of wrinkles in the skin.

Skin boosters contain a high concentration of hyaluronic acid, also depending on the brand cocktails of amino acids and peptides. Skin boosters tend to have the consistency of a gel-like substance, which enables them to be distributed very smoothly and evenly throughout the skin.

The purpose of the skin booster is to stimulate the production of new collagen and elastin through the release of hyaluronic acid and other compounds specific to each skin booster brand. That is essentially what makes skin boosters different to many other skin treatments. The purpose of skin boosters is not to cover up or hide skin imperfections. All regenerative skin health treatments can remedy these imperfections by stimulating the natural production of collagen and elastin.

Skin boosters are all about skin tone texture hydration and improving skin laxity. It is why skin boosters are often referred to as injectable moisturisers and are becoming an increasingly popular treatment to improve the skin’s texture, create a better skin tone, treat skin laxity while reducing fine lines and wrinkles.

Combining treatments provides a treatment pathway more suited to many clients expectations. From PDO threads, chemical peels, dermal filler through to IPL all benefit from paring with skin boosters. Training with A.T.A.I. opens your career to a world of options.