Entrapped Hair Causing Impaired Wound Healing at a PDO Thread Entry Site: A Preventable Aesthetic Complication

Thread lifting is widely used in aesthetic medicine, and complications are generally minor. Impaired wound healing caused by patient’s hair acting as a retained foreign body, however, is rarely reported. A 38-year-old woman presented with persistent discomfort and delayed healing at a preauricular entry site two months after undergoing a PDO thread lifting performed elsewhere. Examination revealed a small open wound containing multiple stands of her own hair, whi