A method of treating a patient in cosmetic
surgery, using first and second hollow tubular surgical members and a suture to be surgically inserted under the patient's
facial skin, including the following steps:
cutting a
single incision in the patient's
facial skin adjacent to the area of the ear; threading the first and second hollow tubular members with a
continuous suture having thereon a plurality of spaced-apart, movable cross sutures; inserting the
insertion tip with the threaded suture through the incision and under the
facial skin, toward the patient's fold line in the nasal area; removing the second hollow tubular member from the first hollow tubular member and from the nasal area and out through the
single incision, while leaving in place the suture and the plurality of cross sutures so they are disposed in the
facial tissue; pulling on the proximal tip of the suture which is extending out of the incision in order to pull the plurality of cross sutures in the
facial tissue which causes the cross sutures to move from their substantially parallel relationship to the suture so that they are moved to a position which is substantially perpendicular to the suture in order to engage and anchor the cross sutures in the
facial tissue; pulling and tieing off the suture in the area of the incision which operates to pull the facial tissue and the facial fold line more tightly in order to minimize the appearance of the facial fold line in the nasal area.