Jacques Otto

Clinical Director

The Inner Beauty Clinic Ltd, Head Trainer PDO Threads, NeoPharmaUk Ltd; Cofounder and Board Member, the Association of PDO Threads (APDOT) UK; International Speaker and Masterclass Trainer PDO Threads. Registered Adult Nurse; CEO Inner Beauty Clinic Limited; PDO trainer for Neopharma; APDOT accredited trainer and practitioner.

Latest Contribution

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The Unfavorable Result in Plastic Surgery: Avoidance and Treatment, 4th Edition

1 December 2020 | | General Plastic Surgery, Facial Plastic Surgery

This is a well-written, comprehensive, two-volume textbook on all core topics of plastic and reconstructive surgery, which is designed to guide readers through commonly seen complications, possible solutions and the operative steps required to achieve this. Volume one contains five...

The development of PDO threadlifting in the UK

1 October 2016 | | Aesthetic Medicine, Dermatology

Dr Jacques Otto looks at the development of polydioxanone (PDO) threads as an anti-ageing treatment, the creation of the Association of Polydioxanone Threads (APDOT) UK and what the future holds for threadlifting in the UK. Up to early 2014 the...

How I Do It - Non-surgical approach to facial ptosis – the PDO barbed absorbable thread 5-point facelift

1 June 2015 | | Aesthetic Medicine, Dermatology

Polydioxanone (PDO) threads summary: Colourless, crystalline, biodegradable synthetic polymer Monofilament Biodegradation by hydrolysis Mainly urine excretion Absorption rate 180 days Breaking strength 53% at 42 days Long established safety record in general surgery as a suture material (PDS II Ethicon)...