ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,879, issued on Sept. 8.
"Methods for lifting and tightening various areas of the body" was invented by Arthur Yajing Yu (La Canada Flintridge, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of lifting and elevating various areas on a body including skin and tissue of a subject, such as an umbilicus region, using one or more threads including a plurality of features are provided herein. In a desired area of the body to be lifted, a method includes passing a first end of a first thread through a first path defined under the skin of the subject and passing a second end of the first thread through a second path defined under the skin of t...