ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,882, issued on Dec. 16.

"Non-invasive device and method for face lift" was invented by Van J. Kantor (Tarzana, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device and method for stretching skin of a user's face in a non-surgical, non-invasive manner is configured for adhesively attaching a first side surface of a first attachment portion of the device to one side of the user's face, pulling and stretching a central body portion of the device around a portion of a head of the user, during which a width of the central body portion narrows, and adhesively attaching a first side surface of a second attachment portion of the device to another ...