Dermal Fillers for Pound Ridge, NY

Five questions for your filler consultation

Bellava’s filler consultation costs nothing, so it is worth arriving with questions. These five shape a plan more than any others, and the answers below come from the practice’s own guidance.

Is my line about volume or about movement?

A crease that deepens every time you frown or squint is drawn by a muscle, and that is a job for Botox. Filler replaces what time has taken: cheeks that have sunk, nasolabial folds and marionette lines that have deepened, a jaw that has lost its edge, the backs of hands that look bony. It can also bring features into better symmetry and lift a depressed scar to the level of the skin around it.

Which product goes where?

Most of Bellava’s fillers are hyaluronic acid gels, among them Juvéderm, Restylane, Restylane Lyft and SkinVive. Your body already makes hyaluronic acid to hold moisture and give skin its structure, so these gels settle in naturally and add volume on the spot. Sculptra and Radiesse take a slower route, prompting the skin to build collagen of its own. The product for each area is chosen after an in-depth look at your face and what you hope to change.

How long will I look like I have had something done?

It depends on how many areas are treated, which product is used and your general health. Some people have next to no downtime; others carry swelling or bruising for a few days. The improvement is visible immediately and, depending on the filler, lasts for months or years.

What are the risks?

• Bruising, redness, swelling, pain or itching
• Lumps, unevenness or asymmetry
• Numbness, pimples or a rash
• Infection, skin damage and, rarely, problems with vision

Experience and a controlled setting are what keep these to a minimum. You go home with detailed aftercare, and bleeding, pain, signs of infection or an allergic reaction mean contacting the practice straight away.

Can it be undone?

Hyaluronic acid can be broken down with an enzyme called hyaluronidase, in the rare case that someone wants it gone.

Who answers them

Filler at Bellava is placed by nurse injectors Nicole Cardwell, FNP-BC and Grace Jacildo, BSN, RN, whose work takes in cheek volume, the chin and jawline and a tired-looking under-eye area. Their team is led by the medical director, Donna D’Alessio, MD. Bellava is about 19 minutes without traffic from the Pound Ridge Town House, roughly nine miles by Route 137, Route 172 and Route 22, finishing on Harris Road.

Pound Ridge patients ask

Is filler an alternative to a facelift? Not if the trouble is skin that has slackened, since filler adds volume and cannot lift. Board-certified plastic surgeon Chang Soo Kim, MD works in the same building; if surgery is worth discussing, you request a consultation with him by form, call or text and the patient coordinator rings you back. Between the two sits the liquid facelift, filler and neurotoxin in a single plan.

How do I book? Reserve your free consultation, or a treatment, online through Book Now. Financing is available.