Dermal Fillers for Somers, NY

Filler does more than fill wrinkles

Most people think of dermal filler as a wrinkle treatment, and it is one. Bellava’s injectors also use it to replace soft-tissue volume the face has lost, to lift scars that sit below the surrounding skin, to bring the two sides of a face into closer balance and to give a chin or jawline more definition. Most of the fillers they use are made of hyaluronic acid, a moisture-holding substance your body already produces, which is why the result blends in with the skin around it.

The jobs filler is asked to do

• Hollow cheeks, contoured and gently lifted.
• Nasolabial folds and marionette lines, the creases from nose to mouth and those running down from the corners of the lips.
• A soft chin or jawline, given definition for a better-balanced profile.
• Sunken scars, raised toward the level of the skin around them.
• Asymmetry, evened out where one side carries less volume than the other.
• A tired under-eye area, refreshed.
• The backs of the hands, where lost volume leaves them looking bony.

Matching the product to the area

Bellava’s range includes Juvéderm, Restylane, Restylane Lyft and SkinVive, along with Sculptra and Radiesse, which prompt your own collagen so the change arrives gradually. Nothing is chosen in advance: your injector begins with an in-depth evaluation of your face and goals and only then recommends a product and a technique.

Your injector will be one of Bellava’s nurse injectors, Grace Jacildo, BSN, RN, or Nicole Cardwell, FNP-BC, working to the standards set by the medical director, Donna D’Alessio, MD. Their training and backgrounds are set out on Bellava’s injectors page.

Recovery and risks, plainly

The improvement shows as soon as treatment ends and, depending on the product, can last for months or for years. Some people go straight back to normal life; others need a few days for swelling or bruising to fade, depending on how many areas were treated, which filler was used and their general health. Possible side effects include bruising, redness, swelling, lumps, unevenness, numbness and itching, and, rarely, problems with vision. Contact the practice straight away about bleeding, pain, signs of infection or an allergic reaction.

Getting here from Somers

Somers town hall, in the old Elephant Hotel, is about 13 minutes from Bellava without traffic, most of the way on I-684. From Lincolndale or Granite Springs, allow nearer 17 minutes.

Somers patients ask

Can filler help with an acne scar? It can lift a scar that sits in a depression. Where scarring is spread across the skin’s texture, microneedling, which rebuilds collagen, is the other tool to ask about.

Should I have Botox as well? Possibly. Filler replaces what has been lost; Botox relaxes the muscles that crease the skin. The liquid facelift combines them in one plan.

Is there a charge for the consultation? No, it is complimentary. Book it, or the treatment itself, online with Book Now.