Bellafill®
Why Bellafill is not the best filler even though it lasts for 5 years?
Natural looking results without fillers is the trend in 2024. The above photo is a great example of a patient who was very unhappy after having dermal fillers from another practice, requested me to reverse all the fillers under the eye. Fortunately she had HA filler such as Juvederm fillers under the eye. I used HA reversal enzyme to remove the fillers and performed lasercoring. She looks lifted with lasercoring alone. If this patient had Bellafill it would have caused permanent deformity under the eye. But some patients may benefit from Dermal fillers such as Bellafill. There are several contraindications and complications with Bellafill such as one can not use it under the eye or in thbe lips. Bellafill is an irriversible filler meaning if there are accidental vascular complications its very difficult to reverse. Long term complications such as nodules and granulomas can be seen rarely. Bellafill® is an FDA approved collagen dermal filler for the correction of nasolabial folds or smile lines. Because it is an injectable collagen filler with microspheres and as a result it can continue to stimulate the collagen for a long time.
The injectable gel is comprised of 80% purified bovine collagen and 20% PMMA (polymethylmethacrylate) microspheres. These microspheres stimulate the fibroblasts to produce more collagen producing natural results.
Treatment with Bellafill® is very similar to treatment with conventional injectable fillers. One of the main difference is that Bellafill® requires a skin test in the United States to identify those patients who may have an allergy to bovine collagen.
Our patients
Why is Bellafill is considered as long lasting filler?
First Appointment: Your skin test. A small amount of purified bovine collagen gel is injected in the forearm to ensure you have no adverse reactions to bovine collagen and/or lidocaine.
Second appointment: Four weeks later, if there have been no adverse reactions to the initial test, you are ready for treatment. Upon injection, you will usually see an immediate improvement in lines and wrinkles. The amount of Bellafill® required will depend on the severity of the lines/wrinkles being addressed.
Third appointment: A follow-up is suggested at 4-6 weeks. This also allows you to decide if you would like to further enhance or correct the area.
What Areas are not Meant for Bellafill?
In contrast to other HA fillers Bellafill is NEVER suggested for lip and under the eye area.
If you’re looking natural results, performed by a physician in and around Peabody and Boston, request a consultation online, or contact us at (978) 854-5035 to schedule your appointment.
ShanthalaMD is one of the first practices to introduce Bellafill to the Northshore area in 2016. We offer several other Dermal fillers such as RHA, SCULPTRA, RADIESSE, RESTYLANE, VERSA, VOLUMA & PDO threads.
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Dr. Shanthala Shivananjappa
Dr. Shanthala is a board-certified, Harvard trained anesthesiologist, assistant professor at Yale University, and staff at Massachusetts General Hospital prior to opening her cosmetic medicine clinic. Her extensive experience working with plastic surgical patients in the operating room for more than 25 years, paired with years of training in non-surgical cosmetic procedures, has enabled Dr. Shanthala to have a unique perspective on Anti-aging treatments.
