BBL and Tear Trough Fillers

Treatment Provider

Provider Review

• 15 May 2017

I am beginner to anything besides microderms at a "spa" and I've never had Botox or filler or gone under the knife for cosmetic reasons. But the reason I am writing a review for Dr. Pearlman and Donna Fay Graziano is because I was scared, nervous and pretty uneducated and I couldn't have asked for a better support system and more detailed artists. I am also never spending the $thousands$ I used to on fancy eye creams and serums from spas anymore. Let me explain. Some people tell their friends or family or significant others when they get an injection or filler or laser, but I think most people do it on their own and hope they look good enough for people to notice but not to think they made the choice to change something besides "eating healthier" and "sleeping more." This exacerbated my nervousness because I hadn't talked to anyone about what I wanted to do; I was scared admitting what I wanted to do meant that me and all the creams I've been buying all my life had failed at giving me what I wanted it. Or it meant I was too superficial and should concentrate on something more besides what I didn't like about my face everyday. But Donna Fay and Ashley became the judge-less support system I wish I could get from my everyday friends: they made me laugh and told me about their experiences and showed me personal photos and told me personal stories. Even Dr. Pearlman knew exactly why I was scared and told me what I was scared of looking like was the result of about 5x as much injections as I was getting. Every client who leaves his office is his work, his walking review, an advertisement for his skills: he would send us out looking fresh and rested and "mysteriously" better! DR. PEARLMAN - Tear Trough Filler and Cheek Filler Genetically I have more visible tear troughs that most people and I thought buying eye cream was the fix. Dr. Pearlman suggested 1cc of Restylane for my tear trough (.5 each side) and 1 cc of Juvederm Voluma for my cheeks (.5 each side). I was not expecting the cheek filler suggestion at all and this made me a bit nervous (would I have big Real Housewife cheeks?), but Dr. Pearlman explained it would help lift right under where the filler was going on everything would look more "rested" and less sunken-in. He promised me I wouldn't leave him not happy or scared. I trusted him and I liked his sense of humor (when he was drawing lines on my face he said "this should come off by the weekend" -- I almost fainted). The whole process was maybe 15 minutes or less. And what was really cool was that the injections had numbing stuff in them so no need for extra needles -- as the injections were working they were numbing at the same time. I was worried about bruising and puffiness (both normal things after this) and had such minimal of both not even my boyfriend knew I had done anything when I saw him that night. My friends said I looked "rested" and happy. It was the perfect outcome and $thousands$ less than the amount I've been spending EVERY YEAR on fancy creams like Biologique Recherche, Erno Laszlo, and Yonka Paris, which just made my eyes smell good. DONNA FAY GRAZIANO aka “The Beauty Expert” - BBL (laser) treatment for face and arms I'm naturally freckly and always thought it was adorable, until my face started to look so uneven that I wished I had only the handful of freckles I had when I was 10, not this sun damage from adulthood. So again, I shelled out $$$ for creams, serums, Hydrafacials, etc., which didn't make my skin worse, but I plateaued at 35 with skin that was less than perfect and still very uneven and freckly. I had tried IPL (2x on my face) which was okay - there was hardly a burn, hardly a change. Donna Fay is a straight-to-the-point esthetic coach who won't lie to you and she'll help you get what you are looking for. She promised to show me my own gorgeous skin on my arms, too -- the clean, Swedish-looking skin I always envied (not my Jersey Shore used-to-be-tan-once skin). She showed me the sundamaged images of my face and told me exactly what to do to help her give me great results. I bought BBL for face and arms and three MD Face products from Dr. Pearlman that I was to use every day before and after to make my skin brighter and healthier. I'll attach the images here so you can see before and after sun damage on my face and arms. This is after 1 treatment and using their products. I mean, I'm literally never wasting money on Sephora, spas, medical spas, or any other cream or face product again. I'm only coming here for BBL and fillers every few years and re-uping my skin brightening creams from MD Face. And I'm going to hope for friends like Ashley and Donna Fay who totally support being happy in this life and making me feel like it's all going to be okay. Actually - it's all going to be better.