Before you introduce yourself, your face has already made an impression.

For Erica Carey, BSN, RN, co-founder of Allerica Aesthetics, taking care of your skin is not about chasing perfection or changing the way you look. It is about treating skin health with the same intention we give every other part of our well-being.

“We consult professionals for every major system in our body,” Erica says. “We see dentists for our teeth, optometrists for our eyes, and personal trainers for our fitness. Our skin is the largest organ in the body, and it deserves that same level of professional care.”

That philosophy guides everything Allerica does.

The goal is not to create a different face. It is to help clients feel confident in the one they already have.

“We’re not here to change the way someone looks,” Erica says. “We want to support the skin, enhance natural features, and help our clients feel like the best version of themselves.”

For some clients, that means improving texture or pigmentation. For others, it may mean

restoring lost volume, supporting collagen production, treating acne scarring, or simply creating a skincare plan they can finally feel confident following. 

The common thread is a long-term approach.

Founded in Lincoln in 2021 by Erica and physician partner Dr. Allie Sohn, Allerica Aesthetics was created around the idea that medical aesthetics could feel more personal, intentional, and individualized.

The practice quickly outgrew its original studio space, moving into its current location at 4727 Cooper Avenue within its first year. Since then, Allerica has continued to evolve through advanced education, new technology, and a growing emphasis on regenerative aesthetics and skin health.

Erica has trained with specialists across the country and internationally, including advanced education in South Korea, where regenerative and biostimulatory aesthetics have long been at the forefront, along with multiple cadaver lab trainings.

Those experiences helped shape the way Allerica approaches treatments today.

“We do a lot of biostimulation,” Erica explains. “We are looking at ways to encourage the skin and tissue to function better over time, improving collagen, elasticity, strength, and overall skin quality.”

Because collagen production gradually declines beginning in early adulthood, Erica believes the conversation should not always begin once someone feels they need to “fix” something. Instead, the team often focuses on prevention, maintenance, and thoughtful intervention along the way.

Treatment plans may include regenerative injectables, collagen-stimulating treatments, advanced laser resurfacing, microneedling, customized skincare, facials, laser hair removal, or carefully placed injectable treatments.

But the treatment itself is only one part of the equation.

“We don't want people to feel like they need to choose something off a menu,” Erica says. “We want to understand what they are seeing, what they want to improve, what they want to preserve, and where they want their skin to be five or ten years from now.”

From there, the team builds a plan.

At Allerica, skincare is viewed less as a single appointment and more as an ongoing part of wellness.

“Everything we do is built around the idea that skin health is a lifestyle,” Erica says. “Nobody expects one visit to the dentist or one week at the gym to last a lifetime. Skin works the same way.”

That does not necessarily mean doing more.

In fact, one of the principles Erica feels most strongly about is restraint.

“We are very comfortable saying no, doing less, or telling someone to wait,” she says. “More treatment is not always better treatment.”

For one client, maintaining healthy skin may mean a few strategic treatments throughout the year. Another may need a more corrective phase followed by simple maintenance.

The plan should fit the person and not the other way around.

Natural results are central to that philosophy.

“We want someone to walk into a room and hear, ‘You look amazing,’ not, ‘What did you have done?’” Erica says.

That long-term approach also means getting to know clients well.

Each appointment gives the Allerica team another opportunity to understand how someone's skin responds, what they liked about a previous treatment, what they did not like, and how their goals may be evolving.

“You learn so much when you take care of someone over time,” Erica says. “You know what their skin responds to. You know when to push a little and when to hold back. That history matters.”

Erica and Lead Aesthetician Kortney Carney have continued to invest heavily in education with that same long-term mindset, continually refining how the practice approaches skin health and aesthetic treatment.

But for Erica, some of the most rewarding moments have little to do with a particular

procedure.

“Being let into the actual milestones of someone’s life is incredibly special,” she says. “Those moments are not marketing to us. They are the reason the relationship matters more than any single treatment ever could.”

Over the years, the team has helped clients prepare for weddings, anniversary trips, major career moments, the arrival of grandchildren, the Boston Marathon, and even Olympic competitions.

Those are the moments that turn appointments into relationships.

As Allerica has grown, so has its team.

Rather than asking every provider to do everything, Allerica has intentionally developed a specialist-based approach in which team members focus on the areas where they are strongest.

Olivia, the patient coordinator, has been there since day one and is often the first person a client gets to know. Behind the scenes, clinic manager Emily helps guide the practice into its next chapter.

Allie provides medical oversight, while Erica brings her expertise as a long-time nurse and lead injector. Nurses Kaylyn and Anna specialize in laser and intensive skin resurfacing treatments. Kortney has developed a skincare approach that has earned the team’s trust as the Lead Aesthetician. And Alexis brings an “artist’s precision” to brows and lashes. Her facials have a following, too. As Allie and Erica put it, Alexis “gives a facial her clients plan their month around.”

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Outside the clinic, Erica and Allie like to relax and recharge with their families.

“I have been married to my husband David for twenty years. We were high school sweethearts, and we are raising three children together, Ruth, Freddie, and George,” says Erica. Outside of Allerica, their lives are full of travel and Broadway. “Those are the two things that pull us out of Lincoln and remind us why we love coming home to it,” smiles Erica.

Allie shares her home with her husband, Grant, their 1-year-old daughter, Bora, and four dogs who, by the team’s account, run the place.

“Between the two of us, family is the reason the long hours mean anything at all.”

There is more in store for Allerica, and Allie and Erica are already working on it. Their plans include a more curated experience where clients could eventually spend an entire day at the practice.

“We move quickly and quietly,” they share. “The people who want to see what comes next should be watching closely, because it is already underway.”

For now, they invite you to make an appointment.

Make room for yourself on your calendar. Between listing appointments, showings, and

closings, it’s easy to keep putting it off. Allie, Erica, and their team want to help you feel

comfortable in your skin.