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About Valeriya Life Medical Spa in Omaha

Where Medical Expertise Meets Personalized Care

Valeriya Life Medical Spa is a physician-supervised medical spa in Omaha specializing in advanced, non-surgical aesthetic treatments that enhance natural beauty and promote long-term skin health. Our approach combines medical expertise, advanced technology, and personalized care to help every client look and feel their best. From aesthetic injectables, regenerative skincare, and anti-aging treatments to permanent makeup and paramedical tattooing, every service is tailored to your unique goals in a welcoming, patient-centered environment. Behind every treatment is a dedicated team of experienced medical and aesthetic professionals committed to delivering safe, natural-looking results and an exceptional patient experience. Meet the professionals behind Valeriya Life below.

Our Aesthetic Nurse Practitioner

Margaret Matveyev, APRN, FNP-C

Margaret "Maggie" Matveyev, APRN, FNP-C is a dermatology-trained nurse practitioner and serves as the Clinical Director of Valeriya Life Medical Spa and Elkhorn Dermatology. She combines advanced clinical training with a patient-centered approach to deliver personalized care in both medical and cosmetic dermatology.

Maggie specializes in improving skin health, addressing the visible effects of aging, and promoting early skin cancer detection and prevention. She integrates conventional and functional medicine principles into her practice, taking a whole-patient approach that considers underlying factors affecting skin health while supporting long-term wellness and skin longevity.

Her clinical expertise includes a broad range of medical dermatology, aesthetic, and wellness services, including IPL photorejuvenation and hair removal, fractional skin resurfacing, microneedling, chemical peels, neurotoxin injections, body contouring procedures, regenerative skin therapies, and medical weight loss. She also provides comprehensive dermatology care, including full-body skin examinations, lesion evaluations, skin biopsies, and skin cancer screening.

Known for her thoughtful, results-driven approach, Maggie partners with each patient to develop personalized treatment plans that balance medical expertise with aesthetic goals. She is committed to patient education, prevention, and individualized care, helping patients achieve healthier skin, natural-looking results, and lasting confidence.

Our Physician

Brett Kettelhut, MD

Dr. Brett Kettelhut, MD is a board-certified allergist-immunologist with nearly four decades of clinical experience and serves as the supervising physician for Valeriya Life Medical Spa. His extensive medical background provides the clinical oversight and physician guidance that support the practice's advanced aesthetic, dermatologic, and wellness services.

Dr. Kettelhut has specialized expertise in allergic and inflammatory skin conditions, including eczema, atopic dermatitis, contact dermatitis, and other immune-mediated skin disorders. He also has a strong interest in skin microbiome health and the role it plays in maintaining resilient, healthy skin. His medical perspective helps ensure that aesthetic treatments are performed with careful consideration of each patient's overall skin health and underlying medical conditions.

Known for his thoughtful, patient-centered approach, Dr. Kettelhut combines conventional medicine with an integrative perspective on skin health and wellness. Through his oversight of Valeriya Life Medical Spa, he helps ensure that every treatment is delivered with a strong emphasis on patient safety, clinical quality, and individualized care. His philosophy supports healthy skin longevity while helping patients achieve natural-looking aesthetic results and long-term confidence.

Our Founder

Valeriya Kettelhut, PhD, MPH

Valeriya Kettelhut, PhD, MPH founded Valeriya Life Medical Spa in 2018, driven by her lifelong passion for health, beauty, and longevity. The practice was established as an advanced medical aesthetics and wellness center focused on integrative rejuvenation, preventive care, and long-term skin health.
Valeriya is a licensed permanent color technician and professional tattoo artist specializing in cosmetic and paramedical tattooing. Her expertise includes scar camouflage tattooing, areola restoration tattooing, microblading, permanent eyeliner, and lip blush. She is passionate about helping individuals restore confidence through natural-looking restorative and cosmetic tattooing techniques. By combining advanced training, precision, and artistic attention to detail, she creates personalized results designed to complement each client's natural features while supporting their aesthetic and restorative goals.
As the clinical skincare specialist at Valeriya Life, Valeriya works with both walk-in visitors and clinic patients by supporting the skincare recommendations of our medical team through education on over-the-counter skincare ingredients, product benefits, and effective daily skincare routines. She also helps clients make informed decisions when selecting skincare products, including those recommended by our providers, to support their individualized skincare goals.

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